This is a guest post written by Rebecca Wood, who was a participant at the Steubenville STL Mid-America youth conference in 2015. She shares how the Call to Baptism on the last day of the conference influenced her journey to the Catholic Church. Rebecca was initiated into the Church on March 26, 2016. You can follow her on Instagram @rebeccanwood.
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Meet Phillip Uro

If you want to be “forever young,” attempt to capture the spirit of this former seminarian-turned-family man, who jokes that he is “forever 19 years old.” (To put this in perspective, Phillip was alive for the original “Forever Young” by Alphaville, the song Jay-Z sampled in “Young Forever”…also it’s that song from Napoleon Dynamite.)

Phillip Uro has been to SteubySTL 7 times so far as an adult, but his excitement at the event can be compared to a little kid on Christmas!

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Meet Jimmy Harris

As you’ve probably heard, everybody loves Raymond. But perhaps you hadn’t heard – until now – that everybody who’s worked with Jimmy during a Steubenville Mid-America Youth Conference loves him, too! He’s just a really good dude, and is willing to help out in any way that he’s needed.
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Meet Kristina Radley

There’s a tall, gorgeous, gangly thing with curly black hair and a red polo running around at the conference. Her name is Kristina, and she’s here to pray for you. And, also, to become a Vine and/or YouTube sensation…

She has a gorgeous, charming, holy husband (whom you’ve heard fiddling on stage with Adam) and a pet cat, who is also gorgeous but not so charming and also a pagan.
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