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Young people have been “beaten down” by a message from media and pop culture that anything goes in their personal and public life, but what they really want is to “make a difference in the world,” a former fashion model told a New York audience.
“Contrary to popular belief … all youth want a challenge, they seek purpose and meaning in life; not an easy way to success or opting out of personal and public responsibility,” said Leah Darrow. “They desire to make a difference, to put their mark on this great world.”
Darrow made the remarks July 25 at the Church of the Holy Family during an event sponsored by the Holy See’s permanent observer mission to the United Nations. It was timed to coincide with the U.N. General Assembly’s high-level meeting on youths July 25-26.
Archbishop Francis Chullikatt, the Vatican’s U.N. nuncio, hosted the event at Holy Family, which drew about 90 people, and he introduced the day’s lineup of five young speakers.
Besides Darrow, now on the staff of Catholic Answers, the panelists were Megan Knighton, of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association; Kristan Hawkins, executive director of Students for Life of America; and Jeffrey Azize and Michael Campo of Grassroots Films.
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“Contrary to popular belief … all youth want a challenge, they seek purpose and meaning in life; not an easy way to success or opting out of personal and public responsibility,” said Leah Darrow. “They desire to make a difference, to put their mark on this great world.”
Darrow made the remarks July 25 at the Church of the Holy Family during an event sponsored by the Holy See’s permanent observer mission to the United Nations. It was timed to coincide with the U.N. General Assembly’s high-level meeting on youths July 25-26.
Archbishop Francis Chullikatt, the Vatican’s U.N. nuncio, hosted the event at Holy Family, which drew about 90 people, and he introduced the day’s lineup of five young speakers.
Besides Darrow, now on the staff of Catholic Answers, the panelists were Megan Knighton, of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association; Kristan Hawkins, executive director of Students for Life of America; and Jeffrey Azize and Michael Campo of Grassroots Films.
catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1102973.htm