3. We Need Youth!
The Church and world need
the faith, gifts, energy, and
fresh ideas of young people.
United States Catholic Bishops RTV pg. 50
4. We need Youth!
Young pilgrims, Christ
needs you to enlighten the
world and to show it the
“path of life”… Place your
intelligence, your talents,
your enthusiasm, your
compassion, and your
fortitude at the service of
life.
Pope John Paul II, World Youth Day, 1993
5. We need youth!
At this stage of history,
the liberating message
of the Gospel of life has
been put in your hands.
And the mission of
proclaiming it to the
ends of the earth is now
passing to your
generation…
Pope John Paul II, World Youth Day 1993
6. We need youth!
The Church needs your energies, your
enthusiasm, your youthful ideals, in
order to make the Gospel of life
penetrate the fabric of society,
transforming people’s hearts and the
structures of society in order to create
a civilization of true justice and love.
Pope John Paul II, World Youth Day 1993
7. We Need Youth!
Just as Jesus sent out
the 12 and the 72 to carry
out his mission, today he
sends out young people to
proclaim the Good News and to build a
world that is more just, more peaceful
and more respectful
of human life and
creation.
United States Catholic
Bishops, RTV pg. 49-50
8. We Need Youth
Offer your youthful energies and
your talents to building a
civilization of Christian love…
commit yourself to the struggle
for justice, solidarity, and
peace.”
Pope John Paul II,
homily at World Youth Day, Denver 1993
9. We need youth!
Christ needs laborers ready to
work in his vineyards. May you,
the Catholic young people of the
world, not fail him. In
your hands, carry the
cross of Christ. On your
lips, the words of life.
In your hearts, the saving grace of
the Lord. Pope John Paul II, August 15, 1993
10. We need youth!
Christ needs laborers ready to
work in his vineyards. May you,
the Catholic young people of the
world, not fail him. In
your hands, carry the
cross of Christ. On your
lips, the words of life.
In your hearts, the saving grace of
the Lord. Pope John Paul II, August 15, 1993
