Youth Speak News
It’s that time again in the Catholic Church: the beginning of a new liturgical year and start of the season of Advent.
‘The Promise’ brings new sound to Advent season
By Robert Adragna, Youth Speak NewsTORONTO On Nov. 28 at St. Michael’s College School, Dreamtheatre Productions will be performing its inaugural presentation of The Promise — a retelling of the timeless Advent story in a contemporary fashion.
Overcoming my spiritual desert
By Francisco Uy, Youth Speak NewsIt was in my last year of high school when my school’s chaplain asked me to come to his office one day. We talked about what I’d been going through. It was clear to myself and to others that I hadn’t been myself.
Female astronaut tells girls to reach for the stars
By Julia Swist, Youth Speak NewsTORONTO - Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti said the best advice she can give to a girl is to find her own path and be her own inspiration.
Be ready for the COP21 summit
By Robert Adragna, Youth Speak NewsMark your calendars. Find all your friends and tell them to do the same. From Nov. 30 to Dec. 11, 50,000 heads of state, foreign dignitaries, private sector innovators and environmental advocates will gather in Paris to discuss global initiatives related to curbing the effects of climate change — this year’s biggest UN environmental conference. Frankly, I can barely control my excitement.
Two priests, nun walk into a bar
By Steven Travale, Youth Speak NewsQ & A event to promote dialogue between youth and religious.
Challenges of work and student debt
By Maria Montemayor, Youth Speak NewsMore students today are facing unemployment or underemployment, even in specialized fields. A report from the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers, based on 2011 data, has found that only 29.7 per cent of those with engineering degrees actually work in their fields as engineers.
Youth ministry gets jump start from Family of Faith
By Julie Hall, Youth Speak NewsTORONTO - Fourteen “highly invested” parishes and nine new parishes will be hiring new youth ministers within the next few months thanks to funds raised through the Archdiocese of Toronto’s Family of Faith campaign.
Mental healing through faith
By Rachel Gannon, Youth Speak NewsDuring my high school years, I struggled with mental illness. I felt hopeless. I was alone. I was hurting and I knew that nothing could change the way I felt. It was during this time that I grew in my faith.
Promise to bear witness
By Robert Adragna, Youth Speak NewsTORONTO - He’s been on the Toronto hip-hop scene for more than 10 years, innovatively blending R&B, jazz and alternative vocals and rhythms with his self-professed ability to “spit sick.” He’s rapped about a whole host of controversial issues, from pre-marital sex to drugs to abuse to the nature of success.
Called to be global citizens
By Melanie Lamarca, Youth Speak NewsOct. 24 is United Nations Day and I think it’s time to make a real change.