{"id":198431,"date":"2026-04-15T19:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/198431\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T19:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:27:09","slug":"bronx-catholic-youth-day-planned-for-saturday-april-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/198431\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronx Catholic Youth Day Planned for Saturday, April 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of teens in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archny.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Archdiocese of New York<\/a> will attend the second annual Bronx Catholic Youth Day this Saturday, April 18, at <a href=\"https:\/\/mtcarmelschoolbronx.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School<\/a>, located at the corner of Bathgate Avenue and East 188th Street.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The sponsors are Catholic parishes of the West Bronx Deanery, which say in unison: \u201cJoin us for a youth rally for all of the young people (Grades 8-12) of the Bronx!\u201d The all-day rally\/retreat will start at 9 a.m. and is set to end at 6 p.m. Doors open at 8:30 a.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Event presentations by clergy and laity will include \u201cThe Long Walk to Emmaus\u201d and \u201cHearts on Fire\u201d (both from Luke 24: 13-35). There will also be a worship music group, confessions, breakout sessions, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, faith sharing, and testimonials.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Auxiliary Bishop Joseph A. Espaillat will be among the presenters. Organizers said that as of April 14, the event is sold out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Discover the community of faith\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis event is a chance to expand one\u2019s perspective as a young Catholic in New York. In a city as big as New York, especially in the Bronx, there is a tendency to isolate one\u2019s own worldview to their particular neighborhood or parish,\u201d Father Carlos Germosen, parochial vicar, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, East 187th Street, told The Good Newsroom via email. \u201cSo, the gathering gives young people a chance to widen their gaze and discover the community of faith that is around them, ready to support them.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Father Germosen added, \u201cMy hope is that the young people who attend have a profound encounter with Jesus as their Savior, and that this encounter propels them to \u2018go and make disciples,\u2019 as Jesus sends his disciples out at the end of Matthew\u2019s Gospel. We want to set the world on fire with the love of God, and my prayer is that these young people act as those \u2018fire starters,\u2019 through their personal witness to the Gospel Message.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fan the flame of faith\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year, we have an increase in participation from last year\u2019s gathering. Last year, we had around 450 young people from 14 different parishes attend. This year, we have around 550 young people from 21 different parishes attending,\u201d Father Germosen noted. \u201cFrom last year\u2019s successful gathering, the priests of the West Bronx decided to have another gathering this year to continue to fan the flame of faith.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hundreds of teens in the Archdiocese of New York will attend the second annual Bronx Catholic Youth Day&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[5555,128,6300,4840,79052,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-198431","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-archdiocese-of-new-york","9":"tag-bronx","10":"tag-catholic","11":"tag-catholic-church","12":"tag-espaillat","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-the-bronx","17":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","18":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}