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The Youngs of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., were honored as the Knights of Columbus Family of the Year at the Baltimore Convention Center Aug. 8, one week after they sponsored a camp for Catholic high-schoolers in Emmitsburg. From left are Christopher, 17; Mary, 9; Ryan, the father; Grace, 12; Elizabeth, the mother; Justice, 8; and Trinity, 15. The family also includes Faith, 2, and Xavier, 5 months. (Courtesy Knights of Columbus)

Seven children, two outreaches begun for Knights Family of the Year

Paul McMullen August 8, 2018
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, Local News, Marriage & Family Life, News

A little more than two decades after they met at an ice cream social on the second day of class at Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio, Ryan and Elizabeth Young head the Knights of Columbus International Family of the Year.

With five of their seven children in tow, the parishioners of St. Martin de Porres Parish in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., accepted the honor Aug. 8, day two of the Knights 136th annual Supreme Convention at the Baltimore Convention Center.

It was the second straight week in which the Youngs had their minds on Maryland.

They’re the founders of Camp Veritas, a summer camp for Catholic high school students that began in 2008 in New York, spread to locations in Ireland and Florida, and spent the week of July. 29-Aug. 4 at Summit Lake Camp in Emmitsburg.

“We were getting a lot of kids from the south, enough to consider another location, and I had attended Mount 2000 on a number of occasions,” Young explained, of the retreat for high-schoolers sponsored by the seminarians of Mount St. Mary’s. “I saw Emmitsburg and the fire that had already started there.

“We had 305 souls in Emmitsburg last week, including 70 staff.”

Like his wife, who is an assistant professor at Marist College, Young is a physician’s assistant. They are the parents of Christopher, 17; Trinity, 15; Grace, 12; Mary, 9; Justice, 8; Faith, 2; and Xavier, 5 months.

In addition to Camp Veritas, Young, 41 serves as the director of the Fearless Retreat Program, hosted by Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of New York.

Young began the camp before he joined Council 7551 in Poughkeepsie, which supports both of his signature outreaches. In addition to running his parish blood drive, he’s involved in Council efforts that include Food for Families, Habitat for Humanity, and Coats for Kids.

With a demanding job and a large family, where does he find the inspiration and time to be involved hands-on with so many different philanthropies?

“If I’m not going to do it, then who should I expect to do so?” Young said, turning around the question. “The Lord, when you hear his voice, it can be a persistent one.”

The theme of the convention is “Knights of Charity.”

Paul McMullen can be emailed at pmcmullen@CatholicReview.org

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Paul McMullen has served as the managing editor of the Catholic Review since 2008.

The author of two books, Paul has been involved in local media since age 12, when he began delivering The News American to 80 homes in his neighborhood. He began his journalism career with the Capital-Gazette Newspapers in Anne Arundel County, and spent more than 25 years as a sports writer for The Sun in Baltimore. His favorite writing assignments have included the Summer Olympics in Australia and Greece, the Archdiocese of Baltimore's response to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, and “Feet for Francis,” a 2015 walking pilgrimage from the Baltimore Basilica to Philadelphia to see Pope Francis.

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