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Father Augustin Wetta's 2025 ICYC message: God uses our failures, shortcomings for final victory Father Augustine Wetta, O.S.B. “photo bombs” the God Squad. God Squad volunteers welcome and encourage ICYC attendees. This year, they come from Our Lady of the Valley in Caldwell, Sacred Heart in Emmett, St. Mark’s in Boise, St. John’s Cathedral in Boise and Our Lady of the Rosary in Boise. (ICR Photo/Vero Gutiérrez) By Philip A. Janquart ICR Assistant Editor Whether we admit it or not, we are all losers to some degree. But don’t feel bad because everyone makes mistakes, falls short of expectations, or sometimes completely misses the boat. It’s ok because so did the saints, at least at first glance. Studying their lives, it becomes evident that the Lord uses our apparent failures and shortcomings, even our physical and social nonconformities, to cultivate decisive victory. That was part of Father Augustine Wetta’s message—delivered in his unique, whimsical style—during the 2025 Idaho Catholic Youth Conference (ICYC) held March 7-9 at the Ford Idaho Center adjunct sports arena in Nampa. He opened Saturday’s talk, titled “Failing: Lessons of Hope for Losers, Has-beens, Washouts and Other Great Saints,” by playfully alluding to his own unique debility. “I played rugby for 18 years and, as a result, I have this kind of permanent tremor in my left hand,” said Father Wetta, raising the shaking and twitching hand before about 1,500 teens, young adults, and others who came to participate in Idaho’s largest Catholic Youth gathering. “If I point at someone with this hand, don’t worry, you’re not in trouble,” he said. “And don’t wave back, either; just know I haven’t been drinking.” Father Wetta is a Benedictine monk from the Saint Louis Abbey in St. Louis, Missouri. He has two Theology degrees from Oxford University, a bachelor’s degree in Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations from Rice University, and a master’s in English from Middlebury College. He teaches English, Classics and Theology at the Priory School in St. Louis, where he also coached rugby and served as director of chaplaincy. He frequently appears on Eternal Word Television Network  ( EWTN ). Father Augustine Wetta speaks at the 2025 Idaho Catholic Youth Conference on March 8. He used the checkered pasts of several saints to underscore the fact that, although imperfect, we can all become saints. (ICR Photo/Philip A. Janquart) Father Wetta began with a brief foray into Greek mythology. “I want to start with Achilles, a definitive non-saint,” he said of the character in the “Iliad,” Homer’s epic poem. “He was a warrior, hero and was never beaten in battle.” Father Wetta explained that Bronze Age Greeks measured honor by such criteria. “If someone stole one of your cows, you lost five cows worth of honor. If someone insulted you in public and you didn’t come back with an equal or greater insult, well then, you had less honor,” he said. Father Wetta explained that we haven’t changed much since the Bronze Age. He cited a student who said that honor, success, and reputation are measured today by the number of followers one has and one’s ability to influence others on social media. “A student of mine said that people have x-number of followers on that …‘Insta-face,’ or whatever you call it, and that he can get his followers to dislike someone else’s videos, that he can insult them and it’s all permanent; it’s all measurable, which is disturbing to me,” he said. If we measure our self-worth by our ability to battle back when attacked, we are no better than Achilles, Wetta said. Achilles’ constant need to prove himself in battle was his undoing. He noted that we have the same Achilles’ heel and the same point of weakness if we believe ‘winning’ in life comes from producing the best slam, comeback, or power-play. “It’s all about money and things, which is really tragic,” Father Wetta remarked. “But the focus tonight is not to whine about how lousy the world has become. It’s rather to propose some solutions, and I offer that in the form of stories about saints. As I move from one absolute, stellar failure to the next, I want you to keep Achilles in mind.” The first saint he cited was a man who did not conform to the social norms of the time but was rather ordained for a particular purpose that ultimately took him through the “narrow gate,” and an end that involved suffering. “I want to start with the biggest loser of all time, John the Baptist,” he said. “I mean, he ate bugs, made homemade clothes and died young. By