Archdiocese of Cincinnati
Youth Ministry E-News
October 2009
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Archdiocesan Statement on Healthcare:
Reforming HealthCare, Protecting Life When it comes to
public policies, we Catholics frequently bring a moral position that can best be
described as "both/and" in its approach, rather than "either/or"
(said by Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk). Click on the above link to read the full
document and help inform your understanding of the health care issues affecting
our nation today. 
IMPORTANT
NCYC UPDATES!Check out the Archdiocese of Cincinnati NCYC page for new information on the November 18 Wednesday evening send-off/blessing event for families, over-the-counter permission slip forms, and important information on protecting our kids from possible spread of the H1N1 virus as we travel to Kansas City to experience the 2009 National Catholic Youth Conference.
IF YOU ARE REGISTERED FOR NCYC: Join the MyCatholicVoice Virtual Pilgrimage.
As a sacramental religion, Catholicism is meant to bring people together in community, for Christ is found in and through community. Today, community is online as well as offline, and the church is challenged to find new ways to be community and a sacramental presence. As the official online resource for NCYC 2009, the MyCatholicVoice Virtual Pilgrimage enables users to connect, explore and share community online, extending the energy and spirit of NCYC 2009 beyond the physical event. The Virtual Pilgrimage provides multimedia content and interactive ways which enable youth, ministers, and parents to "Prepare, Deepen and Sustain" their NCYC 2009 experience. Join the Virtual Pilgrimage today (www.myCatholicvoice.com/ncyc).
NEW MORE CONVENIENT
TIME! Introduction to Catechetical
Ministry with Adolescents: Forming Young Disciples in the Catholic Faith.
Do you need help developing catechetical programming for your youth ministry
program that is engaging, fun and effective? Do you need to develop a sense of
how to teach young people to embrace Catholicism as a way of life? Join us for
this in depth mini-course of four 2 1/2 hour sessions on 4 consecutive
Wednesdays, Oct. 21, 28, Nov. 4 and 11 at St. Susanna Parish in Cincinnati.
Cost is only $10 per session ($40 for the series). For more information and to
register, go to our website at
www.catholiccincinnati.org/youthmin and click on the link in center of the
page.
Cast
Your Nets 2009: The OYYAM, Vocations Office and
regional youth ministry associations are collaborating on an exciting series of youth
events called Cast Your Nets. It is an evening of Sunday Eucharist,
praise and worship, a keynote presentation, snacks and more, with
priests available for the sacrament of reconciliation. All events are
Sundays, 5:00-9:00 PM. The next event will take place on Oct. 25
at St. Luke Parish in Beavercreek with Archbishop
Schnurr as our principal celebrant. Another will take place in
Cincinnati on Jan. 31at Good Shepherd parish. Take
advantage of this opportunity to gather your youth with others in the
archdiocese to be invigorated in their faith and become the new
disciples of Christ. The events are free, so just go to our website for more information:
www.catholiccincinnati.org/youthmin/CYN. Also, receive more current
updates by becoming a fan on Facebook. Find the link on the CYN homepage.
Schedule
a powerful "Will
Our Kids Have Faith?" presentation at your parish!Parents, Catholic schools and parishes have every reason to worry that our young people are drifting away from the Church. In a major national study it was discovered that, despite all the wonderful programs, initiatives and guidance that parishes and schools provide, Catholic teenagers consistently scored lower on most measures of religiosity — 5 to 25 percentage points lower than their conservative, mainline, and black Protestant peers.
This eye-opening presentation will
- Explore the startling findings of the National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR)
- Redirect our efforts towards what will really make a difference in the faith of teens
- Offer practical steps to respond to the challenges we face
Presentations can be geared for any audience (i.e., parents or a parish staff). This may be a particularly great time to schedule a presentation for parents in conjunction with Sacramental preparation. For more information, check out the website at www.catholiccincinnati.org/youthmin/.
