National Eucharistic Congress

As you may know, two years ago, the Bishops of  the United States called for a Eucharistic Revival in  the American Church. The aim of this three-year initiative is to renew the Church by enkindling a living relationship with the Lord Jesus in the Holy Eucharist. The culminating event of the Revival is a Eucharistic Congress, which will take place at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis from July 17-21, 2024. Think, NCYC but with a lot more people. Adults, youth, families, religious brothers and sisters, clergy, and Bishops. A lot of people! 

The Congress is open to anyone to participate. The organizers are in the process of putting together special content just for high school students who attend with their youth ministry groups. You are invited to consider if you would like to take your high schoolers to the Eucharistic Congress. Click the link for more info.

NCYC: National Catholic Youth  Conference, Indianapolis 2023

NCYC is an exciting, three-day experience of prayer, community, and empowerment for high schoolers who are Catholic and those that walk with them. Catholic young people and their chaperones come together to pray, learn, and grow in their faith. Teens are part of an enormous community of peers who love Jesus and their Catholic faith and aren't afraid to show it! Teens and youth leaders can together harness the experience and bring it back to their parishes!  

When: November 16-19, 2023
Where: Indianapolis, IN
Teens, talk to your local youth leader about attending NCYC. Parish and high school leaders, click the link to learn more about how you can take a group of young people. 

Young Adult Adoration Nights

Young adults, college aged, 20’s, and 30’s and their families are invited to our Adoration Night, Friday, June 9, at St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Michigan City. Adoration will start at 7:00. There will be music, silent prayer, and an opportunity for Reconciliation. Afterwards, join us for fellowship time!

Love, Benevolence and Charity: Values shared by the Diocese of Gary
Office for Youth & Young Adults and its partner, National Catholic Society of Foresters

“It’s authenticity that young people expect. 
They can detect authenticity and they want to be in relationships and so what Pope Francis really points us to is to meet people where they are and to accompany them on their journey. And if people think that by standing here and saying, “come on, I’m here, come on over, this is where I’m at, come here,” then you don’t have that one on one. So you kind of have to go, and it does take a little more work because one-on-one takes time to build relationships, but you say: “I want to walk with you and I want you to know the love of Jesus the way I’ve come to know it.” Young people have to know that you mean what you say, and if I say which I believe that my life is going to be for Jesus Christ and that his love for me is my guiding principle and the source of my ultimate joy, they will want to know “why?”” 

Bishop Robert J. McClory

The Diocese of Gary Office for Youth & Young Adults supports and strengthens those who accompany young Catholics as they encounter and follow Jesus Christ.

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Mission

The mission of the Diocese of Gary Office for Youth & Young Adults is to support and strengthen those who accompany young Catholics as they encounter and follow Jesus Christ.