Young Catholic Leader (YCL) is a five-day Catholic leadership course run in December each year, held at Highland Home Christian Camp in the Pohangina Valley. A limited number of year 12 student leaders are invited, mainly from Catholic colleges but also from non-Catholic colleges and parishes. It prepares students for leadership roles in their final college year, with sessions covering many leadership qualities and Catholic values.

Anna Crowley, Sacred Heart College New Plymouth, said, ‘On 9 December 2016, 40 student leaders from colleges in Palmerston North Diocese came together and for a life-changing camp in Pohangina Valley. Our 12 amazing mentors helped us to open up, trust and help each other to become the best leaders we can for our schools for 2017.’

Check out the photos from camp below!