Youth Speak News

The entrants in the annual Friars’ Student Writing Contest did not make it easy on judges from The Catholic Register. 

The contest drew many quality essays on the question referring to Deuteronomy 16:18-30: How can Catholics and Christians of all denominations unite to create a more just society and be examples of Christ’s healing grace in a broken world?

Last week we published the winning entry from Lucas Georgey of St. Michael’s Choir School. This week, we feature the second and third place winners — Vincent Pham from Chaminade College School and Nathan Nambiar from St. Francis Xavier Secondary School. Pham has earned the second-place prize of an iPad while Nambiar is awarded a Google Home smart speaker.

Calgary’s first Theology of the Body conference was Bishop William McGrattan’s vision in action. 

This was one February reading week that certainly won’t be forgotten.

When 20-year-old Ruth Savidge meets a guy, several questions run through her mind before she even begins to consider dating him.

A new movement is beginning at the Archdiocese of Winnipeg and it’s looking for young creatives to take up this project with them. 

Recent revelations that Fr. Thomas Rosica admitted to committing plagiarism came as a surprise to me, having over the years read a number of his books and articles. 

I remember my first experience of Adoration very vividly. 

What if Catholic men are set apart from the rest of the men in the world?

It’s no secret that the Catholic Church is not a “young kids’ game.”