After releasing and presenting the first products under the brand JMJ Lisbon 2023, such as the rosary, the t-shirts, sweatshirts, and caps, from the 16th of August other official products will be joining this list, contributing to the preparation of the event-celebration with Pope Francis. Some products intend to contribute to the participants pastoral path until WYD Lisbon, in summer of 2023, and others are a way of bringing to our daily lives the meeting of young people from all over the world which will take place in Lisbon.

On WYD website https://store-eu.lisboa2023.org is now possible to find, among other products, rosaries, cross-necklaces, crosses with a base, badges, pins, ribbons and new versions of the sweatshirts, t-shirts and caps. The common aspects to these products are the quality guarantee and the sustainability of materials and on production.

The online page is available in Portuguese, English, French, Italian and Spanish, and it is now possible to make orders from 27 different European countries.

Jorge Almeida, who coordinates the WYD Lisbon 2023 brand and merchandising area, underlines that the official products are a way of “establishing connections with young people and to create proximity to the event-celebration”. Then, and just like it usually happens, the products will be souvenirs after the end of the event, so that the participant can carry them as a souvenir or as a present to family or friends.

“After a trip, a pilgrimage, we like to take a souvenir that can perpetuate the moment, and these products also have this purpose, being also a way of collaboration with the event organization, through the purchasing” Jorge Almeida states.