Pope John Paul II on Youth Ministry:
“This is what is needed: a Church for young people, which comforts, and inspires enthusiasm in it with the joy of the Gospel and the strength of the Eucharist; a Church which will know how to invite and to welcome the person who seeks a purpose for which to commit his whole existence; a Church which is not afraid to require much, after having given much; which does not fear asking from young people the effort of a noble and authentic adventure, such as that of the following of the Gospel.”
(John Paul II,1995 World Youth Day Prayer for Vocations)