Panama's World youth day Ambar Calvo, a 20-year-old student of architecture at the University of Panama, was the winner of the competition among 103 entries for the next World Youth Day logo, to be held in Panama from January 22-27, 2019.
Msgr José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, Archbishop of Panama, said the design managed to capture the message the country wants to send to young people all over the world, “the smallness of our country, but the greatness of our heart, open to all, without excluding anyone, from the hand of the Virgin Mary, model of a young brave, committed and generous woman, who said yes to God’s call”.
The logo includes the Panama Canal, which symbolises the pilgrim’s journey; the Pilgrim’s Cross; the profile of the Virgin in her ‘Fiat’; the small white spots as a sign of Mary’s crown, and of the pilgrims from all continents.