Leadership, Communication, Ministry Health, Spiritual Health & YM Systems and Structures
There were less than 24 hours before Confirmation Mass and I noticed one of my students didn’t show up for rehearsal. I called him, asked him what...
I was reluctant to attend the first conference I ever attended. I was busy with ministry and not in the mood to learn anything that would force me to...
I just sat there staring at the screen not sure what I was doing. I had a lot to do but didn’t know how to start. It was like a…
I used to collapse in front of the television on Christmas Eve, not because my kids had worn me out, but it was the church. Between Christmas parties...
We were running out of space. Teens were coming every week and engaged with the program. When you walked in there was an energy; yet, I didn’t feel...
I had just finished praying, I sat back against the pew, ready for Mass with my family when I suddenly felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned to find…
I hopped into the car exhausted. We had kicked off the program, lots of teens had shown up and I already felt overwhelmed. I was excited by the...
“I don’t want to leave.” I could tell she was surprised by the time she was having at the retreat and was second thinking about leaving early. I told...
Are you a SLASHER? No, not some creepy dude from a horror flick? A slasher is someone who does youth ministry and another job like:
I didn’t ask him to mentor me, it just kind of ended up like that. Father B, a Jesuit at Xavier University was making the time to sit with me…
Halloween fell on a Sunday. It was my first year in youth ministry and many years since I had last gone Trick or Treating, so I had no clue what…
It was as if every small noise in the room was getting on my nerves. My small group of boys were restless and I was losing my patience. Finally, one…
