Providing voice of youth at Plenary Council
With less than a month until the opening session of the Fifth Plenary Council assembly, lay member Maddy Forde is speaking to as many young people as possible to ready herself for her involvement in the process.
“When I moved to Sydney for work, I carried the hope I could fly home and be involved in any events/conversations, in order to be a committed delegate for Adelaide. The reality of not being able to go home, surrounded by familiar faces and having those important conversations in company of other delegates, has been hard to accept.
“But I know it’s the reality of our world and regardless the work going into making this process a significant, valuable and authentic conversation is tremendous.
“What I can best do, and I am trying to do, is engage in those conversations with young people far and wide through virtual/online means. I know that these conversations will ground me, and be an anchor for the process to come.”