WASHINGTON — When Pope Francis comes to Washington next month, some of the audience winners at his papal mass will have won their tickets in a video contest.
“Answer Pope Francis’ call to serve!” says Christopher Baker, the director of multimedia production for the Archdiocese of Washington.
The YouServe papal visit video contest hopes to inspire people to get involved in their communities. Any kind of volunteer project is eligible — helping a neighbor, for example, or a church, or even family members.
Baker says they’re looking for videos that portray how a group or individual had a moving experience.
“Document the experience that you have. If you were moved, if you were inspired, if you thought: ‘Oh, this was more a service to me, than me serving someone else’,” Baker says.
Three video contest winners will receive four tickets each to the papal mass on Sept. 23 at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. They’ll also get their choice of an iPad Air 2 or a GoPro HERO 4.
The winning videos will also be played at a D.C. event involving Pope Francis.
Videos of volunteer experiences should be two minutes or less and submitted for consideration by Sept. 1.
You can find rules and other questions answered here.
