Online Formation Program for Youth Ministers

The National Association of Catholic Youth Ministry Leaders (NACYML) and Ministry Training Source (MTS) have developed OnCourse, an online training program. Using online courses and retreats, OnCourse is the perfect formation program to dovetail into the busy schedules and time constraints of ministry. Additionally, OnCourse provides the opportunities for lay ministers to fulfill CEUs. Download the informational brochure and registration materials. (348 KB) Courses and retreats are significantly discounted for NACYML members, but everyone is welcome to participate. To take advantage of the discounts, become a NACYML member now.

 

Stand Up and Take Action against Poverty

Last year, over forty-three million people stood up to demand that world leaders keep their promises to end poverty and inequality. This year, help us break that record and send an even louder message to our governments. The Stand Up Campaign is October 17-19, 2008. Join the global movement of people who refuse to stay seated or silent in the face of poverty and broken promises to end it! Stand Up and Take Action against Poverty (624 KB) and for the Millennium Development Goals. (269 KB)

 

Year of Saint Paul

Pope Benedict opened the Year of Saint Paul on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul in the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls. For more information and resources, see the following websites:

• The Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls
• The Pauline Year
• The Year of Saint Paul
• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
• National Conference for Catechetical Leadership
• Pauline Spirit

 

Prayer Corner

Cultivate a daily habit of prayer to more fully experience the risen Christ.

• Daily Scripture Readings (USCCB)
  
• Scripture Reflections: Creighton University
  
• Sacred Space
  
• Saint of the Day
  

 

Reading Room

Documents of interest to youth ministry leaders.

• Sacraments Today: Belief and Practice among U.S. Catholics (1.4 MB) (5/13/08)
  By Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate
• U.S. Religious Landscape Survey (5/13/08)
  By the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
• Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political Responsibility from the Catholic Bishops of the United States. (188 KB)
• Catholic Update: A Look at Pope Benedict's Encyclical: Christ Our Hope
• Doctrinal Elements of a Curriculum Framework for the Development of Catechetical Materials for Young People of High School Age (351 KB)
• Executive Summary of the 2007 National Symposium on Lay Ecclesial Ministry
• Stewardship and Teenagers: The Challenge of Being a Disciple (84 KB)