Entry for March 15, 2009

All Access!

This past weekend, I was at the White Oak Convention Center outside of Columbia, South Carolina. I was there for the 19th annual Diocesan Youth Conference (DYC). There were several hundred young people from throughout the state at the conference. Each was there to hear something about Jesus, draw close to Him, and learn about the “all access” pass that he offers to all people.

I was blessed to run two workshops at the conference, as well as to preside and preach at the closing Mass.

The Diocesan Youth Evangelization Team (the “E-Team”) did a superb job in peer mentoring and facilitating the conference. It’s been my great joy to serve this past year at the team’s chaplain. The team consists of about thirty high schoolers who serve and organize various events for their peers and the younger grades. They do an awesome job. It’s a blessing to see such shining witnesses to the Lord among the young Church of today.

It is in the youth and young adults of the Church that our renewal and reform is especially seen in all its diverse and creative expressions. There is cause for great hope (and joy).

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