his own admission, he was unworthy to unfasten the sandals of the Man he baptized. His followers decided to abandon him to follow Jesus; He decreased so Jesus could increase. “Saint John was murdered by the very people he was trying to help. He was preparing them for a messiah they would reject, humiliate and execute,” he said. “And yet, Jesus said this colossal failure was the greatest man born of woman.” He also spoke about Saints Simon and Jude, who, he noted, were obscure next to Jesus’ other Apostles. “Here are two men who own nothing … and even Christians don’t know anything about them,” he said, adding that Saint Jude was often confused with Judas Iscariot. “And it gets worse: the Gospel writers themselves can’t even keep his name straight. John called him “Judas,” and Luke called him Jude, James’s brother. “And no one understands this, but Matthew calls him Thaddeus, which probably wasn’t even his name. He says nothing in any of the Gospels except … ‘What’s this?’ and that’s it,” Father Wetta said. “We know even less about Simon, if you can believe that, only that he is not Peter. And yet, these two men were literally hand-picked by God to lead His Church.” Father Wetta explained that other saints were shunned and cast out for physical features or disabilities that were beyond their control. St. Drogo, Father Wetta said, is the patron saint of those whom others find repulsive, are unattractive, have bodily ills, broken bones, are deaf, have gall stones, hernias, illness and insanity. Many of the saints were tortured and killed for their beliefs, dying with nothing but their inward dignity. In the end, he said success shouldn’t be measured by possessions and status, alluding to the fact that the only one we need to please in life is the Lord. “When you arrive on your deathbed, you will inevitably have to do without your trophies, diplomas, and accolades,” Father Wetta said in conclusion. “Without even your bodily health to comfort you, all that will matter is your existence as a child of God, and that will be enough. In fact, it will be more than enough; it will be absolutely everything.”

Saints Chione, Agape and Irene listen to the preaching of Saint Demetrios. Feast Day: April 3 By Emily Woodham Staff Writer Saints Agape, Chione and Irene were sisters who lived in the late third century in Aquileia, a Roman city on the northeastern border of Italy. Tradition says St. Mark the Apostle first evangelized Aquileia and established its diocese around 50 A.D. Agape (meaning “love”), Chione (“snow”), and Irene (“peace”) came from a wealthy, well-educated family. According to Christian tradition, after their parents died, the sisters continued to reject all offers of marriage, choosing to live as consecrated virgins under the direction of a priest, Father Xeno. Christians at that time lived in relative peace due to the Roman Empire’s political turmoil.  When Diocletian became the Roman Emperor in 284, his government was already losing control of the empire. During his reign, the empire broke apart. Diocetian (r. 284 - 305) ruled Byzantium in the East, and Maximian (r. 286 - 305) ruled Rome in the West. Both were known by the title “Augustus.” Each Augusti also had a kind of “assistant emperor” called “Caesar.” This division of power between East, West, and assistant emperors was the beginning of the imperial “Tetrarchy,” or rule by four. In 299, Augustus Diocletian and his Caesar, Galerius, met with pagan priests to determine the future of their empire. The pagans said they could not see the future because of the presence of Christians in the palace. For the next three years, Diocletian and Galerius persecuted Christians, mostly through oppressive fees, discrimination and imprisonment. Then, near the end of 302, priests of Apollo said that Christians made it impossible for them to offer oracles. Diocletian and Galerius in the eastern empire responded with widespread and violent persecution of Christians, which was also enforced in the West.  Clergy were imprisoned and often tortured and killed. Many churches were destroyed. Diocletian declared that it was punishable by death to refuse meat sacrificed to idols or to possess Christian writings.  