DBYC 2021 - (March 20 2021) 

DBYC 2021 Program Booklet

- HEADCOUNT IS NEEDED BY MARCH 10 2021 to pblanchard@biloxidiocese.org (your best guess)
- FINAL DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS MARCH 17 2021
Each Youth Minister was emailed a registration spreadsheet on 2.3.2021.
Please call our office if you have any questions 228.702.2142.

Each youth minister was emailed a registration packet! Saturday March 20 2021 is the day we have reserved with Guest Speaker - Steve Angrisano!  (Friday March 19 2021 from 7pm - 9pm is our Middle School Rally)

Or you do not know which parish with which to register; please leave your information below and our office will connect you with the parish in your area that will be attending. We want to ensure that every youth that wants to attend our annual youth conference is able to do so. This form is also to be used by our Catholic School students who may not know which parish with which to register.

This year will be the 44th Annual DBYC (Diocese of Biloxi Youth Convention) held at the St. Thomas, Long Beach Community Center (720 Beach Blvd E, Long Beach, MS 39560) which invites all the parishes to come together with their youth groups to celebrate the faith through community, mass, keynote speakers, and worship.  The Diocesan Spirit Movers (10^th – 12^th grade peer ministry team) are the force behind planning the skits, theme, decorations, and act as the Masters of Ceremonies.  Target age group for DBYC is 9^th – 12^th grade.

Started in 1977, the goals have been to encourage community within our entire diocese.  In many ways, if our young people don’t travel outside their own town or visit other churches they may not realize that other young people excited about their Catholic faith exist nearby. 

Saturday March 20 2021 will be a day filled with fellowship, guest speakers and service activities throughout the day.  For lunch, we even invite our young people to dine with our seminarians and other religious to discuss religious vocations.  We close Saturday night with Adoration/XLT and Reconciliation.  We invite all the priests in our diocese to participate in the Reconciliation service. 

Friday night (between 7pm and 9pm) we have a Middle School Rally for our 6^th-8^th grade youth in each parish where they have a keynote speaker and praise and worship opportunities.

We constantly gather feedback from our Spirit Movers and parishes to grow the DBYC into something relevant to our young people while staying rooted in the catechesis of the Catholic church.  The goal of this annual event is provide an encounter opportunity for the youth of our diocese to grow in relationship with Jesus Christ and His Church.

Contact our office with how to register your parish youth group and cost details!

Facebook live page from conference: https://www.facebook.com/BiloxiCYO/

Scripture Inspiration for Theme:
EX 34:29-35 - "veiled his face"

Awards Nomination Packets Here 

"I came into the Diocesan Youth Conference expecting nothing more than a boring teen camp retreat. I didn’t realize at the time how impactful it was going to be. I am in the 11^th grade and had never been to Adoration before so I had no idea what I was about to experience. Adoration was honestly the greatest experience of my life because it felt like it truly opened my heart to God. I was happy to find out there was also Confession available at that point in the convention. I sadly hadn’t had my heart open for the lord for a long time with making bad decisions and following the wrong crowd. I had not been to Confession since the 6^th grade when I attended Nativity and this weekend was only my second time. So, with that long period of being lost away from the path of God, you couldn’t understand how eye opening this was for me. I can’t wait to do it all again next year with all the amazing people I was there with. I very much recommend the Diocesan Youth Conference to anyone who hasn’t been because I really believe it could have such a positive impact on everyone like it did for me."

- Dylan, St. Mary's in Woolmarket. DBYC 2018