Summer camps can be transformative for teens February 19, 2024By Adriana Montes Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Youth Ministry This summer, teens in the Archdiocese of Baltimore can engage in transformative experiences through three impactful camps: Baltimore Work Camp, Appalachia Work Camp and Damascus Camp.
Advice for child’s first camp experience February 13, 2024By Adriana Montes Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Youth Ministry As the summer approaches, many parents find themselves contemplating the idea of sending their child to camp for the first time. The decision can be both exciting and nerve-wracking for both parents and children.
YDisciple launches evangelization resources in Spanish to reach U.S. youth December 11, 2023By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Hispanic Ministry, News, World News, Youth Ministry In November, NET Ministries, a Minnesota-based Catholic youth ministry that has been inspiring and forming young people to live their faith for decades, announced that it was expanding its outreach to Hispanic youth through its YDisciple project.
Pope encourages oratories to help form good Catholics, good citizens December 7, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Youth Ministry Catholic oratories and youth groups that provide after-school activities, religious education and a place for children and teens to gather should be loud, joyful places that help form good Catholics and good citizens, Pope Francis said.
With doctor’s OK, pope says he is ready for World Youth Day June 22, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News, Youth Ministry With a green light from his doctor, Pope Francis has assured young people that he will be with them in Portugal for World Youth Day despite his recent surgery.
Dioceses wake up to youth mental health crisis, helping parents, teachers and pastors take action May 29, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, World News, Youth Ministry According to Catholic mental health professionals and diocesan executives, young people face considerable mental health challenges — and the adults in their lives need to listen.
Experts hail U.S. surgeon general’s social media warning for youth mental health May 28, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, World News, Youth Ministry U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy had a warning May 23: “We are in the middle of a national youth mental health crisis, and I am concerned that social media is an important driver of that crisis — one that we must urgently address.”
To overcome U.S. division, violence, pope tells young to ‘be authentic’ May 25, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Youth Ministry The pope responded to questions from young people May 25 during a meeting with participants in the Scholas Occurrentes movement.
World Youth Day prep advice from pope: speak to your grandparents May 6, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023, Youth Ministry Just under three months before World Youth Day gets underway in Lisbon, Portugal, Pope Francis said young people should consult their grandparents about how to prepare.
4 tips for building a media-smart family February 5, 2023By Sister Nancy Usslemann OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Youth Ministry Living virtuously with our media requires communicating together to become a media-smart family.
Here is the simplest way to share faith with kids February 4, 2023By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Youth Ministry We can’t simply drop kids off at Catholic school or religious education classes and consider the job done.
U.S. bishops launch new approach to teaching the faith November 8, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2022, World News, Youth Ministry A new outreach to teaching the faith, called the Institute on the Catechism, will be a springboard for faith formation developed by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Subcommittee on the Catechism.
