With all the shouting, cheering, flag-waving, and other wonderful types of chaos that typically unfold at a Catholic youth conferences, it’s sometimes nice to take a step back and quiet our hearts and minds. Steubenville’s sweetest and most spiritual moments are often the ones spent in quiet reverence.

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God’s Love Is Limitless

What does it mean to say that “God’s love is limitless?” The people gathered in the JQH were hoping that Matt Fradd had the answer. After all, his talk was entitled “Limitless Love.”

Here is what Matt had to say on the matter: “I don’t know what (limitless love) means, and I would like to invite you to consider that you don’t know either.” Knowing that the talk could not just end there, Matt tried to describe times in his life where he might have come close to experiencing God’s limitless love.

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When a guy speaks in an Australian accent – and yes, it’s real – most of us listen just a little more attentively. And it’s a good thing, especially when Matt Fradd is speaking.

After making fun of his accent, and ours – Matt led us in a beautiful acoustic guitar version of the Hail Mary so that we could consecrate his talk and the rest of the weekend to our Blessed Mother. Then he dove right into his inspired talk.

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Sad Statistics

Statistics indicate that only about 25% of college students will still be practicing their faith by the time they graduate. Brian Kissinger hoped that the graduated seniors at Steubenville this weekend will help increase that statistic.

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Some Rules Were Meant to be Broken

Rachel Allen had some rules for the young women today. She gave them some great ways to help them to discover God’s limitless love and perpetual support. Matt Fradd had some rules for the young men as well. However, they were rules that limit God’s work in their lives (which should be ‘Limitless’), so these are ones to break.

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