Youth Speak News
TORONTO-The Office of Catholic Youth hopes to strike the right chord with young people by entering the concert business.
Smartphone app exercises the spirit
By Meredith Gillis, Youth Speak NewsBob RiceƵapp A 40-Day Spiritual Workout for Catholics has leapt from the printed page to smart-phones.
Women unaware of their feminine power
By Ruane Remy, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO-Pope John Paul IIƵapp Theology of the Body holds answers women seek from the Church, but many are unaware of its teachings.
Air CadetƵapp unique hobby takes off
By Ruane Remy, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - High school student Caroline D’Souza is flying high, literally.
Jesus Youth Canada ‘Called’ to serve
By Ruane Remy, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Everyone has a calling, says Boban Mathews, and Jesus Youth Canada helps young people find theirs.
College can steer men toward priesthood
By Mark Pattison, Catholic News ServiceWASHINGTON - The college experience — and the Catholic college experience, especially — can influence a young manƵapp decision toward considering a priestly vocation, according to a study issued in early July by Boston College.
Young women build new ministry
By Ruane Remy, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - A new grassroots initiative is reminding young women in the Archdiocese of Toronto that they are made for more than settling with the wrong man.
Sisters invite young women to the ’hood
By Ruane Remy, The Catholic RegisterYoung women from Toronto are heading to Nunapalooza this summer to check out the Sisterhood.
Steubenville to be streamed live
By Ruane Remy, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO-TorontoƵapp most anticipated Catholic youth conference this summer may be sold out, but teens without tickets can still get in on the action.
Say ‘no’ to drugs, ‘yes’ to life, says Pope
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News ServiceVATICAN CITY-Pope Francis said legalizing marijuana and other so-called “recreational drugs” has never curbed drug addiction rates and has little impact on the criminal organizations trafficking drugs around the world.
Women doctors at the heart of healing
By Beth Brown, Youth Speak NewsAccidental Theologians: Four women who shaped Christianity, by Elizabeth A. Dreyer (Franciscan Media, Softcover, 160 pages, $15.99).
This may not be a beach read, but it sure is a girl-crush overload.