Catholic Youth Ministry in COVID Times Part 3 of 3 Spring 2020 thrust most youth ministries into uncharted territory with almost no time to plan. Amazing youth ministry leaders adapted, learned new technologies, and […]
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Catholic Youth Ministry in COVID Times Part 2 of 3 “Uncertain times.” Go ahead and Google it. You’re not the only one. Google Trends This image shows how often the phrase “uncertain times” has
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Catholic Youth Ministry in COVID Times Part 1 of 3 “The most dangerous phrase is ‘We’ve always done it this way.’” – Grace Murray Hopper Grace Murray Hopper wasn’t a youth minister or theologian.
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In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, many of the people we minister to (and even we ourselves) are asking, “Where is God in all of this?” “How can a good God allow suffering?” RECORDED
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“When asked at what age they no longer identified themselves as Catholic, 74 percent of the sample said between the ages of 10 and 20, with the median age being 13 years old.” – McCarty and
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By Annie Grandell I was sitting in my car outside my apartment on a frigid Minnesota evening in autumn. I had turned off the car, but despite the encroaching cold, I couldn’t move. I was
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Sr. Karolyn Nunes, FSGM is the Vocations Director for the Franciscan Sisters of the Martyr St. George. She shares with us some very practical advice on what to do (and what not to do) when a teen shares that he or she is discerning a vocation.
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When it comes to Catholic youth ministry, there is no shortage of great Catholic resources for teens. But we at YDisciple firmly believe that training adults to become disciple-makers precedes content for teens. While we
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By Brad Bursa My previous post focused on asking the right question following a youth night, or YDisciple session, etc. Said another way, it was all about helping teams take up a new “lens” by
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By Brad Bursa As a melancholic prone to melancholic fits, I often found myself discouraged as I would leave the parish late each Sunday night. No matter how many “successes” I could point to following
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