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One o f Sheridan's guests is Joe Lloyd, 54, a planning co ordinator for the English groups, w ho said the experience o f World Youth Day is invaluable for its participants. And it seems he would know -- as an em ploy ee o f the B ishop's Conference of England and Wales, this is his fourth World Youth Day, having attended the first in Rome in 1984, also one in Paris and again w hen the event returned to Rome. "(World Youth Day) gives the young people a sense o f being part o f the world wide church, especially com ing from a coun try where the Catholic religion is not the majority," he said. "They m eet people from all over the world and, for many o f them, it deepens their faith and is a life changing experience." So far, m ost students agree. B irm ingham 's D avid Cawley, 20, and A aron H arlow , 19, arrived at Sheridan with their group on Monday, after having stayed w ith host fam ilies in H uron County. This is their first trip to Canada, which will last 11 days. The tw o said they've thor oughly enjoyed their experience so far, particularly the generosity o f their hosts and the peace arid Jaime Smith · O akville Beaver Joanne Em m ott from Nottingham , England consults a map o f Toronto in her room at the Sheridan College Student Residence on Monday. quiet o f the countryside. W hile staying with their host families, they also spent time with M exican and Italian pil grims staying in the same town. "It w as fantastic. Even though we don't speak the same language, we share the same faith," said Harlow. "We were united together singing each o th er's songs. And we were w or shipping together, even though it was in different languages." The pair said that o f the entire trip, they m ost valued meeting other young people. "Even though w e're all Catholics, w e can learn a lot from each other about how to show our faith," said Harlow. He also hoped the international event would help to dim inish "the negative stereotypes about generation X." "Youth do w onderful things," he said. A lso staying at Sheridan are N ottingham 's Rachel Blakem ore, 18, Katie Nunn, 18, Lindsey Russon, 17 and Joanne Emm ott, 18. "We got to ride in a T hey shared the senti yellow school bus m ents o f we didn't know they other stu actually existed. dents in that We've only seen m eeting other them on the pilgrims from around the Simpsons." w orld had · Rachel Blakemore, 18, been incredi Nottingham, England ble. T hey ju st arrived from London, Ontario, where they had been staying at the University o f Western Ontario. A t the university they had the chance to play lacrosse with a London team, sing at a local nursing home, take part in W orld Youth Day activities with a group of M exicans and attend a variety o f concerts. "We were just saying how if we had to go hom e tomorrow it would be okay because w e've had such a great tim e," said Nunn. They w ere also particularly struck by the friendliness o f Canadians. "T he people here are fantastic, they're always com ing up and asking w here w e're from. T hey're so nice," said Emmott. They were surprised and impressed by how spacious C anada was com pared to England, but soon discovered this translated into more walking. "H ere, if someone says, `Oh it's a short walk, it'll be like half an hour. T hat's long for us," said Blakemore. The girls also said they w ere delight ed with their mode o f transport that took them from London, Ontario to Oakville. "We got to ride in a yellow school bus -- we didn't know they actually existed. W e've only seen them on the Simpsons," Blakemore said. The girls said that they were looking forward to spending time in Toronto as they had won passes to the Hockey Hall o f Fame and also hoped to visit the CN Tower, SkyD om e and other tourist attractions. But most o f all, they said, they looked forward to their pilgrimage on Saturday, when they would walk a 10-mile route to Downsview Park for the overnight vigil and speech from the Pope, followed by the Sunday morning mass. "It's going to be fantastic," said Emmott. Ted Russell, 18, o f Birm ingham , agreed. "All those people there at one place for the same reason, it will be am azing," he said. Most o f the pilgrims from the English groups said the trip had cost each person an average o f 850 pounds, w hich many o f their churches had contributed towards. Part o f the money also came from fundraising initiatives, and the rest they funded themselves. Also staying in Oakville are 130 pil grim s from Poland w ho arrived on Tuesday and are staying at St. Thomas Aquinas and Loyola Secondary School. A w elcoming barbecue was scheduled to take place at Coronation Park Tuesday evening and w as attended by both Oakville pilgrims and Polish youth, with 500 people expected. 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