Oct. 25 World Youth Day Celebration: In the United States this
year’s National Celebration of World Youth Day is on Oct. 25. In preparing for
World Youth Day, parishes and schools should plan to highlight the gifts, needs,
and hopes of young people. The theme is: “We have set our hope on the living
God” (1 Tim 4:10). View the Message of the Holy Father Benedict XVI to the Young
People of the World on the Occasion of the Twenty-Fourth World Youth Day 2009,
and begin planning your celebration now by visiting the following NFCYM resource
page:
www.nfcym.org/resources/WYD_US.htm
FAMILY
ROSARY RALLY: The family that prays together – stays together. Mark you calendars and plan to attend the Family Rosary Rally at the UD Arena on Sunday, Oct. 11 at 3:00 PM. Join thousands of other families in this Living Rosary in honor of our Blessed Mother, when we pray for vocations and world peace in Eucharistic Adoration. All are encouraged to attend. For details, please go to the website: www.rosary-rally.com
Steve
Angrisano is coming to the Archdiocese of Cincinnati: Steve Angrisano,
composer, musician, presenter, youth minister, storyteller, and regular host of
national conferences, is coming to the Archdiocese. You can see him on Monday or Tuesday,
October 19 or 20, at St. John the Evangelist in West Chester, 7-8:15 PM
in the church. Steve will present on prayer and song. Please join us and bring
your youth ministry folks, friends, children, nieces, nephews, and grandkids!
FREE! (Donations graciously accepted.)
LOST
IN TRANSITION: Understanding the Process of Change & Leading Ourselves
& Others to a New Place. Join us for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati 2009
Catechetical Leadership Conference Thursday, Oct. 22 from 9:00
AM to 3:00 PM at the Presidential Banquet Center (4548 Presidential
Way, Kettering 45440). Jean Marie Hiesberger will be leading this
presentation/reflection on change and transition in ministry. Cost is
$45. For more information, go to www.catholiccincinnati.org/oec/pdf/LostInTransition.pdf
Theology
of the Body...Set to Music! Two amazing musicians who strive to live the
call of John Paul II to inspire faith with their gift of music are performing in
the Greater Cincinnati Area on Nov. 14 at
Covington's Molly
Malone's (112 East 4th St. Covington) at 7:00 PM. Mike
Mangione and Vince Scheuerman, are part of a new breed of rock musicians: both
grew up on rock music; both, through hard times, came to love their Catholic
faith; and both are working hard to make a difference in the secular world with
their music. Mike and Vince have guest performed at several of the week
long courses at the Theology of the Body Institute, and this Fall they are going
on the road with a solo tour. Make plans to catch this great event with your
friends.
Storytellers:
Youth Ministry through Drama is holding auditions for Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber on Nov. 14 at 4:00
PM
and Nov. 15 at 1:00 PM. Auditions are at the Holy Angels Parish Center
(1322
Brown St., Dayton 45409). High School age youth (graduating classes 2010-2013)
are invited to get involved as actors, singers, dancers, musicians and back
stage crew members. Cast should audition with a prepared song to sing and
orchestra musicians should prepare to play a song on their instrument for
auditions. Performances will be Feb. 26/27 and Mar. 5/6, 2010. For more
information please email the director at
ewahle@catholicweb.com.
Retreat
Announcements from the Jesuit Spiritual Center at Milford: The Jesuit
Spiritual Center is offering Personally Directed Retreats (Oct. 9-16 and
Nov. 29-Dec. 6), and
eight Ignatian Weekend Retreats (throughout the Fall). The week
long retreat can be adapted for shorter stays. Come
away to the beautiful grounds of the Jesuit Spiritual Center for a retreat that
fits both your schedule and your needs. For more information, or to register, call (513) 248-3500, ext. 10, or
visit
www.jesuitspiritualcenter.com.
Listening
to the Mother of God – Fr. Rob Jack will lead this Nov. 13-15 at the
Jesuit Spiritual Center at Milford. This retreat focuses on listening to
the Mother of God in order to become a better disciple of Jesus Christ. The
retreat will deal with Mary’s beauty, prayer, humility and ongoing presence in
the life of the individual believer. For more information, or to register, call
(513) 248-3500, ext. 10, or visit
www.jesuitspiritualcenter.com. .
NET
Ministries is coming to the Archdiocese of Cincinnati
Jan. 28-Feb. 23, 2010.
NET Ministries is a retreat ministry that
challenges young Catholics to love Christ and embrace the life of the Church.
