Youth Day 2014: Our Hearts Burning Within

This past weekend, our Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry for the Archdiocese of Vancouver hosted Youth Day - our annual event youth rally for high school teens.  It was held on Saturday, May 3 at Archbishop Carney Regional Secondary School in Port Coquitlam.

Youth Day featured Chris Padgett as the Keynote Speaker and Jackie Francois Angel leading music. At over 450 participants, it was the largest Youth Day event since 2010.

The theme for Youth Day was "Our Hearts Burning Within" based on Luke 24:32 (The Road to Emmaus).  Throughout the day, we explored how our hearts can burn stronger for Christ and encouraged the young church to indeed develop positive healthy relationships like Jesus did with his disciples on the road to Emmaus.

Enjoy some of the sights (and implied sounds...haha) of the event.



Clayton Imoo is husband to Gail and father to sons Sean Isaiah and Jacob Isaac and daughter Kayla Marie.  He has served as the Director of the Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver for the past ten years, helping parishes develop their own youth and young adult ministries.  When not doing ministry, Clay enjoys spending time with his family, playing music, playing sports, playing naptime, and writing blogs on topics such as family, faith, and the Vancouver Canucks.  Learn more about him at http://www.claytonimoo.com or follow him @claytonimoo