Youth Speak News
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. - When Thomas Parente found out that St. Pius X parish in North Vancouver was in need of catechism teachers, he willingly signed up to spend Tuesday nights with a group of Grade 6 students.
Walking lightly on the earth
By Sara Loftson, The Catholic Register
Saskatchewan Newman Centre turns 80
By Michael De Jong, Youth Speak News SASKATOON, Sask. - St. Thomas More College on the University of Saskatchewan campus celebrates an important anniversary this year as the college's Newman Centre turns 80 years old. Since 1926, it has served as a Catholic presence on campus, fostering the spiritual growth of the students there.
Focolare - New Generation seeks God
By Sara Loftson, The Catholic Register
Youth help build new parish
By Daniele Muscolino, YSN SUDBURY, Ont. - When Matthew Schouten found out his parish church was closing and merging with another, he immediately decided he would lend a helping hand. The 18-year-old was one of many young people who came together to create a brand new place of worship for their small town of Espanola, 45 minutes outside of Sudbury in the diocese of Sault Ste. Marie.
Young women sail aboard the Queenship
By Jenna Murphy, Youth Speak News HALIFAX - When the doorbell rings on a rainy Saturday evening in mid-October, three enthusiastic young women, along with the smell of a homemade salmon casserole, welcomed me through the doors of the Queenship House. It’s a community for young Catholic lay women, currently home to Cristina Tersigni, 26, Jen MacDonald, 32, Ania Szymanska, 20, and Katherine McGee, 19.
Students welcomed into sacred circle
By Brittney White, Youth Speak News
Homelessness seen through teens’ lens
By Andrew Selvam, Youth Speak News
Moose Jaw school’s labyrinth a path to God
By Danica Kindrachuk, Youth Speak News MOOSE JAW, Sask. - A group of citizens from Moose Jaw is hard at work building a unique project at Vanier Collegiate, Moose Jaw’s only Catholic high school. An outdoor stopping station labyrinth, a pathway that one follows while reflecting and stopping for prayer, is halfway through its construction phase.
GTA students to get Holocaust lesson
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - There aren’t many Holocaust survivors left, but Catholic schools throughout the Greater Toronto Area are making sure as many of their students as possible have the chance to meet people who lived through the genocide.
Pro-life students fight for free speech
By Sara Loftson, Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Pro-life groups on university and college campuses in Canada are struggling to gain official club status.