Youth Speak News
TORONTO - High school students flocked to TorontoƵapp University of St. MichaelƵapp College to learn how they can engage with what Paul Klotz calls “the most important human rights and social justice issue of our time” — the right to life.
Self-esteem sends girls to poor house
By Melissa Oro, Youth Speak NewsOwning the latest gadget or wearing the most chic fashion can give teens some much-needed confidence, but it can also cloud their financial judgment.
School ‘unplugs’ to send TV to Cambodia
By Kathryn Nundal, Youth Speak NewsTERRACE, B.C. - Students and staff of Veritas School in Terrace took an electronic fast from Feb. 3-6 to raise money to purchase a television for a Cambodian school in need.
Full circle evangelization in Catholic schools
By Enrique Olivo, Youth Speak NewsTORONTO - ItƵapp Friday afternoon and classes have just ended. The weekend is about to begin, but more than a hundred high school students in TorontoƵapp Beaches neighbourhood would rather stay at school.
CCO heads north of 60
By Beth Brown, Youth Speak NewsTwelve university students from across Canada gave up their spring break to warm hearts in a cold climate as Catholic Christian Outreach conducted its first mission to the Yukon.
Journey through darkness leads to light
By Virginia Mervar, Youth Speak NewsTORONTO - Cardinal Thomas Collins brought The Divine Comedy to life for students at the University of Toronto in Mississauga.
Confirmation Chosen to help keep kids in church
By Sarah Swist, Youth Speak NewsChris Stefanick, a 14-year youth ministry veteran, is troubled by the exponential drop in teens attending church.
Student seeks hands-on social justice
By Andrew Thies, Youth Speak NewsIf Sam Caldeira Slavec wanted a hands-on method of tackling global justice issues, she got one. On a trip to Nicaragua, she helped clean and repaint walls, put in a new roof and mixed cement for an addition to a school, a room for children with disabilities.
Filipino students go back to school
By Catholic News ServiceQUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES - Biology major Seary Balliard is finding thereƵapp a lot more to a university education than knowing how the parts of the human body function. She is also learning about the human psyche and the compassion it can share.
Pop culture distorts supernaturals
By Stephen Johnson, Youth Speak NewsAngels and demons have fascinated the public since biblical times, but are still portrayed inaccurately in film and on television. In January, Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones hit theatres and the ninth season of Supernatural, after a short break, re-started on TV, each with accurate and inaccurate depictions of these creatures.
iPad awarded to Christian unity contest winner
By Catholic Register StaffTORONTO - If at first you don’t succeed, Nathan Ko knows why you should try and try again. Ko, who placed third last year in The Catholic RegisterƵapp and the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement-GraymoorƵapp student writing contest on Christian unity, is this yearƵapp first place winner.