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CYM Staff headed to Africa
New Coaching Resources!
NCCYM 2004
Young Adult News and Events
Reaching Teens through Film
Fast Fact
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Welcome
(back) to Ladders Online!
Ladders Online, the virtual newsletter from
Catholic Youth Ministry has a new look! The column
at the right will give you the highlights of each
issue. The links at the bottom will help you
submit content, see our vendors, and even
unsubscribe (in the unlikely event that should
occur).
If you are receiving Ladders Online for the first
time, don't rush to take your name off the list.
As of this issue, we've added all CYM Athletic
Personnel and other youth ministry volunteers to
the Ladders distribution list. In
all, more than 1,700 adult leaders from around the
diocese (and even around the world) receive this
publication. Over the past three years, this
newsletter has become the major source of information for youth ministry
leaders, and has helped adult leaders from around
the diocese stay connected. Now it will serve
as the major source of information for tournaments
and other parish sponsored/CYM sponsored
athletic events.
So welcome to Ladders Online. We hope you like it!
Africa Bound
CYM's Anthony Albence and Patrick Donovan depart
Friday, September 10th for Rwanda to travel with a
delegation of youth ministry leaders from around
the country with Catholic Relief Services' Called
to Witness program.
While in Rwanda, the group of 8 will visit CRS
programs and projects that have helped Rwandans in
their struggle against AIDS and especially in the
post-genocide years as they have come to grips
with the reconciliation required for healing.
A Blessing of Travelers will be held in the chapel
on the second floor of the 1626 N. Union Street
Building (upstairs from CYM) on Thursday,
September 9th at 9:30 a.m. All are invited to join
in blessing Anthony and Patrick as they prepare
for their journey.
For more about Rwanda...
Hey Coach! Positive Differences You Can Make...
"Hey, Coach! Positive Differences You Can Make for
Young People in Sports:
An Asset-Builder's Guide to Common Coaching
Strategies" is now available from the
Search Institute.
Beyond the fundamentals, the drills, the playbook
strategies, the starting line-up, and the final
scores, a coach does more than teach sport's
skills. A coach teaches life skills. Hey, Coach!
is an in-the-gym, on-the-field collection of
lifelike youth sports situations with asset-based
guidance to help coaches handle common challenges
in positive, creative ways. Written in a
startlingly realistic style, coaches will wonder
if the author snuck into their gym with a tape
recorder to offer practical advice for situations
like:
Click here for more...
National Conference on Catholic Youth Ministry
By now you should have received the mailing
detailing the diocesan package for the NCCYM 2004.
This conference, the leading Catholic venue for
ministry formation on the national level, is
sponsored by the National Federation for Catholic
Youth Ministry (NFCYM) and is hosted this year by
the Diocese of Pittsburgh’s Department for Youth
and Young Adult Ministry.
The conference will be held from December 2-5,
2004, and this year’s conference theme is Love
Builds Bridges: El Amor Construye Puentes. Please
be aware of the registration deadlines detailed in
this information. For further information, please
contact the CYM office via e-mail at
catholicyouth@cdow.org.
Click
here for more...
Young Adult Picnic and Concert
Check out the Diocesan Young Adult Ministry page
for an update on two upcoming events planned for
the fall. In addition, young adults can sign up
for a Monday Message to receive the latest and
greatest news in and around the growing Young
Adult community in the Diocese of Wilmington.
Click
here for more...
Youth Leadership Institute Survey
Your help is needed to assist CYM in
discerning the most effective path to follow
in offering opportunities for education and
development for young leaders in our
Diocese. Please
click here
(or
here if you have trouble) to download a
brief survey on this topic. Your input is
key.
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Fast Fact
Youth Ministry
at its most effective is the response of the
Christian Community to the needs of its young
people. How well does your parish or school
respond?
Fall Catechetical Day
CYM is partnering with the Office for
Religious Education to offer the Fall
Catechetical Leaders Formation Day on
Saturday, October 16th. Adult leaders in
Youth Ministry are invited to register for
any of the sessions offered, but are
especially encouraged to consider attending
the sessions offered focusing on
youth-related issues. Consistent with CYM’s
focus on “Youth at Risk” this year, the Fall
formation day will feature seminars focusing
on Self-Injury (“Cutting”) and Youth
Suicide. For more information,
click here.
The Election
Campaign and Catholic Social Teaching
For a great 9-page easy-to-read and
ready-to-duplicate “2004 Voter Guide for
People of Faith,” visit the website of the
Catholic Action Network for Social Justice
http://www.catholicactionnetwork.org
Boy Scout Retreat
The Diocese of Wilmington Committee on Boy
Scouting is planning a Scout Retreat on Oct.
14th thru the 16th, 2004 at Camp Henson.
Both Cub and Boy Scouts are invited to camp
with us and learn more about what it is to
be a Catholic Scout. So please pass this
info to the youth of your parish. Any
questions please contact Tommy Watts (302)
834-5408 or
twatts5@aol.com.
Quick Quiz
Be the first to email CYM with the
name of the person who said the following
and we'll send you a CYM t-shirt. Try
answering without using Google!
"Never worry about numbers. Help one person
at a time, and always start with the person
nearest you. Give yourself fully to God. He
will use you to accomplish great things on
the condition that you believe much more in
His love than in your weakness." |
 Reaching
Teens through Film
The latest volume of "Reaching Teens through
Film" is now available from
Pflaum
Publishing. This year's book includes
activities and discussion questions for The
Pianist, Harry Potter and the Chamber
of Secrets, The Lord of the Rings: The
Two Towers, Signs, and Finding
Nemo.
St. Mary's Press
Updates
Always looking
for new ideas and innovative in for your
ministry? Sign up for informative E-news
weekly updates from St. Mary’s Press. The
weekly e-mail updates include insights from
ministry veterans, info on free resources,
and the latest on St. Mary’s Press. For more
info,
click here.
 Youth
Service America
Youth Service
America is Recruiting Lead Agencies for
National Youth Service Day:
Youth Service America seeks organizations to
serve as lead agencies for the 17th Annual
National Youth Service Day, to take place
April 15-17, 2005. National Youth Service Day
is designed to engage millions of young
Americans and focus national attention on the
leadership of young people. For more info,
click
here.
Tournament Time?
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the word out? Click Submit Content below and
let Ladders Online do the rest!
Education Opportunities
The Interfaith Lay Academy (ILA) returns
again this fall. This opportunity for adult
formation is a long-standing tradition in
our local interfaith community. Ed Gordon,
Diocesan Director of Religious Education, is
one of the presenters in this series. For
more information
click here. |
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