Steubenville Highs and Lows

This past weekend we were 34 who went to Steubenville Toronto (#SteubieTO started tor trend on twitter!) There were some great moments - and I really appreciated the thoughtfulness of the organisers - because I think it was a grand success - when there were may pieces that could have caused chaos! Really things worked terrifically well. Thousands were fed 5 meals over 3 days! Thousands were housed at dozens of hotels without any hiccups that I heard of! and things flowed on time for the most part (Mass and Adoration seemed to take longer than expected!)

There was wonderful music - intriguing talks - good homilies and a powerful sense of the Holy Spirit - especially in the witness talks!
The theme of the weekend: GOD is.  This was quite an interesting choice.  It allowed you to put a punctuation mark and either proclaim God IS! or you could ask God is? It also allowed toy to put a blank - and talk about different ideas or attributes of God:

• God is Real
• God is Love
• God is Merciful
• God is Savour
• God is the same: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
• God is in suffering
• God is in the media
• God is in the day to day
• God is writing your story
• God is in service

I got to see Archbishop Prendergast (the Archbishop of Ottawa - who was a professor of mine in the Seminary)  and Fr. Rod, my Brother and Sister-in-law's former pastor, and Fr. Leo, my Dad's Pastor (both from the Archdiocese of Kingston.) All in all - it was a wonderful event that did have an impact on many young people in Southern Ontario. 

Peace