The franciscan youth of the entire world is preparing for the XXIII World Youth Day, which will be celebrated in Sydney on the 15^th to 20^th July 2008. On that occasion, as is already traditional, there will be an International Meeting of YouFra before the WYD, scheduled for the 12^th to 15^th July, in the St. Francis of Assisi Primary School in Paddington, Sydney. All information regarding the programme, inscription and the many different materials about the YouFra, specially prepared for this meeting, can be found on the web page: www.ciofs.org/wyd2008. For further information, contact the following address: gifra@ciofs.org. Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Madariaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras), will be the main speaker at the International Meeting of YouFra.