It's cool to be Catholic, teens told at Catholic Family Expo

Published: 2006-07-12

BALTIMORE (CNS) -- Just as athletes have a personal trainer to get them in shape for a big game, Catholics have a personal trainer called the Holy Spirit to get them ready for heaven. At least that's how 17-year-old Mary Hill and 18-year-old Katie Stover see it. Hill, a parishioner of St. Alphonsus Rodriguez in Woodstock, student athlete and fourth of nine children, and Stover, a parishioner of St. Mary in Annapolis and honors graduate from Immaculate Conception Academy in Rhode Island, discussed "how cool is it to be Catholic" with teenagers at the Catholic Family Expo July 7 at the Baltimore Convention Center. "The Holy Spirit is our personal trainer that helps us step by step to get to God," said Hill. Through personal stories, Hill and Stover helped the teens examine their relationship with God to become strongly rooted in his love. "What's important is to love God and do what he says," said Hill. "We have to love our faith."

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