It is a great joy to share that this past month we launched two new YCP chapters: YCP Palm Beach and YCP Baltimore!

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Both chapter launches had an incredible energy and over 250 attendees each!  Those who attended the launch were filled with hope just seeing how many other Catholics there were in their area - ready to live their faith in their places of work.  

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The YCP Palm Beach launch on October 16th gathered Catholics from all across the Golden Coast - some drove almost 2 hours from Miami to attend this highly anticipated event!

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"When our leadership team set a goal of 250 for the launch party, I was wondering how we were going to make it happen, but from the time of training through planning for the event, I was so impressed with how our leadership team came together in supporting one another to pull it off and host a launch party with over 250 people on fire for their faith. Parishes throughout our diocese are spread out and there has been a hunger for a long time to launch something like YCP here. I know our leadership team and especially our guests who attended the launch party are excited for what’s to come and I'm very excited to see the Lord’s work in growing our membership and uniting the hundreds and potentially thousands of young Catholic professionals throughout our Diocese."

-Steven Mezzacappa, YCP Palm Beach Director of Outreach

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In Baltimore, we were graced by the presence of some special guests including Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski, CSsR, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, and Jeff Schiefelbein, a former YCP National Board Member and speaker at the event.  

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“It was truly surreal and inspiring seeing hundreds of young Catholics in our city all in the same room. I cannot count how many people came up to me during the event who were on fire for what YCP Baltimore is doing and very excited about the future of our organization. I feel unbelievably blessed to be a part of bringing this mission to Baltimore - my life, both spiritually and professionally, has been made substantially better because of it.”

-Vincent Principe, YCP Baltimore President

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