The retreats, typically for youth in grades 7-12, are high-energy experiences
using large group presentations, small group discussion, music, drama, personal
faith sharing, one-on-one prayer, and the Sacraments of Reconciliation and
Eucharist, given at your parish or school. The goals of the retreat are to
help young people understand and accept God’s unconditional love for them, to
offer the faith of the team as a witness that faith in God is a desirable
and exciting part of their lives, and to encourage young people to grow in their
commitment to Jesus Christ and the Church. To schedule a NET retreat or to learn
more about NET retreats visit
www.netusa.org or contact John Popp at
jpoppDRE@gmail.com.
2010
Mission Trips with the Franciscans for the Poor are being scheduled now.
Groups who book before Oct. 31, 2009 receive the $210 per person rate. Those
booking after 10/31/2009 are charged $220/week. Campus ministries and youth
groups are encouraged to travel to Cincinnati and experience an urban mission trip
with service to different sites each day. For more information, contact:
DirectorFranForThePoor@fuse.net
or contact Chris Lemmon, Program Director at Franciscans for the
Poor at 513-761-9040 ext. 110. It's not too early to plan for summer 2010!
pray-as-you-go.org
Pray-as-you-go is a free daily prayer session designed for use on your
portable MP3 players, to help you pray while traveling to and from work,
study, etc. It is not a 'Thought for the Day', a sermon or a bible-study,
but rather a framework for your own prayer. Lasting between 10 and 13
minutes, it combines music, scripture and some questions for reflection.
The aim is to help you to-
become more aware of God's presence in your life
- listen to and reflect on God's word
- grow in your relationship with God
It is produced by Jesuit Media
Initiatives, with material written by a number of British Jesuits and other
experts in the spirituality of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Although the content
is different every day, it keeps the same basic format. Visit
pray-as-you-go.org for more
information and to get started today!
Need an easier way to
communicate with your teens or staff? Can't decide whether to send an e-mail,
text message or Facebook posting? Check out
www.Flocknote.com, a free, new
Catholic website that could be perfect for your Catholic parish. Here's a brief
description of how the site works: Catholic group leaders simply create
"feeds" for every group that they lead. They can then post notes and documents
on this feed to share with their members. Then, group members subscribe to
the feeds and choose how they want to receive their notes: by email, text
message, Facebook , or on the website itself. You can even attach documents that
group members can download - like newsletters, event flyers, permission slips,
etc. And the best part? It's 100% free - and 100% Catholic. So check
out the website and give it a try!
Twenty-Third
Publications is now partnering with PastoralPlanning.com to
provide resources for everyone working in Catholic Parish ministry. They have
resources specifically for parish priests, catechetical leaders, youth
ministers, RCIA teams, pastoral care staff, stewardship, Catholic Schools
ministry, justice-making, sacramental preparation, personal spirituality help and
many more areas. Go to
pastoralplanning.com and click on the ministry heading that interests
you. They also provide a new service where they ship you via e-mail a monthly
set of Prayer Guides for the Question of the Week. You get one Prayer Guide for
each week, with the readings, the Question, the format for prayer, and the
process for breaking open the Word. Very handy and inexpensive. Find more
information on that service at
store.pastoralplanning.com/quofwerere.html.
E-mails and addresses change quickly this day and age, and sometimes it is
difficult for us to keep up. Please go to our website at
www.catholiccincinnati.org/youthmin and click on the mailing list update
link on the bottom of the page. Please fill it out, hit
submit, and you're done! If you know anyone who is no longer receiving this
youth ministry e-zine but would like to, invite them to fill one out too. Return as often as you like,
whenever anything changes.
ABOUT THE E-News: The Youth Ministry E-News is a periodic on-line publication of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry. The Office of Youth & Young Adult Ministry frequently forwards information about church-related youth ministry events and opportunities as a service to the youth ministry leaders of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Forwarding information does not imply Archdiocesan endorsement, sponsorship or approval. For more details about youth ministry opportunities offered specifically by our office, check out our website at www.catholiccincinnati.org/youthmin.
Peace,
Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry
E-mail:
cintioym@catholiccincinnati.org