October 19, 2006

Last Call: “Magical Methods for Adolescent Faith Formation”

“Parents aren’t interested or supportive of the religious education or youth ministry program.” “I just don’t know how to keep order in the class or in a group without being a snarling tyrant.” Are these comments familiar to you and your parish ministry team? Then let us help you do something about it! Join us from 9 to 3 on Saturday, October 21st at Corpus Christi Parish for an workshop with expert catechist Dobie Moser. For more information, click here. To RSVP, please contact Linda Jackson at the Religious Education Office.

 

Young People’s Training for Proclaiming the Word and being a Eucharistic Minister
These two in-services, brought to you by the Office for Worship and CYM, have been combined. They will take place simultaneously on Saturday, October 28th at Holy Cross in English and Spanish. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. and instruction begins at 10 a.m.  The day concludes at 1 p.m. Please complete the parish or school Registration Form to have your young people included in the training. Following the training a letter will be sent to pastors announcing that their young people are now ready for any local instruction and then should be included in the regular line up of parish ministers. Don't miss this chance to have your parish represented at this important (and bilingual) event.  

 

Follow Up Meetings set for Primary Youth Ministry Contacts

If you are the primary point of contact for Catholic Youth Ministry and you missed the Primary Contact Meeting on September 10th or October 12th, please plan to attend the last make up session to be held at St. Jude in Lewes, DE at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, November 13th. It is essential that youth ministry contacts at all parishes be represented at one of these meetings to receive the CYM Policies and Guidelines and to join in the discussion of ongoing improvements to CYM programming. Please RSVP to CYM if you plan to attend. 

 

Are you a Coach? Do you need to attend 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 11/6/06, 2/12/07, and 3/10/07. For more information, click here.

 

 

Halloween Safety Tips
A great handout for your the young people in your parish or school. And it's available in English and Spanish. 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.

 

New Training Game at CYM

Have you seen the game where groups of kids standing on boards and holding on to ropes try walking (on the board) from point A to point B? Well, those boards are now at CYM. If you'd like to borrow them for your team building exercise, contact CYM. You'll need to pick them up as they are each 8 feet long!

 

Quick Quiz
Congratulations Rita Nally of Corpus Christi who correctly identified IHS as the first three letters of the name of Jesus in Greek. This Week: With all the talk of the US now being a country of 300 million, lots of statistics have been in the news. So this week, we'll ask a numbers question...How many Catholics are there in the world? Email your answer to CYM today!

World Youth Day Resources

The National Celebration of World Youth Day will be held October 29, 2006. Consult the 2006 Youth Ministry Resource Manual (available from CYM) for ways to celebrate and pray for youth in your community. Online resources may be found here.

 

Global Solidarity Newsletter Now Online

The Global Solidarity Partnership Committee has published a newsletter with updates regarding the partnership between the Diocese of Wilmington and
the Diocese of San Marcos. It's available online.

 

Random Acts of Violence/Kindness

A pastoral response for youth ministry leaders regarding the recent random acts of violence against youth is now available. The Random Acts of Kindness reflection highlights the need for hope in the midst of the recent school tragedies, inappropriate e-mail and instant messages that currently affect young people. For full text, click here.

 

Next Meeting Set for AYM

The next meeting for the Association of Youth Ministers will be held on Thursday, November 2 at 10 a.m. in Ocean City, MD. For more information about AYM, click here.

 

Reel Talk

Have you seen a movie that moved? Inspired you? Challenged you? If you have a movie to suggest, email CYM.

 

Quotable

My life is my message. ~Mahatma Ghandi

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