Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua, Archbishop of Philadelphia, will host a youth forum with students of Catholic elementary schools to discuss issues of violence in their lives. The forum will take place on

Monday, March 6, 2000
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Archbishop Ryan High School
11201 Academy Road
Philadelphia



Cardinal Bevilacqua held two forums on violence in November 1999, geared to high school students. This forum will be for 7th and 8th grade students from Catholic elementary schools. 500 students (5 students from approximately 100 elementary schools throughout the Archdiocese) will attend the forum. The students will have the opportunity to ask questions, offer comments, and generate thoughtful discussion with Cardinal Bevilacqua on the reality of violence.

The forums are in response to the widely publicized violence at Columbine High School in Colorado last spring, together with the deeply troubling existence of violence in our own communities and lives.

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Marie Kelly
Associate Director
215-587-3747