Today a small group of us from Breaking the Silence stood outside of the Gesu Church, on the campus of Marquette University greeting those attending the 4pm ‘student’ liturgy with signs calling for Marquette University to Teach War No More. Someone from the local Catholic Worker House of Hospitality, Casa Maria, had brought along two youth. The enthusiasm and interest of these two youth was exciting to witness.

Many persons attending the liturgy, especially Marquette students, just walked by us and when offered a flyer of why we were there either ignored us or simply said ‘No Thank You’. One of the youth was verbally asking each person if they wanted a flyer. I suggested he not ask but simply hold out the flyer with a smile and let them ignore his gesture or say no.

We passed out about 100 ½ page flyers with one side giving Facts while Marquette is the only Catholic Jesuit University in the USA offering three military training schools, Army, Navy/Marines and Air Force for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (See Inconvenient Facts and the other side with a contrast of Gospel Values vs. Military Values.

But I really did not need to give any advice to these young persons. Youth are not ‘hard of heart’ as some adults and have little fear of rejection. Yes, youth will lead us.

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