Sergio Canjura This is Me

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1. 1. www.sanmateodailynews.com

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   Published on: 7/13/2008   Last Visited: 7/13/2008

   Sergio Canjura, of San Francisco, is making his ninth journey to World Youth Day.The 39-year-old said his goal is to experience the love of God.
   
   "It calms me," said Canjura, who is the volunteer coordinator for the San Francisco Archdiocese.
   
   Born and raised Catholic, he didn't become involved in the church until he saw Pope John Paul II in 1987 in San Francisco.
   
   Canjura - who was diagnosed with terminal cancer - felt inspired by the pontiff.To him, the pope was a beacon of hope, love and unity in such a divisive world, Canjura said.
   
   In 1991, Canjura went to Poland for World Youth Day.He said it was a life-giving event.When the pope was giving Mass, Canjura asked for a miracle of life.
   
   "It feels good to still be around," he said."It's God in action.
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   But Canjura is optimistic.
   
   His strategy is not preaching to the teens, but just having a conversation.
   
   "They will recognize that materialism and individualism really isolates them," he said.

2. 2. City and County of San Francisco | MONS Contact: Mons Contacts

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   Published on: 5/7/2003   Last Visited: 5/7/2003

   Sergio Canjura
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   Sergio CanjuraPhone: (415) 554-6267E-mail: sergio.canjura@sfgov.org

3. 3. A reporter's journal

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   Published on: 4/27/2004   Last Visited: 11/23/2005

   Sergio Canjura, 33, an unassuming man from San Francisco, Calif., is one image of WYD I will not forget.I met him the day after the pope arrived.He told me he has been following WYD since 1991 in Czestochowa, Poland.
   
   Originally from El Salvador, Sergio was very ill when he went to Poland to attend the WYD.He was diagnosed with brain cancer and was given three months to live at the time.
   
   He went because he wanted to be blessed by the holy father."I have so much faith in God and in the holy father.I know participating in the WYD is somehow extending my life," he told me.
   
   An aide to the mayor of San Francisco, Sergio is not well.He still has cancer.In fact, he underwent chemotherapy just before he came to Toronto.But his faith is so alive and his trust is so strong that he continues to attend.
   
   From the day I met Sergio, I carried his image in my mind, along with a desire to tell his story.
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   And I know what I needed to do - to tell a story like Sergio's.