Awesome! Thats the one word that I would use to describes Steubenville Atlantic this year. There were many things that made the weekend at St. Francis Xavier awesome, one things that helped was the awesome praise and worship from the band. Most people were hesitant to sing or raise their hands but after the first day everyone was into it, which was powerful considering there were over 700 hundred youth attending. While this was all great what was at the heart of weekend was the sacraments. On Saturday night when we had adoration, you could see and hear the Holy Spirit moving, as people began to cry. At one point while Fr. Zack Romanowski, from the Halifax Archdiocese, was processing with Jesus, everyone in the arena without prompting began to stretch out their arms, just trying to be closer to Jesus. It was a was a powerful evening. A big shout out to the prayer ministry team who had their hands full that night.
The other thing that inspired me was seeing the line ups for confession. I talked to one priests who said that hearing so many sincere confession was the highlight of the weekend for him. On Sunday before we all left one of the youth got up on stage and said "... Before I came to Steubenville I was convinced that there wasn't a God, but after this weekend I'm not sure about that anymore..."
"Above all" was the theme of this year and I can safely say that above all Jesus was proclaimed to the hearts of our youth! And my wallet is full of contact of people interested in applying for NET! If you could please continue to pray for our recruiting because we are not at our goal yet. I know we can do it with God on our side
God Bless
Matt Marchand
Recruiter/ Supervisor
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