Diving Deep: The Legacy Behind Your Parish
BY DANIEL THOMAS
The idea of helping your students learn about their parish is an outstanding one. It involves something that they have...
Sr. Josephine Garrett on “Daily Bread Discernment” (8-min. video)
Sr. Josephine Garrett discusses “Daily Bread Discernment” and offers a beautiful talk based on developing a healthy discernment for our vocation.
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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...
Advice from the Psalms: 3 Steps for Teens Searching for Purpose
BY BINTA M. PAYE
Have you ever wondered why you were born, or what you will be doing 10 years from now? Maybe your interests...
Praying the Scriptures: A Guide for Teens to Engage with God
BY BECKY GROTH
"Mom, we read a Bible verse, go around and say what word or sentence jumped out at us, read the verse again,...
Using Annual Themes and Class Names
Grow Catholic identity
THERESE L. SALAZAR
Most of our students come to us after they have been in class all day learning academics. The...
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...
Teens Dealing with Difficulties: The Most Important Words We Can Say
BY LAUREN SCHARMER
Reflecting on my five years working in youth ministry, I am convinced that the most important words we can say to our...
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...
The Covenant of a Sacramental Marriage
Exploring this truth with teens
BECKY GROTH
Marriage in the Catholic Church is a covenant. However, a case can be made that many people,...
