Youth Speak News
Dealing with Canada’s residential school history is challenging enough for the best of us, but two Vancouver Catholic school students are being recognized nationally for their clear vision of a “reconciled Canada.”
The Church is here to stay
By Paula Ducepec, Youth Speak NewsOn June 3, 1886, the Feast of the Ascension, St. Charles Lwanga and companions were martyred. They were pages for King Mwanga, a pedophilic and violent ruler in Uganda who forced himself onto his young attendants.
OCSB choirs get their rhythm back
By Angelica Vecchiato, Youth Speak NewsThe fateful March of 2020 brought the curtain down on in-person performances and rehearsals for the children and youth voices animating the Ottawa Catholic School Board (OCSB) choirs.
Detach technology, embrace outdoors
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThis past weekend I enjoyed a brief phone chat with Faye McCreedy, the youth ministry coordinator in the Archdiocese of Vancouver’s ministries and outreach office.
Sudbury, Ottawa squads make history with nation’s first girls tackle football game
By Jasmine Howell and Hayley Deschenes, Youth Speak News SpecialMay 18 marked a historic moment in Canadian sporting history for young women as Sudbury, Ont.’s St. Benedict’s Catholic Secondary School hosted the first ever officially score-kept girls tackle football game.
Be your own Maverick
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterI had the great pleasure to see Top Gun: Maverick last weekend. Considering the action flick netted a Memorial Day weekend record $156 million domestic box office haul, I was one of many Canadians and Americans taking the “highway to the danger zone.”
Contest bridges the gap with elementary students
By Nicholas Elbers, Canadian Catholic NewsIn the cutthroat world of competitive spaghetti bridge building, all bridges are tested, but none survive.
Imagine that — a cry for God
By Mary French, Youth Speak NewsWelcome to Earth 2022: where even the phrase “we’ve only got one world” is questioned.
National Campus Life Network returns to pre-pandemic roots
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterNational Campus Life Network (NCLN) is getting its face-to-face pro-life activism groove back.
Cast a vote for common good
By Kathleena Henricus, Youth Speak NewsOver the next 12 months, many Canadian provincial governments will be ousted or renewed as a series of regional elections kicks off beginning with the country’s most populous province Ontario on June 2. While not as flashy or media-crazed as a federal election, provincial decision days are vitally important as these legislatures control education, property rights and health care.
Teacher/author lights path to spiritual discovery
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterAn assignment for Lillian Conti’s Grade 11 religious classes laid the foundation for a book that has drawn much praise in Catholic teaching circles and is now set for the launch of an updated edition.