To the Heights

In this fourth episode, Olivia sits down to catch up with Boston College High School students and friends, Gavin Larnard and Max Loeb.

Gavin and Max, a rising senior and now rising college freshman, discuss their experiences in youth ministry, a program they started at BC High for teens to be exposed to the faith, their travels to Haiti, and how they evangelize on the soccer field, basketball court, and in their everyday high school lives.  

Listen in for humor, inspiration, and a new take on living the faith as a teenager from these two young men who are striving for sainthood in their daily lives through radical service, love for all they encounter, and fire for Christ.

What did you take away from listening to Max and Gavin’s story of reaching to the heights? Let us know @ToTheHeightsCTV!

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After previously chatting with a youth minister and then the president of Students for Life of America, in this episode we sit down with 18-year-old Sarah Ryan to hear the authentic perspective of a Catholic teen.

Sarah is a teen activist, passionately involved in youth tobacco prevention, and she is a faithful, youthful Catholic–– and one of Olivia’s closest Catholic “sisters in Christ.”  In this episode, we chat about how her prayer supports her activism, how she prays, her high school journey (spoiler alert: she’s joining me at BC next year!), and what the life of a youth activist actually looks like.  

What did you take away from listening to Sarah Ryan’s story of reaching to the heights? Let us know @ToTheHeightsCTV!

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Note: The To The Heights Podcast no longer stands in agreement with the actions of Students for Life of America. Particularly since the airing of this episode, SFLA has made statements and posts in conflict with the message that pro-life means to compassionately protect life from womb to tomb. We protect the life of the marginalized, the imprisoned, immigrants, and minorities. We stand firmly against the death penalty. We try our hardest to learn with love and see the complexity of all issues. We approach these topics humbly and strive to love in a way that we wish others in the modern pro-life movement would also. For more on this, listen to the end of Episode 27 to hear Olivia address it. This episode will remain available with this disclaimer.

In this episode, we had the amazing opportunity to chat with Kristan Hawkins, the president of Students for Life of America.  Kristan travels the country, leading college students and young people in being the “pro-life generation.” She had planned on being a NASA aeronautical engineer, and then after working at a pregnancy clinic and hearing about the effects of abortion on women, she knew that she had to speak up. As a Catholic convert, Kristan shares with us how her faith ties into her work, her advice for creating a place for everyone in the pro-life mission, and her daily life now as a mom and president of SFLA.

Even if you’re not sold on the pro-life movement, this episode provides a new perspective on how young people are approaching abortion as a women's rights and humans rights issue. According to recent polls, the vast majority of millennials (around 93%) oppose unrestricted abortion, so listen in to hear from someone who is leading these young people in voicing a new stance on this important issue.

Notes:

Students for Life of America - https://studentsforlife.org/

Kristan’s talk at Boston College - https://youtu.be/Ymq0y6Bw9_w

What did you take away from listening to Kristan Hawkins’ story of reaching to the heights? Let us know @ToTheHeightsCTV!

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In this first episode we chat with Mickayla Hagar, a young, super cool high school youth minister in Hingham, MA. She’s a graduate of Franciscan University, she’s currently hiking the Camino de Santiago, and she really loves otters.

Here’s a glimpse of Mickayla’s faith journey, her life as a youth minister (and what it’s like to take students to Haiti), and her advice for young adult Catholics (and everyone!)

Notes:

Haiti180 - https://haiti180.com/

What Is Seaside Life Teen? Video - https://youtu.be/pWo-Mubkx8E

What Is A Life Night? Video - https://youtu.be/pWo-Mubkx8E

Olivia blink video: How to Read Scripture For Teens - https://youtu.be/xvd7RN9ge0o

What did you take away from listening to Mickayla’s story of reaching to the heights? Let us know @ToTheHeightsCTV!

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Welcome to the podcast! We’re so excited to start sharing stories of young Catholics who are reaching to the heights in their own lives.  

Here’s a quick teaser to meet our host, Olivia Colombo, learn about the name of the podcast, and hear some of the highlights from the first season. Stay tuned for the first episode on Monday, June 3 by following @totheheightsctv on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram–– and until then, keep on reaching to the heights!

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