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."