Christian tradition about the three sisters, including a 10th-century medieval Latin drama by the secular canoness Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim (the first known female playwright in the Latin West after the fall of the Roman empire), say that during Diocletian’s bitter persecution, Father Xeno dreamed he would soon die, and that the sisters would also be martyred. Before being put in prison, he is said to have warned the sisters of their coming martyrdom and encouraged them to stand firm in their faith. After he died, a holy woman, St. Anastasia, is said to have had a vision about the sisters and told Agape, Chione and Irene to endure all things for Christ. According to tradition, the sisters were arrested with four other Christians who refused to eat meat sacrificed to idols. The sisters were also charged with having Christian writings. When questioned by the governor, they are said to have defiantly expressed their joy at obediently living out their faith. When Diocletian saw how young and beautiful the sisters were, tradition says he encouraged them to recant so they could be wed to powerful men in the empire. The sisters refused. Not convinced that they should be killed, Diocletian is said to have taken them to Macedonia, and during the journey, the young women proclaimed the truths of Christ and His Church. When they reached Thessalonica, Diocletian is said to have placed the sisters in the charge of the governor, Dulcititus. There, the women praised God through the night. Although Dulcititus tried to break in to molest the sisters, their doors remained miraculously locked. Dulcititus didn’t stop trying to get into their room until he was miraculously blinded. As he staggered, he is said to have fallen into the palace kitchen and wound up covered in soot in front of his servants. Enraged by his humiliation, Dulcititus ordered the sisters to be stripped naked in front of his court. But legend says the soldiers found their clothing miraculously immovable. During the trial, instead of pronouncing judgment, Dulcititus was overcome with sleep. When Diocletian heard of this, he became incensed but once again chose not to punish the women himself. Instead, he sent them to another official, Sisinius.  Sisenius ordered that Agape and Chione be burned on a pyre. Tradition places their death date on April 3, 304. Agape and Chione are said to have sung praises as they died. According to tradition, the day after the execution of Agape and Chione, Sisenius brought Irene back to the court. Because she was still defiant, even in the face of her sisters’ death, he ordered that she be stripped and placed in a brothel. Irene remained steadfast. “Even if my body is defiled by force,” she said. “My soul will never be defiled by denouncing Christ.” Miraculously, two large soldiers who seemed to glow stopped the soldiers transporting Irene, saying they had new orders from Sisinius. Irene was released, and she fled to the mountains. When Sisinius found out, he was livid. He immediately went with soldiers to search for Irene. A soldier spotted her, and the group shot her with arrows.  “I mock your impotent malice,” Irene reputedly shouted. “And I go to my Lord Jesus Christ pure and undefiled.” Her martyrdom is said to have fallen on Easter Sunday that year, April 5.  St. Anastasia is said to have had a vision of the three sisters’ deaths and to have traveled to Thessalonica, where she found their bodies and buried them. Sts. Agape, Chione and Irene have no specific patronage. St. Anastasia is among the saints listed in the Eucharistic Prayer of the Mass. Her feast day is celebrated on Dec. 25.  Santas Ágape, Chione e Irene Día de la fiesta: 3 de abril Por Emily Woodham Colaboradora Las santas Ágape, Chione e Irene eran hermanas que vivieron a finales del siglo III en Aquilea, ciudad romana situada en la frontera noreste de Italia. Según la tradición, el apóstol san Marcos evangelizó Aquilea por primera vez y estableció su diócesis hacia el año 50 d.C. Ágape (que significa “amor”), Chione (“nieve”) e Irene (“paz”) procedían de una familia acomodada y bien educada. Según la tradición cristiana, tras la muerte de sus padres, las hermanas siguieron rechazando todas las ofertas de matrimonio, optando por vivir como vírgenes consagradas bajo la dirección de un sacerdote, el padre Xeno. Los cristianos de aquella época vivían en relativa paz debido a la agitación política del Imperio Romano. Cuando Diocleciano fue nombrado emperador romano en 284, su gobierno ya estaba perdiendo el control del imperio. Durante su reinado, el imperio se desmoronó. Diocleciano (reinado 284 - 305) gobernó Bizancio en Oriente, y Maximiano (reinado 286 - 305) gobernó Roma en Occidente. Ambos eran conocidos con el título de “Augusto”. Cada Augusto tenía también una especie de “emperador asistente” llamado “César”. Esta división de poder entre Oriente, Occidente y los emperadores asistentes fue el comienzo de la “Tetrarquía” imperial, o