LONDON - 2 May 2007 - 400 words
YCW president to lead T-ology on the Wharf
Danny Curtin, national president of the Young Christian Workers (YCW) will lead this month's "T-ology on the Wharf" session tomorrow in the Canary Wharf Prayer Room, 2 Churchill Place, London E14. Danny gave a talk to the CWCC last September (see some extracts below). This time, Danny will give a short update on his work with young people in Limehouse, and then lead a discussion on the possibility of starting up a group in Canary Wharf for young adults to share issues about their faith, their life and their work.
The session will begin at 12.30pm and will be an opportunity for everyone to debate how such a group might work in Canary Wharf (including how older adults might fit in). All are welcome, regardless of age. Please feel free to bring along your friends and packed lunches. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided.
The YCW lives out its mission with young people in the working world and those preparing for work. It is an organisation for young people, run by young people, promoting Gospel values through taking action to make a difference in the ordinary situations of everyday life. The YCW helps members to become aware of their dignity, to discover their own unique vocation and to be of service to other young people in the workplace, the home and the community. The YCW aims to form young people to be leaders - to lead a life worthy of a son or daughter of God in every situation.
Speaking during his last T-ology session Danny said: "The role of the lay people in the Church has been unfairly distorted in recent years with talk of lay ministries, of collaborative ministries in parishes, and of the laity lessening the priests' workload. Yes all this is worthy, but our real home is in the world, fed and nurtured by our priests, to go into our everyday lives and be God's apostles. What a responsibility. If we don't play our part in this nobody else will!"
"It is through the laity that the Church is in the world, and the more complex the world has become, the more there is need for us as lay people to rise to the challenge of being a lay apostle, a Christian leader in the world, actively living our lives in loving humanity towards one another."
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