YOUTH FORUM

• “Young people served in the armed forces and were expected to fight, even die, for their country. They can be given a gun before they are entitled to vote for the politicians who give the order to fire it. Still in their teens, they can be sent to Northern Ireland, Bosnia, the Gulf, or anywhere else there is human conflict and be expected to perform demanding tasks under extreme pressure. If McDonalds, financial institutions and the armed forces are all prepared to bestow great responsibility on young people, then presumably the same will be true of the Church. Tragically, this is not the case.”

– Danny Brierley

Young people should never be seen as a burden on any society, but as its most precious asset[1]

[1] UN Secretary General, August 13, 2003. United Nations World Youth Report- 2003. P. iv.