gobierno por cuatro. En 299, el Augusto Diocleciano y su César, Galerio, se reunieron con sacerdotes paganos para determinar el futuro de su imperio. Los paganos dijeron que no podían ver el futuro debido a la presencia de cristianos en el palacio. Durante los tres años siguientes, Diocleciano y Galerio persiguieron a los cristianos, sobre todo mediante tasas opresivas, discriminación y encarcelamiento en situaciones selectas. Entonces, cerca del final del año 302, los sacerdotes de Apolo dijeron que los cristianos les impedían ofrecer oráculos. Diocleciano y Galerio, en el imperio oriental, respondieron con una persecución generalizada y violenta de los cristianos, que también se impuso en Occidente. El clero fue encarcelado y a menudo torturado y asesinado. Muchas iglesias fueron destruidas. Diocleciano declaró que se castigaba con la muerte rechazar la carne sacrificada a los ídolos o poseer escritos cristianos. La tradición cristiana sobre las tres hermanas, incluido un drama medieval en latín del siglo X de la canonesa secular Hrotsvitha de Gandersheim (la primera dramaturga conocida en el Occidente latino tras la caída del imperio romano), dice que, durante la amarga persecución de Diocleciano, el padre Xeno soñó que pronto moriría y que las hermanas también serían martirizadas. Se dice que, antes de ser encarcelado, advirtió a las hermanas de su próximo martirio y de que se mantuvieran firmes en su fe. Después de su muerte, una santa mujer, Santa Anastasia, tuvo una visión sobre las hermanas y les dijo a Ágape, Chione e Irene que lo soportaran todo por Cristo. Según la tradición, las hermanas fueron detenidas junto con otros cuatro cristianos que se negaban a comer carne sacrificada a los ídolos. También se las acusó de tener escritos cristianos. Se dice que, al ser interrogadas por el gobernador, expresaron desafiantes su alegría por vivir obedientemente su fe. Cuando Diocleciano vio lo jóvenes y hermosas que eran las hermanas, la tradición dice que las animó a retractarse para que pudieran casarse con hombres poderosos del imperio. Las hermanas se negaron. No convencido de que debían ser asesinadas, se dice que Diocleciano las llevó a Macedonia, y durante el viaje, las jóvenes proclamaron las verdades de Cristo y de su Iglesia. Cuando llegaron a Tesalónica, se dice que Diocleciano puso a las hermanas a cargo del gobernador Dulcitus. Allí, las mujeres alabaron a Dios durante toda la noche. Aunque Dulcitus intentó entrar para molestar a las hermanas, sus puertas permanecieron milagrosamente cerradas. Dulcitus no dejó de intentar entrar en su habitación hasta que fue milagrosamente cegado. Al tambalearse, se dice que cayó en la cocina del palacio y acabó cubierto de hollín delante de sus sirvientes. Enfurecido por la humillación, Dulcitus ordenó desnudar a las hermanas ante su corte. Pero la leyenda dice que los soldados encontraron sus ropas milagrosamente inamovibles. Durante el juicio, en lugar de pronunciar sentencia, Dulcitus fue vencido por el sueño. Cuando Diocleciano se enteró, se indignó, pero una vez más decidió no castigar a las mujeres él mismo. En su lugar, las envió a otro funcionario, Sisenio. Sisenio ordenó que Ágape y Chione fueran quemadas en una hoguera. La tradición sitúa la fecha de su muerte el 3 de abril de 304. Se dice que Ágape y Chione cantaron alabanzas mientras morían. Según la tradición, al día siguiente de la ejecución de Ágape y Chione, Sisenio llevó a Irene a la corte. Como seguía desafiante, incluso ante la muerte de sus hermanas, ordenó que la desnudaran y la metieran en un burdel. Irene se mantuvo firme. “Aunque mi cuerpo sea profanado a la fuerza”, dijo. “Mi alma nunca será mancillada por denunciar a Cristo”. Milagrosamente, dos soldados corpulentos que parecían brillar detuvieron a los soldados que transportaban a Irene, diciendo que tenían nuevas órdenes de Sisinio. Irene fue liberada y huyó a las montañas. Cuando Sisinio se enteró, se puso furioso. Inmediatamente fue con los soldados en busca de Irene. Un soldado la vio, y el grupo le disparó flechas. “Me burlo de vuestra impotente malicia”, se dice que gritó Irene. “Y voy a mi Señor Jesucristo pura e inmaculada”. Se dice que su martirio tuvo lugar el Domingo de Resurrección de ese año, el 5 de abril. Se dice que Santa Anastasia tuvo una visión de la muerte de las tres hermanas y viajó a Tesalónica, donde encontró sus cuerpos y los enterró. Las Santas Ágape, Chione e Irene no tienen un patronazgo específico. Santa Anastasia es una de las santas que figuran en la Plegaria Eucarística de la Misa. Su fiesta se celebra el 25 de diciembre.

