After struggling with anxiety throughout the pandemic and a sense of loss of faith, I reconnected with my faith at NCYC. I am thankful for the adults who invited me to NCYC, walked with me on this journey.

I plan to keep the message of NCYC alive by… Reminding everyone at my parish what the young Church is really capable of!

After the conference, I came back [home] on fire. I started helping out at my parish in a lot of ways and became interested in growing in my faith. I suddenly enjoyed going to mass, and I paid more attention to the word of God.

The young people of our Diocese were able to experience the larger church... Many of our young people had a profound encounter with Christ through participation at Mass, in prayer, and Eucharistic adoration. That encounter was more profound because the conference opportunities spoke to their lived experiences.