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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Sister Irene has been a professed Daughter of St. Paul (aka ‘The Media Nuns’) for 28 years. Born Mary Irene, she grew up in St. Louis at Assumption Parish in South County.

Before she joined the Daughters, she went to college to St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, TX on a basketball scholarship. During her senior year, she and another girl were co-captains, and were the only seniors on the team. Interestingly, they both became professed religious sisters. The other girl is now a Carmelite of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in Los Angeles. Continue reading

As you walk into the arena this weekend, chances are good that you might run into a redheaded priest, maybe wearing sunglasses and (if you time it just right) busting a move.

That would be Fr. Brian Fallon, the Assistant (to the) Vocations Director of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis. Since he’s only been in this role for a month, don’t worry – talking to him doesn’t mean you’re entering the seminary or convent tomorrow. Continue reading