Youth Speak News
Lent is a season which seems to always start strong in our hearts, and then gradually falls apart throughout our time of suffering alongside Jesus. We are now starting our journey. We already binged on pancakes a few days ago and a good few of us decided to give up either candy, chocolate, television or cellphones. (I’ll pray for you guys, don’t worry.)
Called to share in Christ’s mission
By Vincent PhamThe following is the third place finisher by Vincent Pham, a student at Toronto's Chaminade College, in the annual essay contest for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity sponsored by The Catholic Register and the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement-Graymoor.
Our sacrifices reflect our faith in Jesus
By Raquel SearaThe following is the second place finisher by Raquel Seara, a student at Toronto's Loretto College, in the annual essay contest for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity sponsored by The Catholic Register and the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement-Graymoor.
Compassion for our fellow man
By Regina Contreras, Youth Speak NewsThe mass shooting that claimed four lives in La Loche, Sask., and injured seven more on Jan. 22 was a horrific tragedy.
The spiritual house of God
By Sharanya TiwariHere is the winning entry in the annual essay contest for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity sponsored by The Catholic Register and the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement-Graymoor. Sharanya Tiwari, 16, is a Grade 11 student at St. Augustine Secondary School in Brampton, Ont.
Youthful exuberance a sign of hope at New Waterford parish
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterNEW WATERFORD, N.S. - He has been called a ray of sunshine, a sign of hope and messenger of peace. But little Aidan Oliver says he just wants to make people happy.
In defense of faith and reason
By Robert Adragna, Youth Speak NewsThe spring of 1633 was a time of controversy in the Catholic Church. The Inquisition had decided to bring a Florentine scientist named Galileo Galilei to trial for authoring a book that declared the heliocentric model of the universe as unequivocally correct, which contradicted the Church’s teachings at the time.
An examination of your social media conscience
By Steven Travale, Youth Speak NewsMarshall McLuhan, a communications philosopher and former professor at the University of St. Michael’s College in Toronto, once stated that “we make our tools, and then our tools make us.”
The gift of friends in faith
By Maria Montemayor, Youth Speak NewsWith the start of a new year, what has become increasingly evident to me is how fortunate I am to have strong, faith-filled female friends.
Encountering Santa Rosa
By Maria Montemayor, Youth Speak NewsI never imagined that meeting two nuns at a Chinese Catholic camp last September would lead me two months later to the home of my parish’s patron saint, Rose of Lima.
The power of testimony
By Emma Hunter, Youth Speak NewsOver Christmas break I had the privilege of attending Catholic Christian Outreach’s annual Rise Up conference. Throughout the five-day conference I reflected on the conference theme “Made for Greatness” and how it relates to my life.