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By Lydia O'Kane

With just 5 months to go to the event, preparations are continuing unabated to make sure everyone who comes to the meeting has the best experience possible.

According to the Communications Manager for the , Brenda Drumm everything is going to plan.

鈥淲e鈥檙e very happy with how preparations are going; we were conscious from the very beginning that we can鈥檛 deliver without our wonderful volunteers, so we reckon we will need about 8,000 volunteers鈥�, she said.

Volunteers

Speaking about the positive response they have had from all over the world, Ms Drumm said, 鈥渨e鈥檙e at the stage where we have bookings from over 58 countries for the World Meeting of Families, so we鈥檙e really encouraged where we鈥檙e at in terms of volunteering, in terms of actual registrations, in terms of group bookings and there鈥檚 such good will out there for this event.鈥�

Experiencing Ireland

Ireland is known as the island of Saints and Scholars and noted for its warm welcome. Indeed Dublin itself is no stranger to big gatherings having hosted the 50^th International Eucharistic Congress in 2012.  The Communications Manager noted that Ireland is a big draw for people adding,  鈥渁 lot of people are telling us that they are coming because it is taking place in Ireland and because they鈥檝e always wanted to come to Ireland鈥︹��

On the subject of a possible Papal visit to Dublin for the meeting, she said, 鈥渨e鈥檙e at the stage where we still haven鈥檛 had an official announcement yet around the possibility of 杏MAP导航 Francis being with us for the World Meeting of Families but we know that he chose Dublin, Ireland to be the host of the World Meeting of Families鈥� I think it would be a great joy if we get the official word that we can be with us鈥︹��

The World Meeting of Families will take place in Dublin from the 21^st to 26^th August 2018.