'Live Out Love' theme of congress event for youths, young adults

Published: 2007-03-07

ANAHEIM, Calif. (CNS) -- Youth Day kicked off the 2007 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress with three eucharistic liturgies, 13 workshops and a closing, high-decibel rally at the Anaheim Convention Center. The March 1 all-day gathering, which preceded the March 2-4 congress, drew nearly 15,500 teenagers and young adults from 510 different youth groups. The theme was "Live Out Love." At a morning liturgy in the packed arena, Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles called Youth Day a "great joy" because it brought together so many thousands of young men and women committed to Jesus. During an innovative three-part homily, teenagers from St. Louis of France Church in La Puente shared reflections on how the day's Scripture readings pertained to their own lives. Cardinal Mahony said it was great to hear teenagers talk so openly about how God was working in their lives.

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