September 20, 2005
-Hurricane Relief: What Youth Can Do
-Foster Parents Needed
-CYM Mandates Coaches Training
-Formation Opportunities
-Youth Ministry Leadership Team
-Tejiendo el Futuro Juntos
-Scholarship Programs Available
-Finding God in Coaching
-Interfaith Lay Academy
-Quick Quiz
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Hurricane Katrina Response
Disciples Now Ministries and Saint Mary's Press have launched Cards of Care as a national youth response to Hurricane Katrina. What is Cards of Care? Catholic young people, ages 11-18, are invited to collect gift cards redeemable at national retailers with a strong presence in the hurricane affected areas. These are stores such as Wal-Mart, Target, K-Mart, drug stores, gas stations, and grocery stores to directly assist those affected by the disaster. For more information, click here.

Foster Parents Needed
The Delaware Children's Department is looking for families with room in their hearts and homes for a child in foster care. Foster parents can be single or married and can live in an apartment or house. Foster parents care for a child while help is given to the child's family. While most children go home to their parents or their larger families, those who cannot safely return home, foster parents care for the child until a permanent home is found. Sometimes foster parents become the child's adoptive parent. If you can provide a future with hope to a child or youth in foster care, please call the Delaware Helpline at 1-800-464-HELP for more information.

 Coaches Training: A Must for Coaches

CYM is pleased to announce the reintroduction of face-to-face Coaches Training for the 2005-2006 program year. These sessions will permit all adult leaders in CYM athletics the opportunity to gain insights into the values at the core of the CYM sports experience and will provide tips on ways to be a positive coach. In addition, the training will afford an opportunity for coaches to become more familiar with their requirements with regard to the diocese’s child protection program, For the Sake of God’s Children (FSGC). CYM is pleased to welcome Jack Holloway, a legend in the Delaware sports community, as the keynote presenter for these sessions. Please note: this training is required once every three years. All CYM coaches must attend a training session in fall 2005 or spring 2006. To download a flyer for the fall sessions, click here.

 

Youth Ministry Leadership Team

The Office for Catholic Youth Ministry invites each parish and Catholic high school to appoint two juniors or seniors (or one of each) to serve as representatives on the YLT for a minimum of one year. New council members are expected to attend their first meeting in November. Ideally, council members are incoming juniors and are able to serve for two years. Sometimes a parish or high school asks if they can have a mature sophomore on the Team and while this is allowed, it is not preferred. For complete information and to download an application, please click here. 

 

Fall Formation Day
Adult leaders in youth ministry are encouraged to participate in the upcoming Formation Day on Saturday, 11/12. All sessions are open to any participant, but adults who minister to and with young people in a youth ministry setting are particularly encouraged to consider attending either the session on Retreat Planning (presented by Debbie McDonald, Executive Director of the Office of Youth Ministry for the Archdiocese of Washington) or Cutting, Self Mutilation, and Self-Destructive Behaviors (presented by Coleen O’Connor, Program Coordinator at First State School, a nationally certified counselor who serves as chair of the CYM Advisory Board). For complete details, click here.


 

Congratulations to Anne Marie!
Congratulations to longtime youth ministry volunteer leader Anne Marie Conestabile from St. Mary Star of the Sea-Holy Savior parish in Ocean City, MD! The Washington Post Magazine recently reported on her amazing ministry to and with international students working at the beaches during the summer season. Please click here to read the article in its entirety.
 

Noticia del Encuentro 2006:

Tejiendo el Futuro Juntos

The first National Encuentro is designed to bring Hispanic Catholic young people to be more active, enthusiastic, and influential participation in the life and mission of the church in the United States. For complete details, click here.

 

NCYC: Winds of Change
Five spaces remain in the diocesan delegation! Please visit the CYM Upcoming Events webpage and download all the necessary information.


 Interfaith Lay Academy
This great formation opportunity for adult leaders in youth ministry marks its 25th anniversary in 2005. Sessions are offered on Tuesdays (9/27-10/15) from 7:00PM to 9:00PM at the Interfaith Resource Center on Wilson Road in north Wilmington. For a complete course listing, click here...


USCCB New Releases for Fall 2005

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Publishing office recently released new resources for the fall season.  These items are appropriate for use with young people and adult leaders.  For more info on these items, and the full range of USCCB Publishing resources, click here. 

 

CYM Calendar of Events

The 2005-2006 Calendar is now online. Click here to get your copy.

 

United Way and CYM

If your workplace is currently participating in the  United Way Campaign, consider contributing to Catholic Youth Ministry (agency code 0180). If your office doesn't host a United Way Campaign, click here.

 

Quotable

I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again. ~William Penn

Can you find God in Coaching?

Is it possible to find God in your coaching experience? How do you respond to winning at any cost? Come for an overnight this fall, 9/30 - 10/1 at the beautiful Malvern Retreat House for "We Think You Need a Time-Out, Basketball X's, O's and more..." For more info, click here...

 

Youth Ministry Access
Have you subscribed to this fantastic resource sponsored by the Center for Ministry Development (CMD)? If not, you’re missing out on tons of great resources, program ideas, insights, and information sharing. The cost of the service is very modest. For more info on YMA visit www.cmdnet.org and click on the YMA section of the page.

 

Champion of the Poor

On September 27, the Church celebrates the feast of Saint Vincent de Paul, patron saint of all works of charity. Vincent dedicated his life to caring for the sick and the poor. He established religious orders for both men and women to help him with this work. Vincent saw caring for the sick and poor as a continuation of prayer and time spent with God. (Click here for the remainder of this article)

Delaware SEED Scholarship Program

The Delaware SEED (Student Excellence Equals Degree) program is a new initiative that will provide tuition for full-time students enrolled in an Associate Degree program at Delaware Technical and Community College (DTCC) or in the Associate of Arts program at the University of Delaware (UD).  The program is offered to Delaware students who stay in school, work hard, and stay out of trouble. The target audience is high school students graduating from a Delaware public or non-public high school at the conclusion of the 2005-2006 school year.  For more information on the program, click here.


Quick Quiz
Would you believe nobody got the answer correct last issue? The question, Who was the first Native American canonized a saint? fielded more responses than any other question. But everyone answered Kateri Teckakwitha. Sorry folks, Kateri isn't a saint...yet! The first indigenous (truly native) person canonized was Juan Diego.

 

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