Youth Speak News
It all started with a selfie.
While at the Steubenville Toronto youth conference last July, a few of the youth from St. Francis Xavier parish asked the host, Chris Stefanick, to take a selfie with them.
Young filmmaker shares viability of living with MS
By Maria Montemayor, Youth Speak NewsMary Gyulay was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis a year and a half ago, at the age of 22. At the time of her crisis, she turned to God.
Building a safe haven for Kenyan girls at risk
By Julia Swist, Youth Speak NewsTORONTO - Life is very different for the girls at the Abundant Life Centre in Kenya when compared to the students at TorontoƵapp Loretto Abbey Catholic Secondary School.
Youthful exuberance a sign of hope at New Waterford parish
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterNEW WATERFORD, N.S. - He has been called a ray of sunshine, a sign of hope and messenger of peace. But little Aidan Oliver says he just wants to make people happy.
An examination of your social media conscience
By Steven Travale, Youth Speak NewsMarshall McLuhan, a communications philosopher and former professor at the University of St. MichaelƵapp College in Toronto, once stated that “we make our tools, and then our tools make us.”
Encountering Santa Rosa
By Maria Montemayor, Youth Speak NewsI never imagined that meeting two nuns at a Chinese Catholic camp last September would lead me two months later to the home of my parishƵapp patron saint, Rose of Lima.
TOB is the ultimate life hack
By Steven Travale, Youth Speak NewsClarity, joy, relief, purpose, fire, blown minds, singing hearts. According to Sr. Helena Burns these are just some of the things that participants will be guaranteed to leave with after taking her Theology of the Body course.
Teaching youth engagement
By Maria Montemayor, Youth Speak NewsWhile there is evidence that youth are less civically engaged than the general population, Reid Locklin says itƵapp merely that they are differently engaged.
Focusing on CHRISTmas
By Emma Hunter, Youth Speak NewsNow that exams are coming to an end and Christmas break is beginning, thereƵapp more free time to rest and make the most of the season.
Film reveals how Mary transformed a culture
By Regina Rhae Contreras, Youth Speak NewsMother Mary is the “Mother of the civilization of love,” according to a new documentary film, Guadalupe: The Miracle and the Message.
Choir school marks 50 years of Christmas at Massey
By Robert Adragna, Youth Speak NewsTORONTO - For many Torontonians, regardless of religion, the St. MichaelƵapp Choir School Christmas concert marks the beginning of the excitement and anticipation surrounding the Christmas season.