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By Sara Loftson, The Catholic RegisterQUEBEC CITY - Instead of ringing in the New Year partying at a club at the stroke of midnight, about 450 young people from across Canada broke out into song praising God.
Simply surrender
By Sophie Freynet, Youth Speak NewsCompass clubs offer spiritual guidance at three campuses
By Jasmine Canaria , Youth Speak NewsHAMILTON, Ont. - Three years ago, a group of Catholic students at McMaster University noticed a spiritual void in their university lives so they started a chapter of the Compass Catholic Fellowship group on campus. Compass is an international student-run Catholic group with Canadian chapters at the University of Toronto, the University of Waterloo and McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont.
Make time for the spiritual in the New Year
By BertoneSmall town faith thrives among youth
By Jenna Murphy, Youth Speak NewsYARMOUTH, N.S. - The St. Ambrose Cathedral parish youth group of Yarmouth is known to travel three hours by caravan for youth events in Halifax. Each member often spends his or her own money to get there. This tight-knit group rises to the challenge of keeping the faith in a small community where young people typically flee after high school.
Keeping the homeless frostbite free
By Daniele Muscolino, YSNIn anticipation of Advent
By Michael De Jong, Youth Speak NewsThe plight of the university student during the holidays is a strange one. The timing of the exam period seems almost like a conspiracy as far as important times in the Catholic Church. While others celebrate Advent, anticipating the coming of Christ's birth, students hunker down and crack their textbooks open, some, like myself, for the first time since September for a furious and grueling month of studying for the necessary evil of end-of-term exams.