- American
Catholic Youth
- This
webzine is catered to American (presumably most youth) youth, and
is put out by American Catholic youth and is a good way to get our
teenagers into talking about and discussing issues that relate to
their faith, and in a way that is relevant to them. The Question
of the Week feature tackles a question sent in by a teenager on
religious and faith issues, as it pertains to the teenage psyche,
and discussion boards and the like promote interaction on these topics.
-- Allan Dinglasan
- Archdiocese
of Toronto Office of Catholic Youth
-
- Camp Ekon
- Camp
Ekon is a Jesuit supported summer camp for boys and girls on Lake
Joseph, in Muskoka. The camp provides a Catholic environment for children
to enjoy. The executive director, a Jesuit, says mass each Sunday
on the beach. The camp takes children from ages 8 years onward for
wonderful opportunities for water sports, swimming, arts and crafts,
bunkhouse living and canoe trips. The camp focuses on the development
of leadership skills as the young people take on progressive levels
of leadership in successive years. There are burseries available for
students in need. -- Diane Murgaski
- Canadian
Certificate in Youth Ministry Studies
- The
Canadian Certificate in Youth Ministry Studies is an 8 module training
program for those in ministry with youth in the parish, school or
community settings. It equips leaders with practical tools and techniques
needed for creative and comprehensive youth ministry. All modules
may be taken for personal enrichment or as a Certificate in Youth
Ministry Studies. The University of Sudbury recognizes this certificate
as 2 three credit Theology courses. -- Maria Ljubicic
- Catholic
Spot
- This
website provides Catholic educators with links to Catholic world news,
magazines, music, church documents, youth sites, and educational sites.
The website is divided into links, daily, news, prayers, and family
as well as a site navigation feature. This site is ideal for Catholic
educators looking for information to use in the classroom or for research
papers. – Nancy Galloro
- Catholic
Youth Networking
- This
web site includes numerous resources for catholic youth such as information
about young saints, prayers for students, messages of Pope John Paul
II to youth, tips on meditating and praying the Rosary, Teen Newsletter,
Vocations: Priesthood, Marriage, and Single Life)
This web site is useful because it helps youth learn more about our
Catholic Faith. Also, youth can learn more about how to get more involved
in the Catholic community. -- TD
- Catholic
Youth Online
- This
website is dedicated to informing Catholic youth on a diverse range
of subjects. Students can make prayer requests and look up the saint
of the day. The media section includes current events, movie reviews,
music, and youth editorials. The games section consists of bible brain
benders and Catholic fun trivia. This section is particularly fun
and can be used in class to challenge your students. The saint fun
fact section can help students when they are working on saint projects.
This website is ideal for students to navigate on their own and provides
a lot of information and fun facts.--Annette Goc
- Center
for Youth
- This
web site acts as an encyclopedia for youth, displaying over 300 topics
related to
today's youth. This allows students to search for topics such as 'advertising'
and gives
many documents related to this subject. There is a membership fee
of $25 per year to
subscribe, which in most cases is not feasible for school use. --
B.P
- Disciples
Now
-
- Egad!
Ideas
- This
web site is a huge collection of free games, activities and ideas
for today's youth. All of those ideas have been tried and tested by
many currently working in youth ministry. Some examples of what can
be found on this web link are bible study prayer, children’s
sermons, crafts, friendship, good things, illustrations, outdoor and
indoor games, parent and teen info, retreats, youth bibles etc. These
are some great resources to incorporate and assist teachers with planning
more interactive religion classes.-- Maria Ljubicic
- Group
Magazine
- Youth
Magazine based in Colorado.
- Joel
Generation Army
- An army
that boldly proclaims the word of God and seeks to spread its good
news worldwide.-JGA
- Leaders
Today
- Founded
by Marc and Craig Keilburger in 1998, Leaders Today motivates and
educates tens of thousands of young people around the world each year.
