Holy Trinity Parish Youth Depart for the
National Catholic Youth Conference on Wednesday, November 15, 2023
The National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC), held this year in Indianapolis, invites participants to encounter Christ, experience Church, and be empowered for discipleship. It is an experience of faith that seeks to energize and strengthen the young Church towards fuller participation back home.
NCYC is a “conference” in that the majority of the time is spent between our hotel, the Indianapolis Convention Center, and the Lucas Oil Stadium. The schedule is packed, which makes it a supercharged retreat, taking participants away from their daily routines and immersing them in prayer, community, and sacrament. It makes for an unforgettable experience of Church.
NCYC includes the best Catholic speakers and musicians in the country. NCYC makes it possible to experience them all at once, both in large group experiences as well as smaller group conversation sessions. There is also an “Interactive Exhibit Hall” which includes hundreds of exhibits by colleges, religious orders, ministry organizations, and performers as well as opportunities to play games, participate in service projects, and to listen to even more musical performances.
In addition, NCYC has keynote addresses and workshops, for both youth and adults, addressing a wide variety of topics. Everything begins and ends with prayer, but during NCYC we pray in between as well, making it easy to “pray without ceasing.” We will begin our time at NCYC with a Diocesan Mass on Thursday morning at the beautiful St. John the Evangelist Church in Indianapolis. Perpetual Adoration and the Sacrament of Reconciliation are offered daily as well.
THANK YOU to our Holy Trinity family for your support and prayers over these past 12 months!!
Twelve of our Holy Trinity youth, with YOUR HELP, raised enough money to journey to Indianapolis and have their expenses for tickets, hotel, transportation, breakfast, and dinner each day covered!! These teens put an amazing effort into their Pasta Dinner, Car Wash, Bottles and Cans Recycling, Dino Feeding and other events…and Holy Trinity responded with love! Enough was raised that we were also able to purchase some fun “swag” such as diocesan tshirts, trading hats, and other items for our youth pilgrims. Our Senior Ministry has also offered to send us off with lots of love baked into a variety of homemade treats for us to enjoy for our bus ride, latenight conversations, and snacks throughout each day. Yum!!!
The words THANK YOU are not enough. We are truly BLESSED to belong to such a loving and generous faith community, and our delegation looks forward to sharing our collective NCYC experience with you on our return. Please keep our pilgrims and chaperones in your prayers as we keep all of you in ours at NCYC!!
With love, Mrs. K and our 2023 NCYC Youth Pilgrims & Chaperones
