Archbishop meets Karol Wojtyla club

By Laureen McMahon

There were big smiles all around when the Karol Wotyla (Pope John Paul II) Club for Young Adults welcomed Archbishop Raymond Roussin, SM, to a festive Sunday lunch at Rosary Hall on Feb. 3.

No one had a bigger smile on his face than the archbishop when the club members surprised their shepherd with a pre-Valentine's Day huge heart-shaped box of candy and a bouquet of red roses!

It was Archbishop Roussin's first visit with the club and he promised many more in the future.

Karol Wotyla Club members come from a number of parishes, including St. Mary's, St. Augustine's, St. Patrick's, Guardian Angels, and Sacred Heart and St. Francis Xavier.

In his address, Archbishop Roussin advised the young adults to do all they could to sustain each other in boldly living their faith, a spokesman told The B.C. Catholic. He urged them courageously to uplift one another as they seek to defend their beliefs against the "massive assaults" which so often come from a secular, self-seeking society.

The cross of Christ, he said, is central to the strength of the Catholic faith and to the fulfilment of the Father's

Proclaim by word and deed, archbishop says

promises. Salvation, the archbishop explained to the young adults, is available as long as we continue to proclaim Christ's cross in word and deed.

The archbishop encouraged questions from the club members and mingled with them after lunch.

The Karol Wotyla Club at Holy Rosary welcomes young adults between 18 and 35 to meet every second Sunday from 1:30 to 3:15 p.m.

More information is available by e-mailing joseph@hrag.org.