Rise Up (conference)

Eucharistic adoration at Rise Up 2011

Rise Up is an annual conference run by Catholic Christian Outreach. It is the second-largest Catholic conference for youth in Canada (behind Steubenville Toronto),[1] and drew 1300 participants to the 2019 five-day conference in Toronto.[2] In 2018, the conference attracted delegates from 79 of Canada's 96 universities.[3]

Rise Up takes place every year from December 27 to January 1. It includes presentations, workshops, live worship, adoration, reconciliation, and a New Year's banquet and dance.[4] It is designed to deepen students' spiritual lives and to motivate them to share the faith with others.[5]

Locations

Rise Up takes place in a different Canadian city each year.

Rise Up Locations
Year City Theme
2000 Vancouver, British Columbia
2001 Ottawa, Ontario
2002 Edmonton, Alberta World Youth Day: A Call to Respond[6]
2003 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Next Generation Leaders[7]
2004 Toronto, Ontario Apostles for the New Millennium: Igniting the JPII Generation[8]
2005 Vancouver, British Columbia The Cry of the Gospel[9]
2006 Quebec City, Quebec Jesus: Our Heritage and our Hope[10][11]
2007 Calgary, Alberta Renaissance of Hope[12]
2008 Toronto, Ontario Jesus: Yesterday, Today, and Forever (Hebrews 13:8)[13]
2009 Winnipeg, Manitoba The Word became flesh and dwelt among us (John 1:14)[14]
2010 Montreal, Quebec I am only a man, just like you[15]
2011 Vancouver, British Columbia JPII: Inspired by his legacy[16]
2012 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and Halifax, Nova Scotia Fiat: A Yes can Change the World[4]
2013 Ottawa, Ontario All that matters... (Phil 1:18)[17]
2014 Calgary, Alberta Revive This Generation[18]
2015 Montreal, Quebec Made for Greatness[19]
2016 Vancouver, British Columbia Called by Name (Isaiah 49)[20]
2017 Ottawa, Ontario Dominion from Sea to Sea
2018 Calgary, Alberta Come and See (John 1:39)
2019 Toronto, Ontario Anchored (Heb 6:19)
2023 Ottawa, Ontario Rise Up

References

  1. ^ Remy, Ruane (2014-07-09). "Steubenville rocks Toronto". The Catholic Register. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  2. ^ Callan, Emilie. "Anchored - Rise Up 2019". Salt and Light Media. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  3. ^ Swan, Michael (March 22, 2019). "Catholic Christian Outreach taking its work off campus". The B.C. Catholic.
  4. ^ a b Brown, Emma (14 December 2012). "Youth 'Rise Up' to party in two cities". The Catholic Register. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  5. ^ Yaworski, Kiply Lukan (14 January 2013). "Young Catholics 'Rise Up' in two locations". The B.C. Catholic. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  6. ^ Girodat, Gillian (Summer 2003). "Hundreds of students respond to World Youth Day". The Grapevine. Catholic Christian Outreach. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  7. ^ Yaworski, Kiply Lukan (Spring 2004). "Rise Up 2003 captures the hearts of many students". The Grapevine. Catholic Christian Outreach.
  8. ^ Hall, Michael (Spring 2005). "Agents of Change". The Grapevine. Catholic Christian Outreach.
  9. ^ "Anyone want to hear George Weigel?". Letters From a Young Catholic. 23 November 2005. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  10. ^ "Rise Up in Quebec brings Hope to Canada". Catholic Christian Outreach. 10 January 2007. Archived from the original on 16 August 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  11. ^ de Souza, Raymond J. (4 January 2007). "Canada's youthful missionaries". National Post. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  12. ^ Loftson, Sara (Winter 2008). "A New Renaissance Begins". The Grapevine. Catholic Christian Outreach. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  13. ^ Loughheed, Marlena (Spring 2009). "Resolving to Witness: Rise Up 2008". The Grapevine. Catholic Christian Outreach. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  14. ^ Loughheed, Marlena (1 February 2010). "Students 'Rise Up' in praise and worship" (PDF). The New Wine Press. Archdiocese of Winnipeg. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  15. ^ Gyapong, Deborah (4 January 2011). "Saint Brother Andre's words inspire Montreal youth". The B.C. Catholic. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  16. ^ Hii, Eunice (18 January 2012). "Finding fellowship at the Rise Up conference". The Catholic Register. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  17. ^ Bolzon, Julia (16 November 2013). "All that matters". Catholic Insight. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  18. ^ Krawczynski, Agnieszka (19 January 2015). "Young adults gather to 'Revive This Generation'". The B.C. Catholic. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  19. ^ Hustak, Alan (29 December 2015). "Rise Up 2015: CCO campus mission meets in Montreal". Ville Marie Online. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  20. ^ Rise Up - Vancouver 2016: Called by Name. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017.


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