Can You Hear Me Now?
Youth, young adult convention set for July 21-22 in Placerville
By Catholic Herald staff
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High school students, young adults and young adult chaperones are invited to attend “Can You Hear Me Now?” the diocese’s annual convention for youth and young adults, which will be held July 21-22 at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds in Placerville.
Keynote speaker for the convention will be Pam Stenzel. A former crisis pregnancy counselor and well-known teen counselor, Stenzel addresses the medical, psychological, economic and moral consequences of having sex outside of marriage.
Using her trademark humor and tough talk, Stenzel will present the hard facts of teen pregnancy, sexually-transmitted diseases and long-term poverty as some of the serious consequences of premarital sexual encounters.
Recording artist Curtis Stephan will be the music minister for the convention
and Stable Mindset and Heroes Die Trying will also provide music.
Participants can choose to attend workshops on topics such as life transitions, missionary work and vocations.
Other activities will include prayer, community building, adoration and benediction.
Bishop William K. Weigand will preside at Mass to conclude the conference
on July 22 at noon. The collection during the liturgy will be donated to
assist The Upper Room, an organization that helps the homeless and hungry
of El Dorado County, and to Catholic Relief Services.
The convention is one activity offered for young and young adults in preparation for World Youth Day, to be held in 2008 in Sydney, Australia.
The cost to attend is $15 per person, if registration is received by July 1. For more information call Victor Alvarez at the Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry at (916) 733-0152.
