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Youth Ministry
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Welcome to the Youth Ministry page! On this page you will find information about "big church events" like our diocesan youth rallies and the National Catholic Youth Conference, retreat opportunities, leadership training for youth and adults, and other services the diocese provides to youth and their families.
You can explore more about youth ministry at www.davenportyouth.org. This page you're reading now is geared toward adults who lead parish youth ministry efforts, providing forms for events and links to youth ministry resources.
Youth Ministry is our church's response to the needs of today's adolescents. It's about forming youth as disciples, engaging them in responsible participation in the church, and helping their personal and spiritual growth. For more about Catholic Youth Ministry, go to www.nfcym.org/catholicym.
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Youth Ministry Leaders from across the Diocese meet on the first Tuesday of every month at 10 a.m. The site of the meeting has changed to the parish offices of St. Thomas More in Iowa City. To get to the parish from Dubuque St. (south on exit 244 if coming from I-80), go west on E. Park Road, then left on Riverside, right on Grove St. (the church is at Riverside and Grove). Park in the lot south of church; we meet downstairs in the church building. Upcoming Youth Retreats:
Youth Ministry Dates:
Certificate Program in Youth Ministry Studies
The Institute for New Youth Ministers:
Diocesan High School and Youth Rally:
The National Conference on Catholic Youth Ministry: "March with the Saints" the National Conference on Catholic Youth Ministry, will be held December 9-12 in New Orleans. For more information, go to www.nfcym.org.
Diocesan Junior High Youth Rally
Christian Leadership Institute (CLI) For more information click here CLI
Diocesan Youth Ministry Committee (DYMC) Applications for 2010-2011 are now available on in the Faith Formation Library or on the DYMC page.
The DYMC is a group of 18 youth who work with adult leaders to provide leadership and promote comprehensive youth ministry across our diocese. Three youth representatives are elected from each deanery. These youth must be sophomores, juniors or seniors, and should have attended the Christian Leadership Institute. The group meets five times a year at locations around the diocese. For more information, email Pat Finan, or call 641-842-5148.
Christ in Others retreats are for sophomores, juniors, and seniors. COR is a weekend full of personal reflection about family and relationships with other people in our lives. A faith-filled experience of fun and friendship.
National Evangelization Team (NET):
National Evangelization Teams (NET) retreats
will be offered in our diocese in the 2010-11 school year. An
announcement of their three-week tour, along with the opportunity to
sign up for retreat dates, will be made soon. For more information
on NET services, go to
www.netusa.org.
Youth Minister Leader Retreats: Help Youth Ministry with Your Online Searches: Use Goodsearch, a Yahoo search engine, to search online and the diocese gets a penny for each search. Start by going to www.goodsearch.com. You'll see two fiends. In the second, type in Diocese of Davenport and hit the verify button. Then start searching! The site also gives simple directions to put Goodsearch in your toolbar or make it your home page, making searching even easier. Every search you do earns a cent for diocesan youth ministry programs.
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