Please make plans to join us ,Thursday, September 14 for a Professional Development Day.

During the morning session we will offer the first half of the Mental Health First Aid training. This training is ideal for all in parish ministries and we hope you will take the opportunity to learn some important strategies in providing pastoral care to parishioners of all ages! Our afternoon session will focus on Best Practices in Relational Ministry. These will be ROUND-ROBIN sessions focused on best practices that lend themselves to successful relational ministry. What is your best practice? We want you to take part! We are seeking 6-8 leaders who will share a 15 minute session on a best practice in their parish. What types of topics are we seeking?

• Best practice in forming bonds with parents and grandparents
• Reaching today's teens
• Children's programming that sets a course for lifelong formation
• Accompanying individuals and families through tough times
• Helping individuals of all ages to meet Jesus in Sacramental and daily life
• Best practices in engaging new families (especially newly married, baptism or RCIA families)
• Best practices in evangelizing those on the margins
• YOUR OWN IDEAS !

Please download and fill-in the handout below. All "applications" are due by June 1, so that we can structure the day and create valuable resource files for this event!

Are you looking ahead to next year and wonder how you can invite more young adult involvement into your parish? This four-part formation series, featuring scholars, practitioners, and young adults, on how to develop relationships and form community with young adults with a variety of age groups and ministry contexts can be a helpful tool. This was an educational series to help ministry leaders learn more about young adults and what it means to form community with them. You can find the session recordings below.

• Building Community with College Age Young Adults (Passcode: 8.ePmSyx)

  
  

• Building Community with Single Young Adults (Passcode: E&%J8Pqr)
• Building Community with Young Families & Single Parents (Passcode: ?HG4Zi4J)
• Coming Together: Integrating Young Adults in the Life of the Church (Passcode: Z=5fAr@#)

Thursday, May 18

2:00 p.m.

Explore the relationship between scouting and youth ministry in the Catholic Church. Our expert speakers will share insights and testimonies on how scouting can be a powerful tool for evangelization, faith formation, and leadership development among young people. Whether you are a scout leader, a youth minister, or simply interested in learning more, this webinar is for you. Presenters include John Anthony, Alison Tate, Fr. Gerard Gentleman and Francisco Ruvalcaba. For more information and to register for the webinar, click here.

St. John Fisher University

This is an excellent opportunity for rising high school juniors and seniors (i.e. current 10th and 11th graders) to gain valuable skills and help them stand out among their peers as student leaders today and into the future. GDK focuses building a more just world, and includes keynotes, workshops, and hands-on opportunities to turn faith into action!

May (23) - 24 - 25, 2023

Champion Lake Camp

(Glen Spey, NY)

Join other youth ministry leaders from across New York State for prayer, networking, professional development, and collaborative event planning. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 5/24 and end at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, 5/25. There is an optional evening social for those who are interested in arriving on Tuesday evening. If interested, please completed the required RSVP here by May 10. Questions can be directed to Colleen Trevisani (Colleen217@yahoo.com) or Christina Davis (Christina.davis@archny.org, 646-794-2853 office, 904-716-4984 cell).

Thanks to the generosity of a donor family, there is now even more financial assistance to those who would not otherwise be able to attend one of our four Steubenville Main Campus Youth Conferences. The donor’s intention is to “bring more young people to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ – eliminating any financial barrier to this encounter.” Parishes planning to attend one of the four youth conferences this summer at Franciscan University of Steubenville, can use this form to request financial aid for your group. Requests will be handled on a first come first serve basis.