Using Social Media to Share Our Faith with Teens
BY AMY CATTAPAN
Instagram and Pinterest might not be the first tool you think of when it comes to evangelization, but when you picture your...
God’s Chisel (9-min. video on being God’s masterpiece)
This video from the Skit Guys would be great to use before confession. It shows the challenge and gift in allowing God to...
Plan a Mini Retreat
Connie Clark
When my teenager returned from his confirmation retreat, I wondered if I could create a similar experience for my younger students on a...
Pairing Family Catechesis with Youth Ministry
Questions to help you discern actionable goals
BECKY GROTH
As more and more parishes move to a family-centered religious education model, it makes sense to consider...
Youth Ministry as Apprenticeship
Mentoring the skills and dispositions for a vital Christian faith
TIMOTHY P. O'MALLEY
In youth ministry in the United States, emphasis is often placed on large-scale...
The Letter and Spirit of the Law
The importance of the what and the why
BECKY GROTH
A guest on a radio program made a point that I’ve never forgotten: If all we...
7 Tips for Teens (and Everyone Else) to Get the Most Out of Mass
Helping others experience heaven on earth
ERIC GROTH
If we really understood the Mass, we would die of joy.”
I love this. St. John Vianney nailed it.
He...
Calming Nerves Before Going to Confession
On examining Jesus’ message of forgiveness and mercy
BECKY GROTH
I went to confession a few weeks back, and as I knelt down, I heard the...
One Sister’s Vocation Story: From the Daughters of St. Paul
A beautiful story from the Daughters of St. Paul. Share this with middle-schoolers, teens, and adults. Learn more here.
Image credit: Daughters of St. Paul
Snatched from the Dragon, Caught for Christ
The importance of youth ministry
PAT GOHN
Looking back on my younger years, I’m grateful for the parish-based youth ministry that offered regular retreats and weekly...
