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...
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,...
Called to Be Heroic: Youth engaging with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Society of St. Vincent de Paul helps youth find hearts for service
Connie Clark
Gayle Westfahl wasn’t getting the response she’d envisioned when she invited Catholic...
A Lot To Offer: a recap of the recent Synod
A look at the Synod on Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment
KATIE PREJEAN McGRADY
I was in the midst of changing my four-month-old daughter’s...
5 Rules for Life: Chris Stefanik from SEEK 2019 on finding and knowing joy
Chris Stefanik on joy and how you know Christian joy. Chris discusses how to kick self-loathing and begin to think with the mind of...
Bible Rookie: “I don’t know where to start!”
Beginning Bible tips for youth.
BECKY GROTH
If I have heard one comment more than any other from teens (and adults) about the Bible, it’s definitely...
Using Digital Media in Ministry
ERIC GROTH
Nothing in history has so rapidly revolutionized the way we communicate as social media. Today's online world is a quite sobering social reality,...
Eight Tips to Promote Teens’ Faith
Discovering Catholicism's Greatness
Becky Groth
Sometimes our beautiful Catholic faith can be rather heady or hard to grasp. How do we encourage teens that being Catholic...
Teens Using Social Media to Reach and Teach Teens
MARY LOU ROSIEN
It often feels as if technology has left some of us adults behind — with Snapchat, Instagram (Finsta- a ‘fake’ Instagram),...
Dear Jesus…
“Honor your father and your mother.” (EXODUS 20:12)
TERENCE HEGARTY
Dear Jesus,
I have now been grounded for a week! My parents are so unfair! Growing up...