Bishops Act on Porn and Politics at National Meet

The U.S. bishops approved a formal statement on pornography and additions to their quadrennial statement on political responsibility at their Nov. 16-19 fall general meeting in Baltimore, Md.

Teen News Flash: Need Help to Get to WYD

St. Thomas Aquinas, Flatlands, has signed up to a fund raising campaign through Aid to the Church in Need. You can help the parish teens embark on this World Youth Day pilgrimage by going to: http://acn.convio.net. On the right-hand side, click on search for a participant, then type in “Davis” in the Last Name field. […]

OLH Gets a Clean Start to WYD 2016

The youth of Our Lady of Hope parish, Middle Village, organized a car wash fundraiser for the benefit of those attending World Youth Day 2016

Teen Newsflash: Help to get to WYD

St. Thomas Aquinas, Flatlands, has signed up to a fund raising campaign through Aid to the Church in Need. You can help the parish teens embark on this World Youth Day pilgrimage by going to: http://acn.convio.net.

Wanted: World Youth Day Alumni Reflections

The USCCB National World Youth Day Office invites World Youth Day alumni to share their stories. If you had a profound, life-changing experience at World Youth Day (WYD) or if you had a conversion of heart, submit a short 200- to 300-word piece about your experience. Topics can include your favorite memories, what WYD means to you, […]

Diocesan Youth Day 2015

Paul Morisi, the coordinator of adolescent and youth adult formation for the diocese, is very happy to announce that online registration is now open for Brooklyn Catholic Youth Day (#BCYD) for teens in junior high and high school.

Around the World With Diocesan Youth

Cologne, Sydney, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro – Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio has accompanied diocesan pilgrims on four World Youth Days. He encourages pilgrims as they make overnight vigil on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, to celebrate Mass with Pope Francis… After offering morning Mass at an English Catechesis site in Madrid, Spain, Bishop DiMarzio sends […]

Pope Responds to Youthful Enthusiasm

My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, This article is written on my last day in Rio de Janeiro at the end of World Youth Day 2013 (#WYD13). As a bishop, this is the fifth World Youth Day I have participated in. Each one has been a unique and fulfilling experience for me, and, […]

Pope Outlines Temptations In Latin American Church

RIO DE JANEIRO (CNS) – Reducing the faith to a worldly ideology, prizing administrative efficiency over missionary zeal and exalting the role of clergy to the detriment of the laity are some of the major “temptations” undermining evangelization in Latin America, Pope Francis told Church leaders from the region. “The decision for missionary discipleship will […]

Youth Views from World Youth Day in Brazil

What has been your experience of in WYD Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, thus far?   Marie Tronsor, 22 St. Gerard Majella, Hollis Everyone here watches out for each other, even if we are not part of the same group.       Christopher Luna, 22 Our Lady of Sorrows, Corona Coming to WYD, I didn’t […]