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September 5, 2018

Speaking Out: I want to be a prime minister

Speaking Out: I want to be a prime minister

When I was five and people asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I said I wanted to be the first female prime minister of Canada. 

Published in YSN: Speaking Out
September 5, 2018

Travel gap year leads to serving the homeless

Winnipeg native Abby Pyrz, right, met with many homeless people during her two years serving at Christ in the City in Denver.

Abby Pyrz was 18 years old when she was bitten by the travel bug. 

Published in Youth Speak News
September 4, 2018

Youth Speak News Team 2018-2019

Youth Speak News Team 2018-2019
The Catholic Register is pleased to introduce these 11 young people selected for this year’s YSN program.

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ANDREA DSOUZA

Vancouver, B.C.
Dsouza, 22, is a fourth-year Indigenous studies student at University of British Columbia.

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KATHLEENA HENRICUS

Mississauga, Ont.
Henricus, 15, is a Grade 10 student at Cawthra Park Secondary School.

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JANELLE LAFANTAISIE

Winnipeg, Man.

Lafantaisie, 24, is a photographer for Alice and Flore photography.

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GABRIELA PARISEAU

Barry's Bay, Ont. 
Pariseau, 21, is a third-year Catholic studies student at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College.

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VINCENT PHAM 

Toronto, Ont. 
Pham, 17, is a Grade 12 student at Chaminade College School.

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DECLAN RILEY 

Edmonton, Alta. 
Riley, 23, is a third-year journalism student at MacEwan University.

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DANIELLE RIVEST

London, Ont. 
Rivest, 22, is a first-year education student at Western University.

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MICHAEL ROMEN 

St. Catharines, Ont.
Romen, 24, is a third-year English and Classics student at Brock University

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ABIGAIL ST. PIERRE

Sault Ste Marie, Ont.
St. Pierre, 16, is a Gr. 11 student at St. Mary's College

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KATHERINE SZOJKA 

Sturgeon County, Alta. 
Szojka, 17, is a Gr. 12 student at St. Gabriel Online School.

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NICOLE VAZ 

Mississauga, Ont. 
Vaz, 16, is a Gr. 12 student at Fr. Michael Goetz Secondary School

Published in Youth Speak News
August 16, 2018

Speaking out: Reflecting on my engagement

"My now-fiancé and I travelled to Europe last summer and on a sweaty Roman day, after a four-hour Vatican tour, he got down on one knee in St. Peter’s Square and proposed."

I was watching a comedy special by Chris D’Elia the other day where he joked about marriage and it really got me thinking. 

Published in YSN: Speaking Out
August 13, 2018

Fight church scandal by living Catholic faith authentically, Pope tells youth

Pope Francis raises the Book of the Gospels during an evening meeting with Italian young adults at the Circus Maximus in Rome Aug. 11.
ROME – Members of the Catholic Church sin and give scandal, it's true, Pope Francis said, but it is up to each Catholic to live the faith as authentically as possible and witness to the world the love of Jesus.
Published in Faith
August 10, 2018

Fr. Raymond J. De Souza: Where are the missionaries who will evangelize today?

On July 22, 1968, the 1906 St. Boniface cathedral was damaged in a fire, destroying many features including the rose window. Only the facade, sacristy, and the walls of the old church remains.

Thanks to the excellent coverage by Salt + Light Television, I was able to follow the “Catholica 200” celebrations in St. Boniface, Man., marking the bicentennial of the arrival of the first French missionaries in the Canadian West. 

Published in Register Columnists
August 7, 2018

Toronto young adult ministry spreads its wings

Young adult meet at a Spiritus Via event, a young adult ministry organized by the Office of Catholic Youth at St. Timothy's Catholic Church, Toronto.

Samantha Rossi had just graduated from university in 2017 when she began to feel apprehensive about what she wanted to do next. 

Published in Canada
August 2, 2018

Alberta's One Rock youth festival, 'Catholic Woodstock', changes for digital age

Youth take part in One Rock youth gathering in 2017 in Calgary. The next One Rock gathering is in September.

EDMONTON – Organizers are making big changes to One Rock, a major Alberta Catholic youth gathering, in the hope of strengthening young people in their faith.

Published in Youth Speak News
August 2, 2018

Global study finds Canada has widest gap in religious practice between younger and older generations

Mass at Holy Rosary Cathedral in Vancouver, British Columbia, Dec. 15, 2016.

VANCOUVER – A recent poll has confirmed what most youth ministry workers are already losing sleep over: young people across the globe tend to be less religious than their elders.

Published in Canada
August 2, 2018

A "courageous creativity" is needed, Pope Francis tells young Jesuits

Pope Francis accepts a religious icon during an audience with European Jesuits in formation at the Vatican Aug. 1.
VATICAN – The courage, prayer and creativity that should characterize every Jesuit's ministry must be especially present when ministering to young people who are unemployed and feel hopeless, Pope Francis said.
Published in Faith
July 31, 2018

Path to holiness isn't for the lazy, Pope says to young altar servers

Pope Francis greets a prelate and young people during a special audience with altar servers July 31 in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
VATICAN  – Christ's commandment to love God and neighbor is a path trodden by those who have the desire to become saints, Pope Francis told thousands of altar servers from around the world.
Published in Faith
July 25, 2018

The Register Archives: Ailing Pope lives up to his WYD promise

Pope John Paul II waves to the vast crowd that attended the vigil at Toronto’s Downsview Park during World Youth Day 2002. More than 800,000 attended the week-long event.

Despite declining health, Pope John Paul II made good on his promise on July 23, 1984 by stepping off a plane in Toronto to attend World Youth Day celebrations. The Register covered every angle of the massive event, including the Pope’s arrival at Pearson airport, as Christl Dabu reported in the paper’s special World Youth Day 2002 edition:

Published in Features
July 16, 2018

Learn from the past before looking to future, Pope tells youth

A screenshot shows Pope Francis smiling during a video message from the Vatican to young people of the Caribbean attending the July 10-23 youth assembly sponsored by the Antilles bishops' conference.
VATICAN – The future cannot be understood without reflecting on the past and on the history and traditions passed on to young people from parents and grandparents, Pope Francis said.
Published in Faith
July 16, 2018

Pope Francis nominates presidents-delegate for upcoming Synod

Pictured are four cardinals who have been appointed by Pope Francis to preside over sessions of the October 2018 Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment. From left are Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad, Iraq; Cardinal Desire Tsarahazana of Toamasina, Madagascar; Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon, Myanmar; and Cardinal John Ribat of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
VATICAN CITY – As his delegates to preside over sessions of the Synod of Bishops in October, Pope Francis has chosen four cardinals from countries where young people are facing special challenges.
Published in Vatican
July 11, 2018

Speaking Out: Choosing my Catholic faith

Speaking Out: Choosing my Catholic faith

I grew up always attending Catholic school, from elementary school through university.

Published in YSN: Speaking Out
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