Mari Pablo By Emily Woodham Staff Writer “There are no perfect people, although some pretend to have perfect lives where everything is fine,” Mari Pablo said in her first keynote talk at the 2025 Idaho Catholic Youth Convention (ICYC). Pablo, who is Hispanic, joked that people’s lives and families are like the ones in TV novellas—soap operas. “There is no such thing as perfect families because humans are in them,” she said. Pablo added that human drama in which many things go wrong is also seen in the Bible, which concerns real people in real situations. “In the Bible, so many horrible things happen, and God shows up in everything,” she said. “Our families are not perfect, and God shows up. If we invite Him in, He can do incredible things that are so good and so beautiful.” However, Pablo noted that mental health issues are at an all-time high, affecting one out of four people. “I’m a huge advocate of theology and psychology. I think that everyone can benefit from Jesus and a good Catholic counselor. We’re all going through stuff, and we all have different things that we’re carrying.” Because the Lord cares about every aspect of our lives, she continued, He also cares about each person’s mental health. “I’m not saying, ‘Pray and then all your mental health issues will magically disappear.’ I’m saying that the Lord cares about everything you’re going through and knows you better than you know yourself.” Mari Pablo gave three keynote talks, each focused on having a relationship with Jesus through prayer, sacraments, and trust in every aspect of life. Pablo used different stories from her journey to illustrate how circumstances, relationships and suffering can be used by God to draw us closer to Him. In prayer and sacred Scripture, we invite Jesus to speak truth to us. Satan wants us to have the mindset that tomorrow will not get better—this is only darkness and a lie,” she said. When we turn to Jesus and invite His truth, she continued, we’re able to cling to hope. Pablo encouraged continuing to pray the vocal prayers of the Church, such as the Our Father and Hail Mary. However, she said that to grow in our relationship with Jesus, we need to speak with Him freely as we would with a friend. “Communicate with the Lord authentically when you’re happy, when you’re upset, and when you’re sad. Jesus is Jesus, and He knows it all. But He wants to hear it from you. He wants to hear it from your heart. It says in the Catechism that prayer is a surge of the heart. And so, when we talk about prayer, it’s just your heart talking to His most Sacred Heart and communicating. And this is how things are transformed.”  When Pablo was a child, she had multiple illnesses and ear surgeries. At one point, she almost died. Although she was raised in a Hispanic Catholic home with parents who were leaders in their parish, she said she struggled with really knowing Jesus. It wasn’t until she was a young adult and helped at a youth camp that she was confronted in Confession about her hypocrisy—living one way with her family and church friends and another way with friends outside of church.  “It was the first realization that I had been living a little bit too ‘in the world’ and the Lord has called me to something greater than that, something higher,” she said. The experience in Confession was an invitation for self-reflection and change. Later at the same camp, during Adoration, the same priest at Confession said to stop fighting and surrender to Jesus. “Then finally all the walls fell down, and I was able to look at who’s in front of me. The Eucharist is not a symbol. The Eucharist is a Person. It’s Jesus’ body, blood, soul, and divinity. I had a lot of doubts about my faith, but I knew that Jesus was present in the Eucharist. When I looked at Him, everything transformed and was changed.” After the camp, Pablo spent five weeks changing her life so that she could live her faith with more integrity. “I needed a change in my life, and giving my ‘yes’ to the Lord was the best thing I’ve ever done. It was only then that I was able to understand that my hope is in Jesus. There’s a Bible verse that says may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit” (Rm 15:13). “Every single human will probably fail you at some point in life,” she said. “You will probably fail others because we’re human. Hope is in knowing that today is not the ‘end-all-be-all.’ Hope is knowing that we’re made for more, that we’re made for heaven. You and I are called to be saints. Our hope is in Jesus. He wants a relationship with you.” After each keynote talk, Father Caleb Vogel, vicar general for the Diocese of Boise, led the more than 1,500 teens and adults in an “activation,” a method of mental prayer that uses imagery to invite deeper listening to the Holy Spirit.  In one activation, Father Vogel invited the audience to imagine receiving the love of the Trinity. “Love is something that can’t be held on to. It has to be given away,” Father Vogel said. Just as one needs to open opposite windows in a room to let a breeze blow through, the more we share the love we receive, the more God’s love enters in to us. He encouraged the audience to prepare for Adoration by surrendering to God’s love through worshipping Him. “In worship, we’re giving God love. Like the breeze in the room, the more I give love, the more love comes into me. We can never outgive God’s generosity—He’s that eternal waterfall. When we love and worship, that cycle continues, and our lives become filled with the Spirit of God. And when that happens, and the love of God is pouring through me, I get transformed in it. I get pulled into the very mystery of God. That’s what I want for you.”

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