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Where it all began.
Experience a life-changing encounter with Christ at the location where it all began: the beautiful campus of Franciscan University of Steubenville.
Speakers
Mary Bielski
As the founder of ALL4HIM Ministries, Mary Bielski has spoken to over 200,000 teens around the nation at high school and young adult retreats and conferences.
Bob Lesnefsky
Bob Lesnefsky serves as assistant director of Household Life at Franciscan University. He has spent most of his life sharing the hope of God’s love with inner-city kids in the nonprofit he started.
John Paul Von Arx
John Paul Von Arx seeks to share his faith and love for country music in venues all across America and has been performing professionally for the last nine years.
Father Edwin Leonard
A graduate of Franciscan University and served with NET Ministries (the National Evangelization Team), Fr. Edwin was ordained in 2012 by Cardinal Farrell for the Diocese of Dallas. Fr. Edwin served his first two years of priesthood as the Parochial Vicar at St. Rita Catholic Church until July 2014 when he was assigned as the Director of Vocations for the Diocese. In addition to Vocation work, he was appointed in 2018 as Chaplain of Bishop Lynch Catholic High School where he served until July of 2021 when he was assigned as Pastor of St. Ann Catholic Church in Coppell, Texas.
Joel Stepanek
Joel Stepanek has been passionately involved in youth ministry for over 15 years and has traveled throughout the United States and world proclaiming the Gospel.
Natalie Garza
Group Leaders
Are you a youth leader who wants to bring your parish’s youth group to a Steubenville Conference? Or a parent interested in bringing your teen (or a group of teens)? We have all the resources you need to make this not just a transformative experience for your teens, but a smooth process for you.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who can attend a Steubenville Youth Conference?
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Steubenville Youth Conferences are for high school youth: 9–12th graders. This includes youth entering 9th grade through those who have just graduated 12th grade at the time of the conference.
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Chaperones must be 21 years of age and have completed the Environmental Safety Training at the time of the conference.
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There is no minimum number of youths you can bring, but each group must have at least 1 male chaperone for every 10 male youth AND 1 female chaperone for every 10 female youth.
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Each group may have up to 2 chaperones for every 10 youth of that same gender.