N Seoul Tower silhouetted against a golden sunset over the city
Registration opens October 2026

용기를 내어라 Take courage,
we're going to Seoul

The 17th World Youth Day, 3–8 August 2027 — the first ever held in Korea. Jesus Youth Canada is taking a delegation, and this is everything you need to come with us.

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01

Days in the Diocese

Five days living with Korean host families in one of fifteen dioceses, before the crowds arrive. Alumni rank this above the main week.

Jul 29 – Aug 2 →
02

The Main Week

Opening Mass, catechesis each morning in English, the Way of the Cross through the city, and the Youth Festival every afternoon.

Aug 3 – 6 →
03

The Vigil

Walk to the site, then adoration in silence with close to a million people — and a night sleeping outdoors on the ground.

Aug 7 – 8 →
Bukchon Hanok Village rooftops with N Seoul Tower on the horizon
Bukchon, Seoul
Counting down

Until the
Opening Mass

3 August 2027, Seoul. Presided by the Archbishop of Seoul.

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Hours
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용기를 내어라, 내가 세상을 이겼다

Take courage! I have overcome the world.

John 16:33 · Theme of WYD 2027

The last thing Christ says to his friends before the Passion. The logo is Korean brushstroke calligraphy: the strokes form a cross, and read 서울 — Seoul — at the same time.

St Andrew Kim Taegon St John Paul II St Carlo Acutis St Josephine Bakhita St Frances Xavier Cabrini
The Han River running through Seoul at dusk
The route

Two coasts, one arrival

Canada is wide, so the delegation departs in two streams and meets on the ground in Korea. Nobody is asked to buy a domestic flight just to reach the other coast.

Toronto & Vancouver 27 July YYZ 15h · YVR 12h nonstop
Incheon 28 July Both streams converge
Host Diocese 29 Jul – 2 Aug One of fifteen, assigned in 2027
Seoul 3 – 8 August The main week
Where we go

Eighteen places
this pilgrimage touches

Venues, martyr shrines, and the Seoul worth seeing on a free afternoon.

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Every location

Drag it, zoom it, explore it

Real coordinates, verified from Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Ctrl+scroll to zoom so the map doesn't steal your page scroll.

Locations18
Day by day

Fifteen days,
departure to homecoming

Open any day for the detail — including the hours of a typical World Youth Day morning.

Pope Francis celebrating Mass at Myeongdong Cathedral in Seoul, 2014 Pope Francis at Myeongdong Cathedral, 2014
Why Korea

A Church built by people who had never met a priest

Dead at twenty-five, six months after ordination.
What it costs

Three ways to come,
one way to send someone

Ranges drawn from Seoul 2027 packages Canadian dioceses have already published — real figures, not guesses.

Where these numbers come from. $4,500–6,000 CAD all-in and roughly $4,000 land-only are the ranges Canadian dioceses have published for Seoul 2027. Within that, the official WYD pilgrim package itself is only USD 70–340 — airfare is the bulk of the cost. Figures may move with fuel surcharges, and no deposit is collected before you see the real total.

Know before you go

Korea in August is
hotter than you think

29–31 °C and 79% humidity. The details that decide whether the hard days are bearable.

Hongdae at night, neon signs and crowds
Come with us

See you in
서울

Registering your interest costs nothing and commits you to nothing. It puts you on the list, and we write the moment official registration opens.