Serving High School Youth | You are welcome here!
The Office of Youth & Young Adult Accompaniment strives to accompany youth in the Diocese of Youngstown and those who minister to them by promoting and providing formative, spiritual, and relational opportunities to encounter Jesus Christ in the Eucharist and in networking with one another.
If you would like to join the email group to receive eNewsletters biweekly about youth ministry updates and opportunities throughout the diocese, please email mdisalvatore@youngstowndiocese.org with [eNewsletter Subscription] in the subject line.
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Announcements For Youth Ministry
Eagle of the Cross 2025
The Eagle of the Cross award is given to outstanding juniors and seniors throughout the Roman Catholic Diocese of Youngstown who exemplify particular zeal in their faith and ministry programs. Awardees are chosen annually by a team of youth ministers and DREs who judge nominations from counties in which they are not located. Up to 3 awards per county for parish involvement, and up to 2 awards per diocesan Catholic high school are awarded each year.
Register TODAY for ENCOUNTER LOVE 2025
Get your tickets for ENCOUNTER LOVE by Wednesday, January 15, 2025 or until sold out! Questions? Please contact Maddie DiSalvatore at mdisalvatore@youngstowndiocese.org.
Save-the-Dates: Youth & Young Adult Ministry Events in 2025
[YA] Christmas in the Cabin & Christmas at the Orchard on January 3; [HS] Night of Praise on January 12; Diocesan Confirmation Retreat on February 1; [HS] ENCOUNTER on March 8, 2025
ENCOUNTER 2025 Sponsorship Packages Available
Sponsorship packages available for our next diocesan youth convention – titled Encounter LOVE – with a four-year rolling theme of “encounter.” Questions? Please contact Maddie (DiSalvatore) Francisco at mfrancisco@youngstowndiocese.org.
Resources For Youth Ministry
Diocesan Confirmation Retreat
The Office of Youth and Young Adult Accompaniment is providing a Confirmation Retreat Guide and piloting a collaborative Confirmation retreat. Questions? Please contact Maddie DiSalvatore at mdisalvatore@youngstowndiocese.org.
Fundraiser Ideas
Various fundraiser ideas to try within your parish to raise money for youth trips.
Listen, Teach, Send: A National Pastoral Framework for Youth and Young Adult Ministries
Listen Teach Send is a new framework for ministry with Youth and Young Adults approved by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in June of 2024.
Important Youth Ministry Forms
Permission slips, medical release forms, permission to publish consent forms, and more are all listed here for youth ministers to access.
Contact
Maddie DiSalvatore
Director of Youth & Young Adult Accompaniment, Discernment, Formation and Missionary Discipleship
(330) 744-8451 x310
Please contact me if:
- You need help promoting an event or program!
- You have been recently hired by the diocese and would like some resources!
- You need moral support or someone to brainstorm ideas with!
