November 15, 2006

March for Life Information Available

The Mass, Rally and March for Life takes place each year in Washington, DC on the anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision. Please encourage your students to attend this important event. For complete details, including a response form letting CYM know how many spaces on the buses you'll need, please click here.

 

Theology on Tap is Back for Advent Season

Theology on Tap, the speaker series for young adults, held its first session November 9th at 7 at Catherine Rooney’s Pub, 1616 Delaware Ave., in Trolley Square. The series will continue November 16 with “Islam: Faith and Practices with Historical Perspectives,” presented by Ismat Shah, professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Delaware and faculty adviser for the Muslim Students’ Association. Other talks, on Nov. 30, Dec. 7 and Dec. 14, will cover immigration, faith and media, and faith and politics. Speakers will be announced. For the latest flyer, click here.

 

Reel Talk: Here We Code Again

In the next week or two, The DaVinci Code will be released on DVD. While the movie seemed to be a commercial and artistic bust, the DVD may well revive interest in the claims of the book and movie, especially among youth, who may never have read the book or seen the movie in first release.

The Diocesan Office of Religious Education was given 80 copies of the book, “The DaVinci Deception: 100 Questions About the Facts and Fiction of the DaVinci Code”. It is published by Ascension Press and Catholic Exchange and is in a Q&A format. If you would like any copies of this book for your faculty members, youth leaders or catechists with youth, please stop by the ORE or email us with your request. You may want to check out some web sites including www.jesusdecoded.com  from the Catholic Communications Campaign and the USCCB.

 

If you have a movie to suggest for Reel Talk, email CYM.

 

 

FSGC Safety Tips
A great resource for all those who work with young people on a regular basis covering many guidelines outlined in the For Sake of God's Children manual.  Download your tip sheet here.


 Ministries Weekend Registration Open

Online registration is now open for this annual event, set for January 19-21, 2007. The weekend will include Keynotes by Father Lou Cameli, Dr. Carole Eipers, and Sr. Maureen Shaughnessy, SC. Workshops opening the treasures of the Church and its wisdom for our journey...including the Marian, Salesian, Carmelite, and Franciscan ways of spirituality. Our musicians for the weekend are ValLimar and Frank Jansen. Click here to download a flyer in color or in black and white. Click here to register online. For a full brochure, click here.

 

Are you a Coach in need of Training?

All CYM Coaches must attend one face to face training every three years. Those who have been cleared to coach and have coached one season will not be eligible to be placed on a roster for a second season unless they have attended a Coaches Training. To register, visit the online registration site and click "Register for Events." Choose the date for the training you'd like to attend and complete the required information. The remaining dates for this year are 2/12/07, and 3/10/07. For more information, click here.

 

Souper Bowl of Caring

Has your parish registered for Souper Bowl of Caring 2007? Register at www.souperbowl.org or call 1-800-358-SOUP (7687) to receive a free resource kit.

 

Food Fast

Has your parish or school made plans to host a Food Fast this year? If you'd like more information visit The Food Fast website for more info.

 

Quotable

Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope... and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. ~Robert F. Kennedy

 

Quick Quiz
Congratulations Ruthie Patterson of Immaculate Conception in Elkton for correctly choosing 1.098 billion as the correct answer to our question about how many Catholics there are in the world. This Week: What percentage of beeswax is required in candles used during Mass? A) 50% B) 63% C) 41% D) 51% Email your answer to CYM today!

Article on Youth Ministry Worth Reading

TIME magazine has coverage on youth ministry!

The key quote: Youth ministers have been on a long and frustrating quest of their own over the past two decades or so. Believing that a message wrapped in pop-culture packaging was the way to attract teens to their flocks, pastors watered down the religious content and boosted the entertainment. But in recent years churches have begun offering their young people a style of religious instruction grounded in Bible study and teachings about the doctrines of their denomination. Their conversion has been sparked by the recognition that sugarcoated Christianity, popular in the 1980s and early '90s, has caused growing numbers of kids to turn away not just from attending youth-fellowship activities but also from practicing their faith at all. Read the whole article here.
 

New Resource from Search Institute

As positive youth development moves from being primarily a field of practice toward having increased credibility in academic research institutions, how much common ground is there in how it is understood and defined? Though there are many definitions and frameworks of positive youth development in the field, there is also a great deal of common ground. The common ground focuses on seven core hypotheses about positive youth development and is based on current theory and research. The new issue of Search Institute Insights & Evidence, a free web-base publication, examines this research. Download the complete article or a one-page summary here.

 

Group Workcamp coming to Wilmington

Many parishes in the diocese have participated in Group Workcamps through the years. As you know, hosting a workcamp can be an overwhelming experience. If you'd like more information about how you might be involved when Group comes to town, please read this letter for more information.

 

Teens & Stewardship Art Contest
Bishop Robert J. Baker and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee on Stewardship invite youth ages 13-19 to create a logo conveying the message of stewardship for teenagers. The deadline for entries is November 30, 2006. Entries may be submitted by teenage individuals or groups, in any format or size. For complete details, click here.

 

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.

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