NCYC plans West Coast expansion
NCYC plans West Coast expansion with Long Beach event this fall
Over the last decade, the National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) — the largest Catholic youth event in the United States — has made itself at home in the centrally located city of Indianapolis every two years.
Now, by planting a foot on the West Coast, the event is expanding in more ways than one: For the first time ever, the gathering will take place in Long Beach this fall, marking the start of a new schedule that will turn NCYC into an annual conference, alternating between the two cities.
Organizers say the reasoning behind the move west seeks to expand coastal participation, given that most years typically saw less than 1,000 participants from the West Coast.