Why not more?
Are you a young adult searching for more?
It can be hard to find a place where your faith will be taken deeper, where you’ll meet people your own age who are also trying to live out their Catholic faith.
Authentically Catholic teaching on topics that matter
Join other young adults in our region for sound teaching from Catholic leaders of our Diocese on topics relevant to your life. Then go deeper by discussing your faith with fellow believers in a place where no questions are out of bounds. Leave feeling equipped, confident and inspired to live out your Catholic faith without shame.
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Answers to your toughest questions from people you can trust
Each meeting will feature a talk and roundtable discussions in smaller groups so you can discuss your faith with other young adults. The evening will end with different forms of Catholic prayer.
When: Monthly
Where: St. George Parish – N 415 Piccadilly Ave.
Who: Ages 21-40
Schedule for each evening
6:45 pm – doors open
7:00 pm – intro and talk
7:45 pm – talk ends
7:45 pm – table discussion
8:00 pm – Q&A
8:15 pm – prayer
9:00 pm – end, go to the pub
Join us for one evening every month
God wants to lead us to MORE revelation of Him. Join us once a month as we tackle some of the most pressing questions and discuss the hottest topics facing Catholics. Click to register for each event. All events are at St. George Parish.
Why not more?
March 19, 2025
Speakers: Cameron Beare (CCO) and Ruth Lobo (Diocesan Staff)
From the latin rite to the Maronite. From the trad club to singing “P and Dub”. What if different expressions of the Catholic faith were not to be feared but rather an invitation to deepen your relationship with God? Come hear how God used different faith practices in Ottawa to take Ruth and Cam deeper in their relationship and faithfulness.
Vatican II: Renewal or rupture?
April 30, 2025
Speaker: Bishop Scott, CC
Things have been a little weird since Vatican II. It feels like faith in the West is dying. Was Vatican II the beginning of something good? Or was Vatican II the beginning of the end?
Speaker: Amanda Achtman, The Dying to Meet You Project
Speaker: Fr. Kevin Belgrave
Few moral topics today feel as impossible as those around sexual identity. In this talk, we’ll first try to understand why questions of sexual identity can be so challenging, so full of tension and emotion. From there, we’ll look at some essential “ingredients” for any approach to this topic, in any situation; with the hope of allowing the Catholic faith’s reasonable, hopeful, and ultimately beautiful vision of human sexuality – created, fallen, and redeemed – to be better known and experienced.
Doomscrolling: Stop ruining your life 🙈
July 16, 2025
Speaker: Fr. Allan MacDonald, CC
Phone addiction threatens our health as individuals and Catholic communities. But is it a sin? Join us to learn practical tips for setting boundaries to tackle and prevent doomscrolling and other digital addictions.
Speaker: TBA
The allure of false intimacy isn’t a new temptation. But the online world with easy-access porn and hook-up culture is hard to resist. Get equipped with wise, practical ways to guard your hearts and minds in a digital age… and maintain hope of meeting someone who loves purity too.
In the World, but not of the World
September 17, 2025
Speaker: Caleb Regnier, Catholic Christian Outreach
Don’t be embarrassed that you’re Catholic. Don’t hide behind the pews. Get out there and engage with things that are morally neutral. Have fun. Let’s figure out how to be bright lights in a post-Christian society.
A Pivotal Moment in Canada - Hope for the Future?
October 15, 2025
Speaker: Rev. Dr. Andrew Bennett
What do current political trends tell us about our society, and its relationship with God? Can faithful Catholics bring about renewal to our common life in Canada?
The emotionally intelligent Catholic
November 19, 2025
Speaker: Fr. Adrian Debow
Sharing your faith without compassion, wisdom and emotional intelligence can quickly go sour. Explore essentials of heart formation that will set us up to share the gospel effectively and lovingly.
Discerning to decided: A young Catholic's guide to going for it
December 17, 2025
Speakers: Rev. Connor O’Hara, Erin Kinsella, Queenship of Mary
Too many Catholic adults are trapped in perpetual discernment. It’s time to get unstuck and ask her out, check out that convent, or explore consecrated singleness.
The bus stop and the breakroom: Catholic witness that works
January 21, 2026
Speaker: Holly Leonard, Catholic Christian Outreach
Can I share the Gospel at work without getting cancelled? Let’s talk through the practical nuts-and-bolts of witnessing and evangelization in every day settings.
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Welcome to Our New Auxiliary Bishop
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Day of Prayer for Peace in Ukraine
March 13, 2022 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, “The Lord is my light and my salvation” (Psalm 27 from the 2nd Sunday of Lent) I pray your Lenten journey has begun well as we enter this time of penance and conversion in preparation for the celebration of Easter. We continue to watch with horror […]
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Archbishop’s Message for Lent
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