BCYC Encounter
Join other youth groups from all over the nation for an inspiring Catholic Youth Conference on Benedictine College's beautiful campus in Atchison, Kansas.
Conference Dates: June 16-18, 2023
BCYC Encounter is a weekend Catholic youth conference built for parish and diocesan groups on Benedictine College's campus! Parishes from around the country bring their teens to Encounter for a conference experience uniquely different from others available today. It's a dynamic weekend of faith, fellowship and fun, filled with prayer, small groups, Eucharistic Adoration and the Sacraments, plus energizing activities like bubble soccer and water games.
Make a lasting difference in your Youth Ministry!
Be Inspired by Speakers from All Walks of Life.
Grow Closer to Christ with Prayer and the Sacraments.
Together, Have the Time of Your Lives!
“Even though I felt like I was helping facilitate a experience for my teens to encounter Christ and grow in their faith, I still felt ministered to as an adult leader.” - Summer 2021 Group Leader
At BCYC Encounter, youth will be inspired by Catholic speakers from all walks of life. Our Summer 2023 speakers include:
Stacey Sumereau
More about Stacey Sumereau
Stacey Sumereau’s unique journey spans performing in Broadway National Tours of The Wizard of Oz and Beauty and the Beast, to discerning religious life on Reality TV in The Sisterhood, Becoming Nuns (Lifetime 2014), to marriage and motherhood. Stacey founded and hosted the Be Not Afraid Conference and the God’s Adventure Awaits Summit, serving over 20,000 people in 2020. Stacey hosts the popular Called and Caffeinated Podcast and YouTube show and is a contributor on the Ascension Presents YouTube channel. In 2020 she wrote and taught the True North Discernment Course to people in 13 countries around the world. Stacey has written for Vocations and Prayer Magazine and iMom.com. She and her husband John are raising their four children aged five and under in the Washington, D.C. area. She has presented at the National Catholic Youth Conference, the LA Religious Education Congress, and dioceses across the country encouraging young people to know their worth and to embrace God’s adventure.
Tanner Kalina
More about Tanner Kalina
Tanner is a Catholic speaker and writer currently living with his wife in Denver, Colorado. Alongside speaking, he is the co-creator of the Saints Alive Podcast. He chases holiness in his day to day, failing frequently but continuing constantly. Tanner has had the great pleasure of spreading the Gospel with awesome ministries such as FOCUS, Ascension Presents, NET, and others.
