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Coming in March: Two Great Events
Have you
thought about who your parish or school is
sending to the upcoming
Youth Leadership
Institute (YLI)? If not, download
all the information (or wait by your
mailbox) and pass the info along to the
leaders - or potential leaders - in your
community. YLI will be held from
March 30th (evening arrival) to April 3rd
(mid-afternoon departure)
at St. Thomas More Academy in Magnolia, DE
(near Dover). CYM is pleased to welcome back
the Center for Ministry Development (CMD) as
partners in offering the program. Sign up
soon, as a limited number of spaces are
available. For more info, click
here.
Limited scholarships available
The other
great event coming next month is
Nexus,
our annual high school rally. This year's
theme: Forgive. The keynote for the day is
Bud Welch. Bud's daughter, Julie
Marie, was killed in the Wednesday, April
19, 1995 blast that destroyed the Murrah
Federal Building in Oklahoma City, OK. He
talks about his journey from rage and
temporary insanity to seeking forgiveness.
For a brief biography on Bud, click
here. Our musical guest for the day is
Sarah Hart. Sarah has been entertaining
folks with her amazing talent for years. For
more information on Sarah, click
here.
For all the Nexus information, click
here.
Spring Formation Day Set
CYM is pleased to continue our partnership with
the Office for Religious Education in offering
personal and professional development
opportunities for adult leaders in ministry. The
next formation day will be held on Saturday,
March 12th at Holy Family Parish’s Religious
Education Center from 8:30am-1:30pm. All sessions
are open to adult leaders in youth ministry, but
CYM is particularly pleased to offer workshops on
these formation days that are designed
for adult leaders in youth ministry.
For more information and to register for the
session, visit
http://www.cdow.org/cymltraining.html.
Please note that these sessions are “intermediate
level” in nature—meaning that they are open to and
appropriate for adult leaders who have a grasp of
the basic tenets of ministry via any formal
training in foundational elements of youth
ministry and/or practical experience in the field.
Adult leaders who attend this session, and who
complete a 1-2 page reflection paper detailing how
the material presented will enhance one’s ministry
to and with young people, will receive 1 credit
towards intermediate level certification (i.e., 10
hours). For more information on the courses
offered and about the certification process,
please contact
CYM.
Rah! Rah! Ray! What ya' doing Saturday?
Bad writing, aside,
the annual St. Mark’s High School Cheerleading
Competition and CYM Cheerleading Championship will
be held this Saturday February 5, 2005. The All
Stars compete in the morning, starting at 10:15.
Middle Schools and High Schools start at 1:25pm.
The CYM Division compete at 4:00pm. The charge for
admission is $5 - Adults, $3 Students, $2 -
children.
CYM Wrestling Championships: Begin the Day in
Prayer
The CYM Wrestling Championships will be held
Sunday, February 20, 2005 at St. Mark's High
School. The day will begin at 9:00 a.m. with the
celebration of Mass at Resurrection Parish, which
adjoins St. Mark's property. All wrestlers, family
members, and friends are invited and encouraged to
attend. The Championship will begin after Mass has
ended. Hey coaches! Wouldn't taking your team to
Mass be a great way to start the day?
Theology on Tap
Returns
 The
popular Young Adult event
Theology on Tap (ToT) returns for
the Lenten series on February 10, 2005 An Evening
with the Bishop, featuring a
conversation/discussion with Bishop Michael
Saltarelli, kicks off the next ToT series! ToT
is held at Catherine Rooney’s Irish Pub and
Restaurant at 1616 Delaware Avenue, Trolley
Square. Doors open at 7:00pm, and the evening’s
program begins at 7:30pm. Free parking is
available on street and in the Trolley Square
Shopping Center. Food and drink are available for
purchase Be part of the fun and meet great
people—while learning more about the faith! For
more info about ToT contact
CYM.
Training Day
at Salesianum
Salesianum School is
sponsoring a day of education and formation
opportunities for adult leaders in ministry. This
year’s event, Saturday, February 12th, will be at
the school in Wilmington. The day begins at 8:00am
with breakfast and includes a catered lunch,
provided by Boston Market. Salesianum requests a
donation of $25 (or more) to defray costs for this
event. Please note that adult leaders in youth
ministry who attend the entire formation day
(i.e., both morning and afternoon sessions) and
submit a reflection paper on both topics covered
and how the day’s learning will enhance one’s
ministry with young people will receive one credit
towards the intermediate level of certification.
Please contact
Anthony Albence with any questions related to
certification credit for the day. For more
information on the Day, click
here.
Youth
Ministry Access
Several adult
leaders have already signed up for a
fantastic new resource brought to the youth
ministry community by the
Center for
Ministry Development (CMD). YMAccess is
a subscription website for youth ministry
leaders in parishes, schools, and
youth-serving organizations. Each year the
service provides you and your community with
over 70 gathered programs, online training
for your leaders, and non-gathered
strategies to connect with families, the
parish, and the wider community. The
materials are all of the high quality you’ve
come to expect from CMD, and include
contributions by many nationally and
internationally recognized leaders in the
ministry field. For more info on the program
click
here. PLUS! If you are interested
in helping to write for Youth Ministry
Access and earn scholarship money for the
youth of your parish, contact
CYM today!
