SYDNEY Auxiliary Bishop Anthony Fisher is inviting young Catholic Australians to help design a logo for World Youth Day in July 2008.
Three “once-in-a-lifetime” trips to Rome are on offer to the winning designers.
Bishop Fisher, who is the co-ordinator of World Youth Day 2008, said a team of young, professional designers would formally develop the official World Youth Day 2008 logos, but they were looking to the wider Catholic community for inspiration.
Getting outside ideas also ensured the look and feel of Sydney’s World Youth Day 2008 would be a true reflection of Australia’s youth.
Winning design could become a major part of the final logo, or feature in posters or other World Youth Day official material and seen by hundreds of thousands of young Australians, and millions of people around the world.
The invitation, open to young Catholics aged between 16-35 in 2008, has been sent to Catholic schools, to tertiary education students and to all parishes in Australia.
A committee, made up of representatives from the Sydney archdiocese World Youth Day community, will review all entries and the designers of the three best entries will each win a trip to Rome, including airfares, accommodation, meals and transfers, to be part of the delegation receiving the World Youth Day Cross from German youth in April 2006.
The next best five judged entries will be awarded free registration, accommodation and meals for two at World Youth Day Sydney 2008.
Entries must include three interwoven symbols: The Catholic Church; Sydney; and the message from the official World Youth Day 2008 theme: “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you: and you will be my witnesses” (Acts 1:8).
The words “World Youth Day” and “Sydney 2008” must also appear in the designs, which should be received by the World Youth Day 2008 organising team no later than 5pm on February 3.
All designs should be accompanied by an official entry form, available by contacting your diocesan youth office, and should be on one A4 page only.
Entries can be posted to World Youth Day 2008 Design Competition, Level 5, 133 Liverpool St, Sydney, NSW 2000.
