Father T. Austin Murphy Jr, director of vocations, delivered a homily about a surprising hero of his. It was a fitting end to this busy, but affirming weekend in Ocean City. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZditnBcqJs&hl=en&fs=1]Read More

Just got word that the teens and adults here gave of themselves financially, as well as spiritually this weekend. Catholic Relief Service’s Sudanese efforts will receive $1,300 as a result of donations today.Read More

Brad Farmer is delivering a Catholic pep talk to BYCC teens that would make a high school football coach jealous. He’s going full Uncle Ben Parker right now, talking about the responsibilty of being a Catholic teen hero. Who will become Spider-Man after this weekend? “You know your jobs, superheroes. Become who you were created...Read More

The last day of BYCC is here. I can already hear teens moving about the hallways as they prepare to head downstairs for breakfast. You haven’t lived until you’ve seen 500 teens pray the rosary under the moonlight at the beach. Surrounded by candles, the teens took to the sand last evening (Nov. 20) in...Read More

Just had to share this. It’s a St. Paul hero trading card. Catholic Review photographer Owen Sweeney thinks George Lucas is already preparing a lawsuit. I’ll see if there’s a St. Peter Admiral Ackbar card.Read More

I’ll be writing more about this later, but Bob McCarty of the the National Federation of Catholic Youth Ministry is conducting a workshop right now that has kids engaged. It’s absolutely packed here. McCarty said disciples are called to step up. Disciples don’t hide. They step out. It’s an interesting challenge and refresher for teens...Read More

“The Pope” welcomes everyone to BYCC (image by Matt Palmer )         The cover of the daily newspaper here at BYCC (image by Matt Palmer) What's ahead of BYCC attendees tonight? (image by Matt Palmer) Parishes from around the archdiocese are arriving.Read More

Keynote presenters APeX Ministries are talented guys who can get you laughing one minute and pondering theologically in the next. I wanted to share some video flavor from their presentations so far. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ys6_EE6S6E&fs=1&hl=en_US] [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AytD-V1Zm1M&hl=en&fs=1] [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph1q3Q7jOlA&hl=en&fs=1]Read More