STEUBENVILLE TORONTO 2014
YOUTH CONFERENCE
Information & Registration Packet
Dates: Fri. July, 4th – Sun. July, 6th, 2014
Location: Mattamy Athletic Centre (Maple Leaf Gardens) – Toronto, ON
Chaperones:
 Nadia Gundert, Director of Youth Ministry, Archdiocese of Kingston
 Adult Volunteers from the Archdiocese of Kingston (screened youth ministry leaders)
Meals & Accommodations:
 Hotel Accommodations booked by Steubenville Toronto
 4 persons per hotel room (rooms/floors separated males and females)
Conference Cost:
 Cost of the weekend is $275. That includes your registration and access to the
weekend conference, six meals (one Friday evening, three on Saturday, two on
Sunday), and hotel stay.
 Bus Travel to the Youth Conference will be covered by the Archdiocese of Kingston
Youth Office.
Fundraising:
 The Archdiocese of Kingston will be registering as a group and individual parishes are
welcome to have their own fundraising initiatives that would support their youth
attending.
 The Youth Office will have a FUDGE Fundraiser from “The Fudgery Shoppe” in
Waterloo, ON that will be available for all participants to be part of and reduce their
individual registration cost. Individual participants will canvas friends and family for
fudge orders and the profits gained on your orders will be yours. This initiative can
cover your entire registration cost if enough orders are placed. More details to follow.
 If you choose not to participate in fundraising, the full cost of $275 will be what you
owe for the trip.
Transportation:
 The Archdiocese of Kingston Youth Office will be sponsoring a bus or two for youth
participants across our archdiocese to attend this conference. Pick up locations will be
determined when all participant information has been received.
Conference Info:
 Steubenville Toronto is sponsored by Franciscan University of Steubenville in
Steubenville, Ohio. Steubenville Toronto is a powerful weekend of evangelization for
Catholic high school teens. The event provides a setting for developing a deeper
relationship with Jesus through a weekend conference of faith, music, sharing, guest
speakers, activities, and fun.
Theme: “God Is”
 "Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; For the Lord God is my
strength and song, And He has become my salvation." Isaiah 12:2
Conference Ministry Team:
Host: Bob Rice
Music: Ike Ndolo
Speakers: Fr. Dave Pivonka, Jackie (Francois) Angel, Mike Gormley, Mary Bielski
Entertainment: Mary Bielski
LEAD
 LEAD is a five day immersion/leadership training that takes place in the week leading
up to the conference: June 30-July 4. It will take place at St. Francis Retreat Centre,
near Orangeville. Steubenville recommends that applicants will have attended a
Steubenville Conference in the past, and are registered for the present conference.
 Registration will take place exclusively online (January 13, 2014) Steubenville reviews
applications. If interested in this leadership program you would register on your own
online for this but submit your conference registration with the Archdiocese of
Kingston.
You can find all sorts of information about the weekend, including speaker bios at
www.steubenvilletoronto.com
This site also has the promo video for this year’s conference.
Please read and fill out everything in this packet closely. It is important that we are all on
the same page when it comes to the information for this trip. You will get many updates
from now through July, and I pray that this trip and all the journey leading up to it will
truly be life changing for you.
The Initial Registration form along with a $50 non-refundable deposit is to be
submitted by January 10, 2014 to the Archdiocese of Kingston Youth Office.
Cheques can be made out to “Archdiocese of Kingston”
Please put “Steubenville Toronto” in the MEMO line of the cheque
Completed forms and deposit can be sent to:
Archdiocese of Kingston Youth Office
Attention: Nadia Gundert
390 Palace Road, Kingston, ON K7L 4T3
Any questions or information please call Nadia at 613-484-2446 or email
youth@romancatholic.kingston.on.ca