... a year-round Catholic youth camp that has served thousands of youths since it was founded in 1997.  Today we sat down with Fr Lucio Boccacci, the current camp director, to learn more about the mission, vision, and activities of Camp River Ridge.  

COVID calls for a greater creativity and adaptability in reaching the youth and family we serve through our ECYD youth work. Jacquie Lustig, Rachel Peach, and Lorianne MacDonnell, with the RC Missionaries -- Isabel Losinski and Jeanne Henkel -- have been finding ways to accompany the girls involved in Challenge/ECYD in new ways. 

The Spiritual Directors convention was held at Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center on November 11-15, 2020 in Norwood, Ohio. It offered spiritual directors a practical and theoretical learning experience of how to give the 19th Annotation of Spiritual Exercises -- spiritual exercises in daily life.

Fr. Lucio was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and his family immigrated to the United Stated when he was just six years old.  He has lived in France and Rome as well as various states across the U.S.  Learn more about Fr. Lucio's family, his vocational call, his ministry, and his books in "The Father's Adolescent Series."

Hello, my name is Rachel Peach. I am from Hartville, Ohio, which is located between Akron and Canton. Many of you know my sister, Mary, who has been involved in ECYD and Regnum Christi here for many years. We both recently moved here, and it has been amazing to share a spiritual family and mission within my own family ...

Hello, my name is Mary Peach and I am from Hartville, Ohio, near Akron -- up northeast. I recently moved to Cincinnati after many years of wishing and praying I would one day be a resident here. I am excited to see what kind of doors the Lord will open for me next!