We see the effects of sin all around us: meaninglessness, purposelessness, depression, anxiety, loneliness. The world tells young people to look inside themselves for answers.

The Church’s message is different: look to Jesus. He illuminates our minds to who he is and, in turn, who we are. Here, in Him, we find reconciliation, hope, and peace.

From this place of knowing who we are in Christ, we learn that Jesus calls us to something great: to join his mission to illuminate the world.

Join us for this transformational Catholic youth event! The Steubenville Youth Conferences, an outreach of Franciscan University of Steubenville, are a series of 25 conferences across North America that help teens encounter the love of Christ every summer. Their mission is to build the Church by evangelizing, equipping, and empowering God’s children to become radical and joyful disciples.  As a Eucharist-centered movement within the Roman Catholic Church, Steubenville Youth Conferences lead teens and their communities into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ, and His Church.  With the Blessed Virgin Mary as our intercessor and guide, the Steubenville Youth Conference seeks to unleash the fullness of the Sacramental power present within the young Church.

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Calling all rising high school freshman through rising freshman in college! In an ever changing world, Jesus is the answer to the longing of our hearts for meaning, fulfillment, security, and love. Join hundreds of Catholic teens at the Steubenville South Youth Conference on June 21 – 23, 2024 to experience the peace of Jesus Christ, who is our refuge and never wearies of loving us.