#TNC2013: Truth Is

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Photo: Paddy Magdua The truth isn’t always easy to admit. That’s something that I have struggled with for the months leading up to Conference. I was under an avalanche of sin, completely consumed and imprisoned by it. I started to think…

#TNC2013: Even when my world fades

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Cheers erupt as Vancouver, BC is announced as the host city for the joint CFC-Youth and CFC-Singles for Christ 2014 National Conference. (Photo: Patrick Ruiz) Not every day are we able to participate in a Catholic youth gathering as blessed…

#TNC2013: #ilovemyhousehold

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Kuya Lawrence Quintero looks onward as Conference participants throw airplanes sharing their written conversion stories on August 18, 2013. (Photo: Patrick Ruiz) We all have an innate desire to belong, to fit in, to feel wanted.  As we go…

#TNC2013: He transforms; I obey

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Fred Balce (left) and Nikki Dionisio engage the crowd in a Model of Excellence scenario during the interactive dilemma creative during session 3 on August 17, 2013. (Photo: Kristina Roxas) I struggle keeping my commitments and agreements. I…

#TNC2013: More Than Enough

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Session 2 began with a creative using shadows against a projected backdrop to tell two stories about youth finding the Lord after the trials in their lives. (Photo: Patrick Ruiz) I am that type of person who is always doubtful in everything…

#TNC2013: Time to Love

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Tita Nora Larioza speaks at her time management workshop on August 17, 2013 at the University of Calgary. (Photo: Nat Abad) I’ve been to a few time management sessions so I came into this workshop with the mentality of having heard it all. …

#TNC2013: To know Him is to love Him

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Nancy D'souza speaks about the YOUCAT at her workshop at the University of Calgary on August 17, 2013. (Photo: Paddy Magdua) On October 11, 2012, then-Pope Benedict XVI instituted the Year of Faith through to November 24, 2013 which, in its…

#TNC2013: Defining Love

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A group of brothers discuss their questions on the Theology of the Body during Father Nelson Antao's workshop at the University of Calgary on August 17, 2013. (Photo: Paolo Aquino) The body in fact, and only the body, is capable of making…

#TNC2013: The mission stays the same

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Genifer Rigor, Pacific Region Area Head, speaks about the New Evangelization at the University of Calgary on August 17, 2013. (Photo: Paddy Magdua) In its simplest form, "communication theology" is spreading and expressing the word of the Gospel…

#TNC2013: Clarity in Confusion

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Father Sulpicio Vincoy of the Diocese of Dumaguete, Philippines celebrates Mass on August 16, 2013 at the University of Calgary. (Photo: Paolo Aquino) I set out to make my way to Calgary with the Pacific West Cluster on the evening of August…