During the summer of 2013, I had the opportunitiy to travel to Brazil and participate in Magis and World Youth Day. Magis is a week-long program sponsored by the Society of Jesus. Over 25000 youth from around the world gathered for a cultural immersion, then split into groups for pilgrimages and service trips around Brazil. I took part in a pilgrimage, which you can read more about in my reflection that is attached. After Magis, we traveled to Rio de Janeiro to join over 3 million youth to celebrate the Catholic faith. World Youth Day brought together youth from all over the world to celebrate and experience the joy of the Catholic faith. Pope Francis was present and said the closing mass on the Copacabana Beach. I will never forget my experience in Brazil as it energized me and ignited a deep passion for my faith. It instilled in me a deep desire to strive for the magis, or the more, in the sense of more acts of kinds, more humility and more love.