YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CHURCH

Madam, - Fr Patrick Seaver (June 16th) is saddened at the absence of anybody between the 10 and 40 at the three Masses he celebrated in Limerick on the previous weekend.

Could the absence of young people from Catholic Church services be attributable to the church's failure to address the legitimate concerns of the parents of the younger generation in the areas of contraception and responsible parenthood in the years since Vatican II? - Yours, etc,

LOUIS O'FLAHERTY, Lorcan Drive, Santry, Dublin 9.