If offers unique opportunities for young people to develop their leadership
potential through International Volunteer opportunities, Global Leadership
programs, motivational speakers and school board partnerships. Teachers
could refer students who would benefit from the opportunity to develop
their leadership potential and may be looking for a valid international
volunteer experience. Ontario schools may also find a guest speaker
very timely in their school.--Diane Murgaski
- Life
Teen – Leading Teens Closer to Christ
- There
as never been the need for a more critical website than Lifeteen.org.
This website offers an alternative online meeting place for many adolescents,
in the time of spiritual drought that is rampant on the internet.
The website profiles other teenagers throughout North America and
gives insight to their own spiritual struggles and challenges that
face many Catholic youth today. It is easy to make an off the cuff
judgment regarding the website and compare it to other sites directed
toward teenagers; however, Lifeteen.org approaches the issues with
realistic faith-based solutions that reinforce family based values.
Students can use the website in a number of ways, such as researching
teenage moral issues such as premarital sex. The website provides
scriptural references to all of their answers, with an abbreviated
description of the scriptural quotation. One of the most diversified
aspects of the website is the use of “blogging”. Students
can blog over a number of personal issues that they face (thus giving
them a voice), and receive the support of a number of fellow Catholics.--Tanya
Emmanuel
- Messages
of the Holy Father On the Occasion of the World Youth Days from
1987-2000
- National
Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry
- The
National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry is a website
dedicated to fostering ministry within adult diocesan leaders
and avocation of the youth in the Catholic Church. This federation
offers many programs dealing with difficult current issues that
enhance ministry with young people. Publications are also offered
for purchase on-line. This site may be useful for intermediate
and senior teachers who may need to direct their students toward
youth groups that can foster and enlighten their personal beliefs.--MG
- NET
Ministries of Canada
-
NET Ministries of Canada is a National Evangelical Team (NET)
which is a Catholic non-profit organization of youth spreading
the gospel. Every year they recruit and train youth to spread
the “Good News” to youth in middle and high school
grades. They lead dynamic retreats in schools and churches in
order to invite youth to encounter God’s love through
prayer, sacraments, fellowship and service. This youth ministry
is world wide and began in Canada in 1994 under the Archdiocese
of Ottawa. These youth travel all across Canada and you can
book them at a church or school near you on-line. Check it out.--Tracy
Johnson
- Office
of Catholic Youth
- This
is the site leading you to all the information you need regarding
the World Youth Day, on August 20, 2002. Since 1984, when Pope
John Paul II invited youth from around the world to join him
in praying for reconciliation and peace in the world, celebrating
World Youth Days has become an annual event. The event serves
to allow youth from around the globe to gather and give witness
to the world that peace is possible. The themes of global peace
and unity are central to these gatherings. Those interested
in reviewing the schedule of events, hosting small group prayer
gatherings or volunteering their homes or services will find
this site beneficial. -- Martina Smith
- REACH
Youth Ministry
- This
site has a home page, mission statement, description of what
REACH is and a list of links. Links include the group's history,
how to access it, and a description of retreats. The site could
be used to obtain information for starting a youth ministry
at a high school or local parish. As well, REACH does brings
its youth Catholic message to interested parties. Students responding
to the needs of other teenagers could be used as a focus in
a classroom. -- Fran Fraser
- Rebecca
Beanyi
- Rebecca's
remarkable story is highlighted in this website. Rebecca is
a young woman who has overcome typical cultural attitudes and
has created, along with her family and support circle, an exciting
life, working at meaningful jobs in the community, developing
wonderful friendships, and living in her own apartment. Rebecca’s
story is very inspirational and is one that the whole community
can learn from.
- Resources
on Youth Violence
- This
site includes articles that take one from detecting the signs
of students whose threats might be serious, to dealing with
the aftermath of school violence. This is a resourceful page
for all teachers, but it is especially good for teachers who
are new to the profession. It educates teachers on many factors
that contribute to making the school environment/community a
safer one, more conducive to the needs of students. -- S. DiGiacomo
- Salt
and Light Television – Youth Speak News
-
This website contains valuable information pertaining to youth
ministry. Students in Catholic schools are able to voice their
concerns and opinions on issues and events that surround their
faith. This site and the television program, act as a media
source that educates young people and allows them to participate
in exciting and interesting projects all in the name of their
faith. Teachers will be able to access video clips of students
speaking out on faith issues. They can also encourage students
to listen, comment and respond to the voices of other students.
