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Youth Make Many Sacrifices To Attend NCYC
November 3, 2005ATLANTA—“Lean into it.” There were a number of inspiring sound bites from the 2005 National Catholic Youth Conference held in Atlanta from Oct. 27-29, but one that resonated repeatedly with those gathered was this phrase passed on by charismatic speaker and performer Steve Angrisano, who served as the event’s emcee. Angrisano recalled his experience attending […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (November 3, 2005)
November 3, 2005What do you do when 20,000 teenagers stop by for a visit? Well, after you catch your breath, you confidently turn to the amazing people of the Archdiocese of Atlanta to help plan for our largest ever youth conference. We did just that about a year and a half ago when we first agreed to […]
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Gulf Coast Groups Get To NCYC On Wave Of Love
November 3, 2005“Winds of Change” was the spiritual theme of the 2005 National Catholic Youth Conference, but the phrase could as easily describe the extraordinary upheaval some conference participants, youths and adults, have experienced since hurricanes demolished their Gulf Coast communities this fall. Archbishop Alfred C. Hughes of New Orleans, who sat with about 75 teens from […]
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Speakers Exhort Teens To Trust God With Their Lives
November 3, 2005Amid the cheers, despite the silly hats and T-shirts, in the midst of the fun and excitement of the National Catholic Youth Conference held Oct. 27-29, there were lessons to be learned. The message of the conference was heard loud and clear by the teens. “God loves you, is always with you—and that love can […]
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Teens Learn To See The Face Of Poverty Firsthand
November 3, 2005Teens from the confirmation class at St. Michael’s Church in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, have discovered that even as youth they can be Christ’s voice for social justice in their state legislature as they address the problems of homelessness and decrepit low-income public housing on their island. They were looking for a project to address a societal […]
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Youth Get ‘Extreme Makeover,’ Atlanta-Style
November 3, 2005As teen musicians hold a jam session on the nearby Catacombs Café stage, Hiroki Saotome, a high school senior from Michigan, huddles over a white binder with piles of Christmas cards and foam board before him. He has placed a yellow cross, an orange ichthus symbol and a picture of the Nativity on the cover […]
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Young People Asked To Discern Media’s Messages
November 3, 2005First came vinyl records, then tapes and CDs, and now digital audio players for files called MP3s. From “M*A*S*H” and “Charlie’s Angels” and the days of the three TV kings of ABC, CBS and NBC, to “Desperate Housewives,” and no less than 150 reality shows in the age of satellite and cable TV. From the […]
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Teens ‘Animate’ Words In Dance, Song At Event
November 3, 2005She had sung the song perfectly during practice just a few minutes before the Mass, but as Mary Williams took the stage to lead the nearly 17,000 people, including over 120 priests and 15 bishops in the Georgia Dome in the responsorial psalm, her voice, so strong just a few minutes earlier, came out as […]
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Devoted Monk And Author, Brother Bill Reams Dies
November 3, 2005Brother William Reams, OCSO, a monk of the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, died peacefully on Sunday, Oct. 30, in the monastery infirmary. He persevered faithfully in the monastic life for 49 years and died of complications of leukemia. Later known as Brother Bill, he was born George William Reams on June 2, […]
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DeKalb Choral Guild To Perform At Monastery
November 3, 2005On Sunday, Nov. 6, at 3:30 p.m., the DeKalb Choral Guild will present “Toward the Light,” a musical manifestation of inspiration and inner vision, featuring an encore performance of “A Celebration Mass” by Atlantan Sharon J. Willis, at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit. The director of the DeKalb Choral Guild, Bryan F. Black, noted […]