November 2009
43 posts
real chastity = True Love
Last night, Jason Evert and his wife, Crystalina, shared their stories of striving for chastity and finding God’s forgiveness. It was a very straight forward talk about sex — Jason pulled no punches in telling the guys not to use porn, and the girls to respect their bodies by dressing modestly. Their honesty about their own struggles and triumphs was a powerful testimony to the role that...
NCYC LIVE!
Check out NCYC’s live stream. Apparently, there are youth watching in Japan, too!
Good morning, Jesus!
After singing, praying and hearing from Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston (an overall “more spiritual” morning in comparison to the wild opening general session, according to Matt Landwehr of St. Ann in Wadina in the St. Cloud diocese), the youth prayed in adoration before the Eucharist in the Sprint Center before filing out to participate in AN INCREDIBLY LARGE eucharistic...
Last night . . .
You wouldn’t necessarily expect NCYC to open with executive director of the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry rappelling down from the Sprint Center’s ceiling to the stage.
But that’s exactly what happened.
After a video told the story of his climb of Mt. Everest with his wife to raise money and awareness for NFCYM, Bob McCarty dramatically made his entrance, telling youth that the...
Getting out of the comfort zone
Steve Joerger started telling me about the rocks he saw from the bus window on the drive down, but other students’ voices drowned out the story. We were sitting in a banquet room at The Clubhouse on Baltimore Thursday evening munching on pizza, and I had asked students from St. John Neumann in Eagan about their drive from the Twin Cities to Kansas City.
Five minutes later, Steve said, “No,...
So, why go??
Steve Joerger, 18, and Sam Schiltz, 17, from St. John Neumann in Eagan.
So, why does anyone go to NCYC in the first place?
I asked some students from St. John Neumann in Eagan and Holy Spirit in St. Cloud that question – so why are you going in the first place?
From a story I wrote in this week’s Catholic Spirit:
This the largest gathering of Cath olic youth in the country,” said Bill...
ARRIVAL!
After a seven hour drive, I’m at NCYC, and already I’ve run into several youth from the Diocese of St. Cloud.
I’m currently in the “Reign Forest” — the convention center’s exhibit hall. There are teenagers EVERYWHERE — this is obviously the place to be right now. They’re checking out booths (colleges, volunteer organizations, books, etc. = FREE...
In just one week . . .
… the National Catholic Youth Conference will kick off in Kansas City, MO. Two and a half days will be packed with speakers, music, workshops, liturgies, prayer and just good ole’ Catholic camaraderie. I’ll be there following every minute with a focus on groups from two Minnesota dioceses — the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and the Diocese of St. Cloud (“holla...