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After a beautiful and Holy Mass, after all the teens have left the Missouri State University campus (and our new venue, the 'Q' Arena!), things have gotten very quiet.

As we tear down the speakers, the stage, the backstage areas, the sacristy, etc., please pray for all the teens who came to both conferences this weekend, and ask for God's assistance in continuing to change their lives to make them closer to Him!

Here are some highlights from Sunday (you can find a full summary of the conference on the Office of Youth Ministry's website):

• Men's session, with Paul Masek. Goodbye, Bambi! (see picture)
• Women's session, with Jackie Francois. Don't settle, ladies! (see picture or video)
• Morning entertainment (see video)
• Justin Bieber, visiting via satellite (see video)
• Holy Mass, celebrated by Fr. Brian Fischer (see picture)
• Hundreds of teens (men and women) taking the stage and asking for prayer as they discern their vocations (see picture)
• The final song of this year's Steubenville St. Louis Mid-America conference (see picture)

As the saying goes, "Word." See you next year...

Holla! Have a good weekend, Righteous Bieber!

After the final song, everyone was sent off listening to the theme song for next year's Steubenville conference, "Rooted in Christ."

Sr. M. Consolata asked everyone to pray for the women who are considering a call to the religious life.

Everyone in attendance joined in praying over the young women who felt a possible call to the religious life.

Sunday morning praise and worship, preceding Holy Mass.

The morning women's session was led by Jackie Francois.

Using examples of the movie Transformers and the game Pac-Man, Fr. Brian Fischer delivered a homily on the importance of allowing the Holy Eucharist to transform a soul—like pac man's 'power pellets,' the Eucharist can radically alter the way we approach reality... but the Eucharist—the body and blood of our Lord!—has an infinitely more powerful effect.

Justin Bieber visited Steubenville St. Louis Mid-America via satellite!