The Seventh Annual Cardinal Joseph Tobin Award for Priestly Vocations 7th Grade Essay & Video Contest starts Monday, January 27! Contest is open to 7th graders in Catholic school or … Learn More
Tag: Youth
Good Shepherd Academy fifth grader’s artwork shared statewide after contest win
After winning the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s annual art contest, Adam Idrovo’s drawing was featured on 30,000 folders that were distributed to schools across the state.
Inspired by faith, Catholic school alums publish environmental children’s book
The bilingual picture book encourages kids to protect the earth.
Learning about Mary at vacation Bible camp
Students learned about Fatima, Lourdes, Knock, Guadalupe and Mt. Carmel.
Catholic teens serve Portland’s most vulnerable
For the second year, teenagers from Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Tenafly traveled to Portland, Maine, to serve hundreds of the city’s most vulnerable.
Will the canonization of the first millennial saint inspire today’s youth? Local young Catholics think so
The short life of Blessed Carlos Acutis, who died in 2006 at 15, offers a contemporary and youthful role model of Christian devotion and service.
Youth Ministry Congress emphasizes need to listen to young people
VATICAN CITY — As young delegates and the coordinators of youth and young adult ministry from the world’s bishops’ conferences gathered near Rome, an archbishop asked them: “How can we be … Learn More
A better world can’t be built ‘lying on the couch,’ pope tells children
VATICAN CITY — Peace can spread and grow from “small seeds” like including someone who is left out of an activity, showing concern for someone who is struggling, picking up … Learn More
Cardinal Tobin leads youth synod event
Church to be community, inclusiveness, activities beyond Mass, are some of what youth want from their parishes.
Raising Catholic kids: New study suggests what successful parents have in common
At or near the top of almost any Catholic parent’s list of things they want for their children is for them to continue practicing their Catholic faith into adulthood. But … Learn More