Youth Speak News
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High schooler's video gives back to beloved St. Francis Table
By Alessia Loduca, Youth Speak NewsWhat started out as a Grade 10 Civics video project became a new way for Émile Constantin to connect with the memory of his beloved great uncle.
Speaking Out: Food and family go together
By Alessia Loduca, Youth Speak NewsDespite our busy and often conflicting schedules, my parents, brother and I try to eat at least one meal a day together. During this time, we share stories, make jokes and catch up on each other’s lives.
YSN Reads: 2017 Summer Reading List (Part 2)
By Youth Speak NewsThe Catholic Register’s Youth Speak News is celebrating the warm weather with a list of faith-based youth titles that we think young book lovers might enjoy for summer reading. Check out what our youth writers are saying about the newest books in youth and young adult literature. Click here to read part one of YSN's summer reading list.
Millennial Summit affirms role of religious faith in Canada
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA – Faith has helped shape Canada for its first 150 years and there’s a youthful next generation that wants to make sure it is just as influential for the next 150.
YSN Reads: 2017 Summer Reading List (Part 1)
By Youth Speak NewsSummer is here which means the busyness of the school year is gone. It’s the perfect time to unplug from the real world and curl up with a good book. That’s why The Catholic Register and the Youth Speak News team have put together a list of faith-based youth titles that we think young book lovers might enjoy for summer reading. Check back next issue for more recommendations.
History comes alive for students on Europe trip
By Emily Barber, Youth Speak NewsSenior high school students will spend a summer that’s less ordinary as they depart on a three-week whirlwind tour of Europe — a trip of a lifetime that also happens to be worth two high school credits.
Speaking Out: Looking at the next 150 years
By Vanessa Chan, Youth Speak NewsAs a frequent rider of the subway, I have seen the Canada 150 ads that feature influential young adults and posing the question of how they will shape the future of our country.
Pope Francis: Help youth see blessings of adulthood
By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News ServiceROME – Instead of “pretending to be adolescents,” parents must help young people see the blessing of growing into adulthood, Pope Francis told priests, religious, catechists and parish council members from the Diocese of Rome.
Speaking Out: Be a living testimony for the secular society
By Alister Vaz, Youth Speak NewsA recent Ipsos poll conducted for Global News showed that 51 per cent of Canadians polled believe that religion does more harm than good.
D&P hosts ecojustice forum for youth
By Patrick Peori, Youth Speak NewsFarmers, not corporations, must come first in the effort to promote ecological justice, a youth forum sponsored by Development and Peace Canada was told.