Nearly 200 students from all around the country responded to the i-Confess challenge of making a one-minute YouTube video encouraging viewers to partake in the sacrament of reconciliation. They competed for the grand prize of $50,000 to be shared equally by the winner and his or her school. The contest was sponsored by the […]
by Antonina Zielinska After a year and a half of spiritual preparation and fundraising, 10 young people from Transfiguration parish, Williamsburg, are less than two weeks away from joining thousands of pilgrim from throughout the world to celebrate World Youth Day in Spain. “It will be an experience of a lifetime,” said Arisleidy Maran, one […]
by Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI has put his own stamp on the celebration of World Youth Day, and it’s especially clear in the gathering’s moments of prayer. In Cologne, Germany, six years ago – Pope Benedict’s first WYD as pope – he surprised the youths at the Saturday night vigil […]
by Antonina Zielinska During World Youth Day in Madrid next month four young people from Sacred Heart Church, a worship site of Mary of Nazareth parish, Fort Greene, will continue their desires to grow closer to God. The four college students: Omar Barragan, Maria Arteaga, Kelly Ortiz and Alejandro De Anda have been chosen to […]
by Antonina Zielinska When World Youth Day pilgrims go to confession in Spain this August and kneel to kiss the stole of their confessor, they may come in contact with purple cloth hand stitched in Brooklyn. The Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará Sisters, who reside in the contemplative monastery of St. […]
