Radio Interview: Youth ministry changing with the times July 21, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Youth Ministry Youth ministry has been undergoing some critical shifts over the last several years within the Archdiocese of Baltimore. George Matysek talks with Stacy Golden and Rena Black from the archdiocese’s Institute for Evangelization about what those shifts have been and why they are necessary.
Kids need lots of people who love them July 21, 2025By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Youth Ministry From lifelong commitments to the children we love, to volunteering with kids who need extra support, to simply opening our hearts to the delightful (if sometimes distracting!) presence of the young church with us at Mass, God gives us many ways to care for the children in our lives.
Nativity’s Wonder campaign aims to broaden vibrant youth ministry offerings May 28, 2025By Patricia Zapor Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Youth Ministry Nativity’s current campaign to raise $15 million to build a 17,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art ministry center is a measure of the success of the parish’s approach to ministry to children and teens.
In Peru, Pope Leo saw youth as present, future of church May 25, 2025By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News, Youth Ministry Young people in the former Peruvian diocese of Pope Leo XIV used to gather in a parish parking lot behind the bishop’s residence, where they would rehearse music and dance, worship and make noise into the night — all within earshot of then-Bishop Robert F. Prevost.
Archdiocese of Baltimore forming ‘lab’ for youth-led ministry April 30, 2025By Kurt Jensen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Youth Ministry The Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Office of Family, Youth and Young Adults is establishing the Archdiocesan Youth Missionary Protagonism Lab (AYMP Lab) to reverse the disturbing trend of disaffiliation among young people.
Radio Interview: Archdiocese of Baltimore embraces lower age for confirmation April 21, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Worship & Sacraments, Youth Ministry George Matysek discusses the reasons for the change to a lower confirmation age with Stacy Golden, director of the Office of Family, Youth and Young Adult Ministry within the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Institute for Evangelization, and Kenn deMoll, director of formation and innovation at St. John in Westminster – a parish that has already implemented the lower age for confirmation as part of a pilot program.
Polish talent foundation ‘best living monument’ to St. John Paul II 20 years after his death April 6, 2025By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News, Youth Ministry The Polish bishops’ conference established the “Dzielo Nowego Tysiaclecia” (“The Work of a New Millenium”) foundation in the Jubilee Year 2000. Today, 20 years after John Paul’s death on April 2, 2005, it’s called the “best living monument” of the pope, granting scholarships to talented youth, who are everything from musicians to doctors, and inventors to sportsmen.
Building beds, building faith: Youths participate in day of service and mercy March 26, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Youth Ministry Groups from Hagerstown and Frederick were participating in Just Mercy, a daylong retreat for middle schoolers held in conjunction with the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s “Rise Up, Have Mercy” middle school day in Randallstown.
St. Peter’s Basilica becomes a ‘fixable,’ explorable Minecraft world March 21, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Vatican, World News, Youth Ministry Students around the world now have a chance to be an explorer-restorer of the 519-year-old basilica thanks to a new online educational opportunity created by Minecraft Education, Microsoft’s game-based learning platform, and with the help of St. Peter’s Basilica and Vatican City State.
Christ the King triumphs over evil with the power of love, pope says November 25, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News, Youth Ministry While world events can seem chaotic, violent and out of control, Christians can be certain that “everything is ultimately subject to the judgment of Christ, the just and merciful king,” Pope Francis said at Mass.
NCYC is part concert, liturgy, classroom, silly fun, but God is at center of it all November 21, 2024By Mike Cisneros OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News, Youth Ministry With the final blessing of the final Mass completed, thousands of young people took one last chance to rush the stage and rock out to a few songs to conclude the 2024 National Catholic Youth Conference in Long Beach.
Pope urges young people to be engaged in life, civic society November 19, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News, Youth Ministry Pope Francis urged young people to embrace hope and play an active role in creating a brighter future while countering the pessimism so many of their peers seem to experience.
