The Ignite student conference is set to hit the airwaves this year in partnership with Radio Maria, with a focus on the theme of evangelisation.
Established at the end of 2019, Ignite is a Catholic conference aimed at college students and organised by young people themselves.
Broadcasting on Saturday, March 20 from 11am-5pm on Radio Maria, conference organiser Sarah Kate Moynihan said the decision to share the conference over the radio came about as a result of ‘video fatigue’.
“We decided we can’t go online, whether through Zoom, YouTube or Facebook, because people aren’t really tuning in for that long anymore,” Ms Moynihan said. “So it would have been a lot of effort for little engagement”.
Confident that the radio is the medium through which to share a star-studded line-up, including prominent Catholic internet communicators Fr Gregory Pine OP, Sr Mara Rose OP, and Irish priest Fr Vincent Stapleton, Ms Moynihan expects a “great reaction” to it as there is a “real hunger” among the youth for quality Catholic events.