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Frontiers of Justice 2005
Applications Now
Accepted!
Frontiers of Justice is a collaborative
effort of
CRS
and the NCEA.
For two weeks every summer six US Catholic
high school teachers are selected from a
national pool of applicants to visit CRS
overseas programs. This year the
Frontiers of Justice trip will be to
Kosovo/South Balkans to visit CRS programs
in education and peace-building. The trip is
scheduled on the first two weeks of July.
Teachers and school administrators who are
committed to fostering global solidarity in
their school communities are invited to send
in their application by February 25, 2005.
For more information click
here.
Earth Day Retreat Announced
The Association of Youth Ministers (AYM)
will sponsor an Earth Day Retreat, to be
held at the Ashland Nature Center April 23-
April 24th. Earth Day is celebrated on April
22nd, so the retreat is a very fitting time
to gather and reflect on the beauty of God’s
creation and what it means to be stewards of
that creation. The retreat will be held at
Ashland Nature Center in Ashland, DE (near
Centerville and Greenville, DE, north of
Wilmington). Arrival time is 6:00pm on the
23rd, and the retreat concludes with 12:00pm
Mass at St. Mary of the Assumption on April
24th. Cost per participant is $25, and the
cost per chaperones $20. Each participating
parish group is responsible for recruiting
the appropriate number of chaperones for
their group. Registration closes on March
18th. For more information contact Robyn
Correale, Coordinator of Youth Ministry at
St. Mary of the Assumption Parish, at (302)
239-7100 x20 or via e-mail at
youth@stmaryoftheassumption.com.
Slavery and the Making of America
 Coming
to PBS on Feb. 9th and the 16th from 9PM to
11PM is the four-part series Slavery and the
Making of America, produced by Dante James,
and narrated by Morgan Freeman.
Slavery and
the Making of America tells the story of
slavery from the point of view of the
enslaved. The series recognizes the
strength, humanity and dignity of the
enslaved and redefines them as pro-active
freedom fighters not passive victims. For
more information, visit
www.pbs.org/slavery.
Bad Weather? Cancel your event online!
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temps. Rain. Fog. High winds. Bad weather
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Quotable
There is so much bad in the
best of us and so much good in the worst of
us that it doesn't behoove any of us to talk
about the rest of us. ~Unknown |
There's a Mailing Coming Your Way
Watch your
mailbox this week for the CYM quarterly
mailing, including great information on the
Recognition Dinner, Nexus 05, NCYC 05, and
new resources available from CYM.
Looking
Ahead: NCYC 2005
Invite your
young people now to join you and about
20,000 of their friends at the
National Catholic
Youth Conference October 27-29,
2005. To get the ball rolling, download the
theme song today! CYM will be sending
you registration materials, a promo DVD and
all you'll need to sign young people up for
this important event in the coming weeks.
Would You Like to Win a Concert?
It's the final week of the 2005
Disciples Now Challenge! Now is the
time to put your parish/school efforts in
high gear. More new youth registrations
equals more chances to win a free Steve
Angrisano concert. The last day for entries
with this contest is Thursday, February 10.
Looking for a
Tournament?
Then visit the
Tournament Time
webpage for the latest in parish and/or CYM
sponsored tournaments and clinics. Use the
page to submit your own information as well.
St. Mary's Press seeking Ambassador of
Christ Recognition Award Nominations
Do you know someone who touches the hearts
of teens? Nominate that someone today! The
Saint Mary's Press Ambassador of Christ
Recognition Awards publicly celebrate and
affirm the ways in which special individuals
touch the hearts of teens with the Good News
of Jesus Christ. Individuals eligible for
nomination are those adults and teens in the
categories listed below who are role models
for Catholic teens, ages 10-19, by genuinely
touching their hearts and inspiring in them
the Christian spirit. (One recipient per
category.)
· Catholic school staff
· Catholic parish staff or volunteer
· Catholic teen in senior year of high
school
The recipients of the 2005 Ambassador of
Christ Recognition Awards will receive
· $1,000 in cash or scholarship
· $500 in Saint Mary's Press resources
· a beautiful stained-glass award
To nominate someone for the 2005 Ambassador
of Christ Recognition Awards, go to
http://www.smp.org and click on
the Ambassador of Christ Recognition Award
link. You can also get a nomination packet
in the mail by calling Carol at
800-533-8095.
Completed packets must be returned to Saint
Mary's Press by March 1, 2005, for
consideration.
Quick Quiz
Yes, Lori Armstrong was right! Nexus
refers to point of coming together, which is
exactly what our high school youth will do
next month!
Since the Holy
Father has been in the news lately, we
thought we'd use the papacy for our quiz
topic. Why did Angelo Roncalli choose the
name John XXIII when we was elected? Hint:
the answer gives a glimpse into the Church's
past! Be the first to
email CYM with the correct answer to
win. (Previous winners must wait 90 days to
win again!)
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