1. "Good master, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" Young people, believing in Jesus and the challenge of discipleship today

2.  the challenges which faith in Christ presents to young people today  the attractiveness of faith for young people today  and how we can help those young people who are on the threshold of faith enter through the door of faith

3. Young people, believing in Jesus and the challenge of discipleship today What does your experience tell you…  about why young people today find believing in Christ challenging?  about what schools or the Church more generally can do to help those young people standing on the threshold of faith to pass through the door of faith?

4. Young people, believing in Jesus and the challenge of discipleship today “The Lord who calls us to evangelise does not call us to say or do something, but above all to be something…. We should ponder deeply on this because it lies at the heart of the call to evangelise. We cannot help, liberate and calm others unless we ourselves are first of all liberated, calmed and saved by the presence of Jesus, by our abiding in him as liberator and saviour” Cardinal CM Martin SJ

5. Young people, believing in Jesus and the challenge of discipleship today “ For most of our students and our families their Catholic school is now de facto their primary Christian community” Do you agree and does it matter?

6. Young people, believing in Jesus and the challenge of discipleship today The faith formation of our young people in schools is very important – but it is faith formation of a particular type

7. The faith formation of our young people in schools is very important “Only when we meet the living God in Christ do we know what life is...there is nothing more beautiful than to know him, than to speak to others of our friendship with him. The task of the shepherd, the fisher of men, can often seem wearisome. But it is beautiful and wonderful, because it is truly a service to joy, to God’s joy which longs to break into the world.” Pope Benedict

8. The faith formation of our young people in schools is very important “All the anguish and all the longing of the human heart find fulfilment. The joy of love, the answer to the drama of suffering and pain, the power of forgiveness in the face of an offence received and the victory of life over the emptiness of death: all this finds fulfilment in the mystery of his Incarnation, in his becoming man, in his sharing our human weakness so as to transform it by the power of his resurrection.” Pope Benedict Pope Benedict

9. Young people, believing in Jesus and the challenge of discipleship today This work of faith formation in schools is quite complex

10. “For Christ plays in ten thousand places, “For Christ plays in ten thousand places, Lovely in limbs, and lovely in eyes not his To the Father through the features of men’s faces.“ Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ

11. Young people, believing in Jesus and the challenge of discipleship today The young people with whom we work certainly find faith challenging

12. A greater challenge to the faith of young people than arguments against religion is the all-pervasive consumerism. Do you agree? If not, what else matters more?

13. Young people, believing in Jesus and the challenge of discipleship today So far as the faith formation of young people is concerned, this is a time of opportunity

14. This is a time of opportunity “ Very many people, while not claiming to have the gift of faith, are nevertheless sincerely searching for the ultimate meaning and definitive truth of their lives and of the world. This search is an authentic ‘preamble’ to the faith, because it guides people on to the path that leads to the mystery of God. “ Pope Benedict

15. This is a time of opportunity Do you detect similar signs of opportunity with young people?

16. Young people, believing in Jesus and the challenge of discipleship today Meaning, Reflection, Witness

17. “Look upon Jesus as your friend, as your confidant. Learn to go and see him, to visit him, to remain with him, and you’ll see how many things you learn. It’s a wisdom only he can give you; the true knowledge that makes people wise, holy and even happy. If you go with Jesus, if you remain with Jesus, you will yourself become another Jesus”. Pedro Arrupe

18. Young people, believing in Jesus and the challenge of discipleship today “Do you ever pray that you might see these young people, their teachers and their school as the Lord sees them – and act accordingly?”

19. Young people, believing in Jesus and the challenge of discipleship today What does your experience tell you…  about why young people today find believing in Christ challenging?  about what schools or the Church more generally can do to help those young people standing on the threshold of faith to pass through the door of faith?