We've had a lot of events in the last two months! All pictures are in "thumbnail" format, so just click on any one to bring up the full, bigger image.
Teens from St. Edward and St. Bartholomew discuss skits for the Youth
Conference during the Broward Youth Council meeting September 24 at St. Clement
Julia Suárez helps teens plan their skits also during September 25's Miami-Dade/Monroe Youth Council meeting at St. Robert Bellarmine
Representatives
from St. Andrew, Our Lady Queen of Heaven, St. Jerome, and
Encuentros Juveniles joined the staff from the Office of Youth & Young Adult
Ministry October 4-6 for Light for the Journey, the first Statewide Youth
Ministers Conference, held in Orlando
Julia Suárez
proclaims the Second Reading in Spanish during the vigil liturgy Saturday
evening. Bishop Norbert Dorsey of Orlando, principal celebrant of the
mass, is seated at the right
Conference participants stop at one of several stations set up
for prayer and meditation as Sister Jude Ruggeri looks on
Sister Jude Ruggeri and Sister Olga Villar conducted a final session Sunday morning on "Youth Spirituality for a New Millennium"
More than a dozen teens spontaneously climbed up on stage during "Awesome God" to lead the crowd in hand signals at Follow the Son, the archdiocesan youth conference held on Saturday, October 26, at LaSalle High School
Denis Martínez, former major league star pitcher, explained about addictions and how they can affect one's life and family in a special personal testimony during an afternoon workshop
Throngs of teens packed the cafeteria at LaSalle High School during the general sessions and keynote speakers at Follow the Son October 26
Rev. Octavio Colominas of St. Mark celebrated the special closing vigil mass for the hundreds of youth with prayers in English, Spanish, and Creole while the English and Spanish music ministries from San Isidro in Pompano Beach provided the music (stage, rear)
Teens pray together quietly during Peer Ministry I held November 1-3 at the Miami Youth Center in Miami
The youths join Bishop Augustin Román, seated front, in the conference room at the Miami Youth Center
Different speakers talked and gave lessons throughout the weekend in this
special program
The
teens share a light moment and have some laughs during Peer Ministry I