The Event 09 – Schools Conference
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Has your school been to the YMT Schools conference at Rainton Meadows Arena? Would you like to post a comment to Sr. Helen or Bud Welch? Did the day inspire you? Did it made you think about the issues in our society today? What are your thoughts about forgiveness and justice? Did they made the right choices?
If your are interested to be penpals with death row inmates in the United States, please visit the Lifelines website.
Please use this page to post your messages.
You do not have to put your name and email but we will appreciate it if you write your School and your Year level.
Thank you.
November 12th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
Let me be the first to say I thoroughly enjoyed The Event 09, and found both Sister Helen and Bud Welch to be fascinating to see. The opportunity to listen to some real wisdom was greatly appreciated and the inspirational accounts relived by the two is something I will carry with me for a long time. Thanks once again, your cause is a worthy one.
November 12th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
I though Sister Helen’s speech was really amazing, however i am really upset to have missed Bud’s due to the que for the burger van
Apparently myself and some friends came on the screens when we walked in late eating our burgers haha
November 12th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
I thoroughly enjoyed The Event 09. It was interesting to see such inspirational people. I have always admired people like Sister Helen and Bud Welch, thank you for the event 09, and I think it is great in general the work the YMT do with young people and should keep it up.
November 12th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
I was greatly inspired by the way of Sister Helen and Bud today – the way they presented themselves made me and many others think greatly about our actions and forgivness. In particular the closing section of today was fantastic, it brought a tear to my eye to see just how passionate and understanding people can be.
November 12th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
A truly inspirational event. Sister Helen and Bud Welch provided me with so much to think about. They both answer th call of Christ in a special way.
November 13th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
This was a fantastic day; very moving. I was very much inspired by Sister Helen and Bud. The meditation was brilliant and it was a privilege to have been there. Thank you very much to everyone involoved, particularly Sister helen and Bud.
November 13th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
does anyone know the website to talk to the people on death row the website was in the meeting and I forgot. If you know please post it on
thank you
November 13th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
I thought it was absolutley amazing to here sister Helen’s and Bud Welch’s stories, they really touched my heart. It was really emotional watching the vt’s and i had tears in my eyes. I love how positive and loving they are about the people on death row and i think they are brilliant role models to people all over the world. Thanks for the expierence xxxxx
November 13th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Very occasionally in life you have the opportunity to meet or listen to people of inspiration, people of hope, people of faith. Today was one of those days for me. In our world of uncertainty the message of the gospel asks us to turn the norms of our society on its head. It asks us to go against the popular opinion of that time in order for the message of Christ to prevail. As we know that is not easy and often we fail. So thank you Sister helen and Bud for sharing your faith and love with me and I pray that because of today I will gain the courage to show forgiveness and love as you have done.
November 13th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
Thought provoking to say the least. I would however have liked to hear more secular arguments against capital punishment rather than purely gospel orientated reasons.
November 13th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
I really enjoyed it sister Helen and bud welch were really fascinating does anyone know the site to get in touch with the pen pal thing for death row ?
November 14th, 2009 at 1:14 am
I found Sister Helen and Bud Welsh’s talks very inspirational and thought provoking and very interesting. I would also like to know the website for the death row pen-pal.
November 17th, 2009 at 9:29 am
I was at the conference on Thursday of last week, and I just want to say that I throughly enjoyed it. I have a few questions for Sister Helen, first of all, what other work have you done in the past? Which have been the most effective to you out of these? How? And then a different side, have any of these affected your family life, or taught you a really valuable lesson? I would very much like to know, yours faithfully, (another) Helen.
November 17th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
I had a great day at The Event 09 and I believe that Sister Helen and Bud Welch are an inspiration. I participated in the Mass when Sister Helen was here in 2007 and loved doing so. I was lucky enough to come to the Event 09 and absolutely loved this too. I would like to thank YMT and Fr. Dermott for hosting such a fantastic event. Thanks, Rebecca xx
November 17th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
I would just like to say that being at the Conference and listening to the journeys that Sr Helen and Bud Welsh had to take through out their life shown light on alot of aspects i need to do in my life. Bud Welsh’s Story taught me to let g and move on but keep the loved one in our hearts. Experiencing the conference was a inspiring and touching event. Hearing their story first hand it something else to reading it in a book or hearing it from someone else. I would also like to say that I enjoyed all the music and drama that was prioduced. The musicians are truly talented and made the event what it became. Thank you YMT and people involved for making it happen.
Merin – St. Columbanus’ College.
November 19th, 2009 at 8:53 am
Thanks for being apart of the event09 and hearing the inspiring stories of Sister Helen and Bud Welch!!
November 21st, 2009 at 10:43 am
Thank you for everyone who has posted comments and thoughts about the Event 09 conference. You have made the conference an experience to remember for a lot of people received the message with warmth. Thanks for all your help and please keep prayers going and support, so we can continue sharing our journey with everyone around the Diocese. Thanks again for this opportunity x
November 21st, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Hi all, firstly, i would like to thank YMT for all their hard work in preparing for this remarkable event, i was lucky enough to attent 2 years ago but found this years event even better. I was also lucky enough to talk to Bud and Sr. Helen after the talks, thanks to them both for being such amazing people and carrying out The Lord’s work so well. They are truely blessed people. I look forward to seeing the team in december 2010 for our mission.
God Bless
November 28th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
As always a fantastic experience facilitated by YMT. Sister Helen second time around was inspirational and I have so much admiration for Bud Welch. The prayer at the end of the session was incredibly powerful. Thanks to all of the team for all of their work and to Father Dermott for hsving the vision to make the experience a reality. All feedback I have received is positive thankyou. The party was great as well but sorry we missed the weekend,
November 30th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
i really enjoyed this day, was funny && upsetting.. it was great to see the youth mission team again as we never got to see them since they were at our school, events like these should go on more often because they are really interestingg