Diocese of Maryland Youth

06/02/2026

Summer is around the corner! Please follow along on the adventures that are building beloved community across the diocese and further.

05/29/2026

Congratulations to the class of 2026!!!!

Good and loving God-
We thank you for the completion of another academic year, and for giving us the opportunity,
short though it may have been, to play a part in the lives of our students and our new
graduates. We are grateful for your guidance and love as we shared in this important work.

Please bless and guide our graduates as they reach this end, and as they chart new beginnings.
May what they have learned by being here with us allow them to truly be "women and men for
others." May what we have learned from them enable us to be the same.

Please help them to use all that they have learned here to make the world a better place - to
serve others in true solidarity and kinship - to seek ways to help the poor, the marginalized,
and those who are suffering - and to always seek the greater good.

We know that some of them will experience pain and hardship, and we know that some of
them already have, and we ask you to grant them solace and strength.

Finally, Father, we thank you for giving us the opportunity to build our community with these
young men and women while they are here. Though they are leaving our campus, we know
that they will always be with us as part of the [Diocesan] family, and we ask that the bonds that
have been created here remain strong despite any distance.

We ask all of this in your name, and in the name of your Son.

- Written and offered by Phil Chick

05/26/2026

Cn Kate Riley was the preacher for today's noon eucharist! Check out her reflection on St. Augustine here:
https://youtu.be/Pb9uDPYQZNM?si=0T0NzNxgJjYGZ6rl

05/21/2026

Our first ever Cathedral Day was a glorious exploration of so many different vocations for multiple generations. And a chance to bless and commission our Lay Evangelists! We hope to see you all again for the next one.

05/13/2026

Join us May 21 at noon for a WONDERful conversation with the founder of Shawn Small! We look forward to hearing his experience with discerning, planning, and leading youth pilgrimage/service trips.


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05/12/2026

04/21/2026

Registration is LIVE for our first ever Cathedral Day! Come join in the community day of learning, worshipping, and answering God's call! We hope people of all ages will be able to come and explore.

04/19/2026

Thanks to all our great people for another successful New Beginnings! See you April 23-25, 2027!

04/19/2026

We are so HAPPY to be at New Beginnings!