Effingham Students Attend World Youth Day in Panama

Parishioners of Sacred Heart Parish in Effingham are in Panama City, Panama for World Youth Day, which runs from January 22-27.

More than 150,000 young people from more than 150 countries are part of the gathering to celebrate Catholicism. Pope Francis will also be in attendance.

Here's the group before departing from Sacred Heart Catholic Church: FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Father Michal Rosa, Caroline Deters, Madalyn Smith, Karlee Roepke, Abby Stock and Mrs. Fanny Mae Keller; BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Mrs. Ann Deters, Blake Fitzgerald, Dylan Helmink, Brian Dust, Taylor Beesley and Ms. Carol Toney

Here's the group with the skyline of Panama City, Panama in the background...FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Caroline Deters, Karlee Roepke, Carol Toney, Dylan Helmink (holding flag); SECOND ROW: Abby Stock, Madalyn Smith, Taylor Beesley (holding flag), Fr. Michal Rosa; THIRD ROW: Brian Dust, Ann Deters, Blake Fitzgerald, Fanny Mae Keller