NY CATHOLIC YOUTH DAY

FALL 2018

YOUNG AND BOLD

ON OCTOBER 20, MORE THAN 1,500 TEENS from all parts of the Archdiocese of New York will come together to celebrate the sixth annual New York Catholic Youth Day. This year’s theme is “Be Bold!” – inspired by Pope Francis’ message for the 2018 World Youth Day: “Do not be afraid, Mary, because you have found favor with God.” (Luke 1:30)

God calls each of us, at every age, to be bold, but what does that look like? For Mary, it meant giving her life completely over to God. When she was called by name to become the mother of our Savior, Mary was a teenager; she was scared, and she knew most people wouldn’t understand her path.

Produced by the archdiocese’s Office of Youth Ministry, the event will help students discern what it means to be bold in their own lives – through music, talks, a service project, and Mass celebrated by Cardinal Dolan – and give them time to hang out, pray, sing and laugh.