Our final session of the morning, before our closing Mass, was about calling down the power of the Holy Spirit to change our lives. And as we prayed, not just for ourselves, but also for our brothers and sisters, our host Dan Harms challenged us to appreciate the power that’s already within us, by virtue of our Confirmation.

“I never appreciated Confirmation until after I was in my vocation,” he said. “When I don’t have the strength to be the friend, husband, brother, that I am called to be, the Holy Spirit comes and gives me peace.”
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We thirst to be free, to be loved, for an authentic life. As we read in Romans 6, the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life. How do we cast off the sin that keeps us in death? Jackie Francois-Angel’s talk on Sunday morning invited us to ask the Holy Spirit into our lives.

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Listen as Megan shares how a Steubenville youth conference changed her life.

“After I opened up my heart just a little bit, God changed my life a lot.”

 

I found Dave G. at the “Packet Pick Up” table during the hustle and bustle of registration. His wife Kyra was just a few feet away, helping groups to check-in and handing out name tags. Dave said this is the 13th year he and his wife have been volunteering as prayer ministers at Steubystl. He’s from Incarnate Word parish in Chesterfield and all four of his kids have attended this conference.

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