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Clearwater, Fla., Jan 12, 2013 \/ 06:07 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia offered encouragement to campus ministers this week, assuring them their mission \u201cmatters eternally because each human soul you touch is immortal.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cFor every Rich Young Man who turns away from Christ, there's another young woman or man who longs for something more than this world can give \u2013 something deeper, richer and lasting,\u201d he said in his Jan. 10 keynote at the Catholic Campus Ministry Association's national convention.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cA single fruitful encounter with Jesus Christ can engage the deepest aspirations and change the entire course of a young adult\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe archbishop's comments were book ended with reflections on the relationship between 16th century Saint Thomas More and his daughter Meg. The saint formed his daughter well, and she herself was a model of courage and conviction.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe importance of forming intelligent, committed young adults, as Thomas More inspired and formed his daughter, is the same today as it was then. Because most of you here today work with young people at a decisive time in shaping the direction of their lives, you have one of the most vital missions in the Church.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tArchbishop Chaput told the ministers that despite their differences, they share one vast pastoral problem, America's post-Christian pop culture.<\/p>\n

\tHe said this new culture \u201ccomplicates\u201d the task of evangelization, but that despite this, \u201ctoo often in the Church we\u2019ve held on to the same institutional patterns of organization, the same methods of preaching and teaching that worked in a religion-friendly past.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tA renewal of Catholic life is \u201ccrucial\u201d to convincing young adults to \u201copen their hearts to the Christian faith, the archbishop maintained.<\/p>\n

\tThe Church must be presented to young adults \u201cas the living presence of Jesus Christ,\u201d he said, and \u201cnot merely as an institution or a collection of moral rules.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tArchbishop Chaput used the Gospel account of the rich young man, who was too attached to comfort to follow Christ, to critique the naivet\u00e9 of the Second Vatican Council's assumption that the \u201cvisible Church would serve as a lamp, drawing the modern world out of darkness into God\u2019s light.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tAt the same time, he said that while there are many examples of the \u201crich young man\u201d on campuses today, there are also young people who do yearn for truth.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cYoung people want to make a difference. And therein lies our reason to hope. Regardless of distractions and obstacles, detours and traps, young people in every age do resonate with a longing for greatness, which means they can be reached,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe idealism, striving and seeking in the hearts of so many young adults instinctively order them toward God. No matter how black the darkness is, no matter how deep the cultural confusion, no matter how ignorant persons are of the Creator who made them, young adults at their core long to give themselves to Someone higher than themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tArchbishop Chaput reminded the assembled campus ministers that their task is not merely to bring young people to \u201creligious activities,\u201d but to \u201cthe beauty of interior silence that enables a person to hear the will of God and entrust his or her life to Jesus Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tEucharistic adoration was offered as a central means to bring young adults to the beauty of prayerful silence.<\/p>\n

\tThe archbishop also exhorted his listeners to count success not only in the number of persons attending activities, but with a focus on conversion of life, \u201ca disciplined focus on the needs of others,\u201d and \u201can ongoing hunger for knowing and doing God's will.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tArchbishop Chaput concluded by encouraging campus ministers to reflect the love of Christ, as did St. Thomas More to his daughter.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cOur job is live what we preach, and to preach\u2026the good news of Jesus Christ to the young adults we serve. God loves us with the tenderness and zeal of a father. We need to reflect that same love to others. No one is immune to the power of being loved, least of all the young.\u201d<\/p>\n

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