Youth Speak News

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Boys on the sideline of the football practice field at Cretin-Derham Hall High School this summer fell silent one afternoon as they waited for the football camp’s afternoon session to start.

You are sitting at your desk and are presented with a simple, ordinary box. You are curious as to its contents, and decide to open it. 

Benjamin Turland has become a prominent figure for Catholic youth over the years, but it wasn’t always that way. 

My time at The Catholic Register truly ended up being the product of an act of God. 

After four days of meetings in Rome with fellow youth leaders from around the world, Canada’s representatives returned with at least one overriding lesson: There’s a lot of work to do.

This summer has been the most unique and beautiful season I have experienced. My colleague and I lived in Wollaston Lake, Sask., a Dene reserve in northern Saskatchewan, working with Indigenous and non-Indigenous people and groups, connecting partners to nurture healing, empower youth and foster leadership through the Northern Bridge Community Partnership for the past two months.

Fear is the number one obstacle for young people discerning religious vocations, says Sr. Helena Burns. 

Has the symbol of the cross lost its relevance in today’s world?

Maria Pham has been going to summer camp with St. Thomas Thiện’s chapter of the Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth Movement for 11 years, but she couldn’t help feeling a little like a rookie this year.