OLPH - Youth Ministry Page Youth Ministry Page May the peace of Christ be with us all. At the series of pastors lunches last fall, several priests asked us to consider sending out some thoughts that might help those in the field respond to current events that impact the culture of American youth. The tragedy in Littleton Colorado is certainly such an event. Young people across the archdiocese and the nation identify with their Colorado peers. The Division of Youth and Young Adult Ministry offers these thoughts to all diocesan priests and coordinators of youth ministry for your programming and preaching.
Violence is anything which works against life.
In the gospel for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, Jesus talks about coming so that we might all have life. His words give us a strong place from which we can begin discussing the murder of high school students and faculty at Columbine High School. As the horrific story unfolded on Tuesday, the entire nation seemed to teeter between the temptation to sensationalize and the desire to not say anything. And we, as youthworkers, want to help shape the dialogue with the hope of the Gospel. All the reporting and subsequent spin off stories seem to move us further and further from the truth.