Summary Today's episode features a presentation from Fr. Aaron Nord, pastor and Adjutant Judicial Vicar for the Archdiocese of St. Louis. This talk was part of the October 2021 STL Gathering of youth ministers. Fr. Nord spoke to lay ecclesial ministers and asked, have we become...
Summary: Today's show features a presentation by our friend, David Calavitta. David breaks down the famous quote from William Barclay, "Jesus promised his disciples three things - that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble." This presentation was shared for a training day...
We need not look far to see facts and figures that could be construed as hopeless. Churches are shrinking, sacrament reception is down, and the average age that a young person stops identifying as Catholic is 13 years old[1]. All of this could have been...
Growing up, scouting was a big part of my life within my parish community. I was involved with the Girl Scouts, and I was considered an honorary member of the Boy Scouts due to all of the times that I tagged along with my dad...
Today’s show features a talk by our local charismatic ginger (some know her as Katie Gray, the Director of Parish Outreach at Lifeteen). This talk was presented at our annual youth minister training, Empower, to the veteran youth ministers in 2019. During this presentation, Katie...
Today’s show features a presentation by the awesome Father Chris Martin. This talk was presented to local youth workers in 2018. During this presentation, he shares practical commandments on how to accompany teens in ministry. We also talk about how Missionaries of Charity will always...