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for most makes & models from ww+parts CURRENT POWER MACHINERY INC. 1661 Lakeshore Rd. W. Mississauga (2 b lo ck ea st of S ou thd o w n m Road in C la rk so n ) Lawnmower Service We can fix it! $eq Q O O> 1 0 4 4 FO flllSir ^ O f f i c i a l Media Sponsor Editor: Wilma Blokhuis Phone: 905-845-3824 (ext 250) Fax: 905-337-5567 email: blokhuis@haltonsearch.com St. M ich ael's Youth G roup par ticipants at W orld Youth Day, clockw ise starting at top left: Javier Serra celebrates w hile the P ope speaks Spanish to the crow ds at W orld Youth Day. S isters C hristine Sm ith, left and K atherine Sm ith sing on the G O Train en route to D ow nsview Park. M ark G am ez holds a crucifix as the sun sets on Saturday evening. A nnalisa G onsalves stares into one o f m any candles lit during services Saturday evening. Philiz G oh, left, and D ebbie Tolan pray. Jacinta G erm an, left, M ark G am ez, Julio C hacon, W illiam Vaccejo, Javier Serra, Carolina V accejo, and Fiorella C am podunico huddle together during Sunday m ass. C hris D alle Ave, left, K atherine Sm ith, top, and C hristine Sm ith sleep after the 10 km journey to D ow nsview Park. P ilgrim s pass a positive m essage w hile on their walk to the site. Jamie Smith · Oakville Beaver World Youth Day an inspiration By Lindsey Craig OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Although Toronto festivities have come to an end, the spirit of World Youth Day is living on through hundreds of thousands of young pilgrims from across the globe who have returned to their communities, inspired to make the world a better place. Among those hundreds of thousands of pilgrims were more than 260 Oakville youth, now returned to their daily lives after what many have called "a life changing experi ence." One of those young people is Mark Gamez, 16, a youth group member at St. Michael's Parish and student at St. Ignatius of Loyola Secondary School. O f everything he experienced in World Youth Day, he said he'll most remember learning the impor tance of serving one's community - which he's now determined to do. "I learned that people, especially youth, should be out there volunteering in the com munity. And that's the main thing I'm going to remember," he said. "Because that's when you actually start experiencing your faith, when you're out there giving your time," he continued. As Student Council President, Gamez said he's now most inspired to take what he's learned from his World Youth Day involve ment and apply it to his role within the school. (See `World' page C2)