"I called for a new generation of builders to respond to the aspiration of humanity for a civilization of love marked by freedom and peace. Indeed I trusted this hope of mine specifically to you, my dear young people.
As members of Catholic Christian Outreach you are generously responding to that appeal through your courage to be disciples of Jesus, living the life of the Beatitudes on campuses throughout Canada."
--Pope St. John Paul II, in his message to CCO on December 28, 2002