One of the hardest things I have to decide is going against the status quo. It may seem like a cliche, but like other teenagers, I have to face the decision of going along with the crowd or swimming upstream.
Our Youth
Pax Christi Teen Peacebuilders
New to this year’s Diocesan Youth Day was the Young Peacebuilder Awards presented by Pax Christi. The main honor went to Shayla Machado, a senior at St. Joseph H.S., Downtown Brooklyn. Rosemarie Pace, director of the regional chapter of Pax Christi attended Diocesan Youth Day at Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston, to personally present Machado with […]
Youth Day At Pastoral Center Draws Overflow Crowd
This year’s Diocesan Youth Day brought twice as many teens as last year from Brooklyn and Queens to the Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston. More than 600 people worshipped God together and learned more about their faith. Auxiliary Bishop Paul Sanchez joined them to help them prepare for the day. Jamique Davis, 19, from Most Precious […]
Youth Views: What is on your bucket list?
I want to learn and be fluent in Korean, Japanese and Chinese. I also might want to live in South Korea
Teen News Flash – March 29, 2014
Brooklyn ‘All Shook Up!’; Kearney’s Talk is Not Cheap
An E.P.I.C. Youth Lock Down
The youth group at St. Teresa of Avila, Prospect Heights, locked themselves in over night with the Bensonhurst Youth Cluster.
Xaverian Men Find Poverty Hits Close to Home
Six juniors from Xaverian H.S. Bay Ridge, left their Brooklyn homes to better understand those who live in poverty just over the Hudson River. They traveled to Camden, N.J., to participate in the Romero Center’s Urban Challenge Program, a service-learning, immersion retreat experience. Raysean Marin, Michael Paparelli, Marvel Tranquille, Francois Naaman, Patrick Saint-Amour and Giuseppe […]
Youth Views: What is a decision you are proud of?
Analia Acevedo, senior Cristo Rey Brooklyn I made the decision to study at Cristo Rey Brooklyn. This decision shaped my life and molded me into the person I always want to look back on. My school has made me a responsible and caring individual, with an education and work experience that will help me succeed. […]
St. Saviour H.S. Joyfully Remembers Jasmine, Helps Family
The gospel choir at St. Saviour H.S., Park Slope, performed a benefit concert for the family of their late classmate, Jasmine Guillaume. The St. Saviour H.S. junior passed away in a house fire with her two sisters on Dec. 20, 2013. Performing in front of a packed house, the choir sang new songs and old […]
Our Youth: The Year of Marist Vocations
By Joe Sommo Auxiliary Bishop Raymond Chappetto joined the Archbishop Molloy H.S. community in praying for those who have devoted their lives to religious vocations and for members of the lay community who do God’s work in other important ways. “Who does God call you to be?” he asked the students in Briarwood. To help […]