Vocations, Greatest Fruit Of WYD Says coordinator Paul Jarzembowski,
April 15, 2014: At a recent gathering discussing preparations for World Youth Day
in Krakow, a coordinator for the event emphasized how each year many youths receive
the courage to answer their vocational call. "Year after year, the first thing
we've seen is vocations. There are a lot of people who feel the call to serve the
Church at this gathering," Paul Jarzembowski expressed during an April 10 interview
with CNA. It definitely gives people strength to move into a life of service either
as a priest or religious or a lay minister, or simply as just an active, engaged Catholic
in the world." Paul Jarzembowski coordinator of youth and young adult ministry
for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, was invited by the Pontifical
Council for the Laity to come to Rome and participate in the April 10 - 13 meeting
discussing the upcoming World Youth Day in Krakow in 2016. Jarzembowski, who spoke
during a conference on the impact of World Youth Day in the U.S., highlighted in his
talk three key areas of impact which are already bearing fruit in the lives of the
youth and they are the areas of evangelization, social media and "Papal 'Fever,' The
Pope's famous words to the youth in Rio to "Go make a mess, go make some noise" and
his call to "be revolutionaries and swim against the tide" and to "not water down
the faith" have sparked interest all across the world, Jarzembowski stated Many,
he added, are now paying more attention to the faith because in Pope Francis' actions
they "feel a sense of love, compassion, and forgiveness exuding from the Church, led
by the Holy Father."