” “Four thousand young Catholics aged between eighteen and thirty-five will meet in Birmingham arena on October 14th and 15th for what has been considered the most important youth meeting in England and Wales in the last 25 years. Two days of meetings, discussions, play and prayer, as explained on the website that the Catholic Church of England and Wales has opened for the meeting, which is going to be closed by Mass, celebrated by the archbishop of Westminster, card. Murphy O’Connor. The underlying theme of the initiative will be the centrality of God’s Word in the life of the believers, as shown by the slogan chosen for the event, “Find it, own it, live it”. According to Helen Bardy, manager of the “Catholic Youth Services”, the office for the youth pastoral of the English Bishops Conference, "Birmingham is not just an opportunity for the young to meet and testify their faith, but also a possibility to ‘challenge’ the Church, just like the Church challenges us young people with a proposition of faith”. The schedule includes speeches by bishop Ambrose Griffiths, the Jesuit Glenn Murray on the Eucharist, the archbishop of Birmingham, mgr. Vincent Nichols, on faith and culture, and a conference by card. Murphy-O’Connor. A message from Benedict XVI is also expected.” “
