St. Louis, Mo., Sep 20, 2005 / 22:00 pm
Speaking to young people gathered for a monthly coffeehouse at a St. Louis-area parish last weekend, Archbishop Raymond Burke said that today’s young people need to be on the forefront of the Church’s “New Evangelization” and call to transform the culture.
According to the St. Louis Review, the Archbishop told the youth that "There is among you a tremendous thirst to know more deeply the Gospel, the Church and to experience (Christ’s) presence in the Church."
He lamented that modern culture has become "completely secularized," and told the audience: "you have so much to contribute to the transformation of the Church and society."
Recalling the late Pope John Paul II, who began calling young people to his vision of a New Evangelization, Archbishop Burke said “We are called to live our faith with a new enthusiasm and new energy."