5 Ways of bringing Hope to your Parish

By Hannah Vaughan-Spruce

It’s the mantra at the end of every Youth 2000 retreat: “Going back to your parish is HARD! But stay close to Jesus in prayer, the sacraments, the Bible, Christian friends…” 

For sure, this is the reality in most of our parishes. Mediocre music, hit-or-miss homilies, and the next youngest person having been born several decades before you: yes, coming back to your parish is like coming back down to earth with a mighty crash. We go there because we love Jesus and this is where we can get close to him: receive him in the Eucharist and make things right with him in Confession. “Jesus is still there in your parishes,” we hear, “and that’s the most important thing.”

Dignity & what kind of World we want to See

By Isaac Withers

This is my big brother Andrew, aka Anj (he's a year older).

Finding Faith in Pop Culture: Music we Love

With a Little Help from our Friends

By Megan James

Everywhere we look, we can see the fascination, the appeal and, importance of friendship. Look at books, films and TV: just how many are centred on groups of friends?  I mean, the most popular sitcom of our time is quite literally named after this concept! (That’s F.R.I.E.N.D.S for all you really young people or TV-phobes. It’s gold). 

But let’s look at the good stuff to really bring this idea home; let’s go Biblical.