National & world Youth events
National Conference for Catholic Youth
Ministry
The NCCYM is the largest adult conference for Catholic Youth
Ministers in the country. It is sponsored biennially on even numbered years by
the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry in order to help form and
transform adults ministering to youth in the Catholic Church. Thousands of youth
and campus ministers, religious education leaders, scouts, CYO coaches,
performers, musical artists, and volunteers from every level come together for
four days of inspiring keynotes, challenging workshops, dynamic prayer and
worship, critical networking, extensive resources, and good-hearted
entertainment.
The Diocese of Fargo has been long time members of NFCYM, hosts of this national
conference for Catholic Youth Ministers. We encourage parishes to help their
youth ministers attend this conference being held in New Orleans from December 9
– 12. We will do everything in our power to help youth ministers attend this
fantastic conference also.
To acquire more information about this conference go to
http://nccym.nfcym.org/
World Youth Day 2011, Madrid Spain….
Dates of this pilgrimage
will be August 15-21, 2011. Check back for more information.
The Pope comes to YouTube!
On January 23,
2009, the Vatican launched a video channel on YouTube that will feature news
coverage of Pope Benedict XVI and major Vatican events.
Click here to check out
the channel.
Pope publishes message for World Youth Day
2010
posted March 17, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCP36YsgT7o
National Evangelization Teams (NET)
Young adults from around the
country (and even a few from foreign countries) travel by van across the United
States offering retreats at your parish for junior and senior high students,
family days and more. They were visiting the Fargo diocese in November 2008
and will be available to provide retreats in our diocese
again next year.
Click
here to view the USCCB's Streaming Video:
NET Ministries Calls Teens to Love Christ and Live Their Faith (5:22)
Established as
an outreach of the St. Paul Catholic Youth Center in the Archdiocese of
St. Paul/Minneapolis in 1981,
NET Ministries
is an international youth ministry that challenges young Catholics to live
their faith and become more involved in the life of the Church. NET offers
extensive training in youth ministry and each year leads over a thousand
retreats for youth across the United States, Canada, and Australia.
Combining drama, music, and games with small group discussion and large
group presentations, NET retreats energize participants and encourage them
to celebrate their faith and share it with others. This segment, produced
by Lino Rulli, former host and executive producer of the award-winning
television program "Generation Cross", offers an inspiring look at this
popular ministry and the unique ways that it reaches out to young
Catholics.
St. John Bosco Education Conference
Steubenville, OH
July 22-26, 2009
Join Catholic school personnel, catechists, religious educators, DRE’s, RCIA
teams and youth ministers from around the world for five days of practical
advice, in-depth training, and exploring how to be true Gospel witnesses in
order to share with others Jesus and His Church so that they will change their
lives in order to think, judge, act and hope like Him.
National
Conference for Catholic Youth Ministry (NCCYM)
Youth Directors
March for Life
Washington, D.C.
January 18-24, 2010
Youth in grades nine through 12 from across the Diocese of Fargo
participate in the 36th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Jan. 22.
Information will be available in August for next year's
pilgrimage.
To
obtain a registration form, contact your parish priest or Rachelle at (701)
356-7910.
National Catholic
Youth Conference (NCYC)
Kansas City, Missouri
November 18-22, 2009
Students in grades 9 through 12 are invited. You must have one
chaperone, male and female, for each mixed gender group.
Cost: $650/person Deadline for non-refundable deposit of $100,
March 15, 2009.
The Diocese of Fargo is offering a package for students to attend NCYC. More
information will be sent out to each parish in the Diocese. If there is only one
or two students in your parish interested, please contact Kathy at the Diocesan
Youth Office, 701-356-7902.
National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry (NFCYM)
National umbrella organization for Catholic Youth
Ministry
The Diocese of Fargo is a member.