This will assist in religious teachings and lessons, as it uses
one of the most popular forms of media (television and Internet).
Therefore, learning can be extended outside of the classroom.
- Soul
Searching for Students
- This
is a Christian website directed mainly to students. (10 years
+) This site provides a variety of different activities. The
site features articles of current events taken from a Christian
perspective. It also includes biographies on inspirational Christian
citizens. Students can enter discussion rooms to add their ideas
on questionable issues. There are also several jumps to religious
music, art and literature. This site is a wonderful tool for
teachers. Teachers can print articles and use them for lesson/discussion.
They could also use the debate topics for classroom debates.
Since it includes jumps to music, art and literature) ie. poems),
this site is a 10/10 in its usefulness towards "religion
across the curriculum." --
Mary Muscoiona
- This
site gives students an opportunity to explore and discuss faith
and spirituality. There is content . in areas of art, music,
social justice, philosophy, and more. Spirituality is read discussed
and experienced and is private and confidential. This is a safe
site for students who are apprehensive about discussing their
faith openly. -- D.Brunet
- A
Thousand Teenagers Singing at Mass? - Terry May and Kathy Leos
- This
article is taken from the site of St. Mary's Press and is useful
for anyone involved in planning liturgies for a school community.
It delves into the question of how to get teenagers involved
in the ministry of music. While it may not satisfy most skeptics,
the article would likely give a much needed boost to those who
think that teenagers are incapable of thinking that music at
liturgies is indeed cool. -- Allan Dinglasan
- What
Would Jesus Do?
- This
is a great website oriented to today's youth. It is fully equipped
with many links, a message board, prayer room, and tips for
youth ministers. It seems to be a great website to extract examples
in modern day society that show hardships, crimes etc. In turn,
the examples all site what Jesus would do in the same conflicting
situation. Great relevant resource to relate modern times to
biblical parables. -- Patrizia Barrila
- World
Youth Day 2008
- The
offical website for WYD 2008
- You
Magazine
- This
is an on-line teen magazine that presents youth views from a
Catholic perspective. It features interviews with celebrities
that deal not only with their professional life, but spiritual
as well. The question and answer page deals with current issues,
such as sexuality and alcohol and drug abuse. Answers to questions
are sensitive and follow church teachings. This could be used
for the media component of the Language curriculum as well as
offering our youth some answers to difficult questions.
-- Debbie Mayos
- Young
Catholics served by series at local tavern.
- This
site talks about a priest in Montgomery Cincinnatti. Every year
age group gather, aged 20 -40, at the local tavern to discuss
religious topics. I think that this site is beneficial to teachers
because it educates us that as teachers, we do not have
to stick to the same style of teaching or talking about religion.
We can change our style to make it more exciting and interesting
to our students. By making the lessons more exciting maybe we
can keep more people in the faith during their youth. --Mark
Harvey
- Youth
Group Games
- A
wide selection of Youth group activities can be found in these
pages. These games can be used as experiential learning tasks.
--LM
- Why
Young Catholics Leave
- This
site discusses the reasons why young Catholics leave the church.
The main reasons being not feeling welcomed or not finding answers
to their personal struggles / questions. I feel that this site
is important to teachers because it educates us as the the mind
set of the students in the class. It is especially useful for
high school teachers, since most of the youth leave after being
Confirmed. Hopefully this site can help teachers talk with their
students and persued them not the leave the church community.--Mark
Harvey
-
- Youth
Ministry Direct - for Catholic Youth
- Youth
Ministry Network
- Youth
Sourcebook
- Youth
Specialities
- Youth
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