St. Vincent Pallotti College of Engineering and Technology (SVPC) was a part of the World Youth Day 2008, the Catholic youth festival held from 15 to 20 July in Sydney, Australia. It is the twenty-third World Youth Day (WYD) celebration and was attended by Pope Benedict XVI. Twenty students together with Fr. George Madeikkal (Manager of the College) participated in this great event. Prior to the WYD, they also participated in Sydney Youth Day and Pallottine Youth Encounter. On Tuesday 15 July, WYD 2008 began with the Opening Mass, celebrated by Rt. Rev. George Cardinal Pell, the Archbishop of Sydney, at East Darling Harbour. Each morning from Tuesday 15 to Thursday 17 July, they participated at the various Catechesis held in different locations and in the afternoons they attended the Youth Festival consisting of a series of art exhibitions, concerts, seminars, and conferences. On Thursday 17 July, they lined on the shores of Port Jackson to see the Pope who travelled around in a "boatacade." On Saturday 19 July, they embarked on a 10-kilometre pilgrimage walk, beginning at the Mary MacKillop Chapel in North Sydney, over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and across the city to attend an overnight Vigil before the Mass at Randwick Racecourse. They, together with 250,000 pilgrims slept overnight at Randwick to participate in the Final Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday 20 July.