Sydney, Australia, Aug 23, 2005 / 22:00 pm
Australian university students have pledged to volunteer and work toward making World Youth Day 2008 in Sydney, Australia, a success. The students were responding to some people who have voiced negative criticisms about the financial cost of the event.
“On behalf of hundreds of university and TAFE students from across Australia, I am guaranteeing our support and pledging volunteers to help make this a reality,” said Australian Catholic Students Association (ACSA) president Daniel Hill, who attended WYD 2000 in Rome.
He said he has already received phone calls from university students enthusiastic to volunteer.
Australian youth, who attended WYD 2005 in Cologne, are hopeful that the event will help renew the Catholic Church in Australia.