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Teens excited to ‘live their faith out loud’ at NCYC

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(OSV News) — For Natalie Ibarra, the theme of this year’s National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) — “El Camino / The Way” — is the best theme featured in her three years as communications manager for the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry.

“I think, every year, we always have a great theme, and I always say, ‘This is the best theme,’ and then, next year, it goes even better,” she told OSV News.

“I am just really looking forward to seeing the theme fully engrained in all that we are doing in this conference,” Ibarra said, reflecting that “El Camino / The Way” alludes to life as a journey, a pilgrimage, and as pilgrims of Christ here on Earth. “How are we walking and accompanying other people: our peers; (and) for us adults, our colleagues, our families?”

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