Sharing the Vision Resources

Center for Ministry Development Parish Training Resources

The office of Youth and Young Adult ministry has recently purchased 10 resources for catechetical leaders to use that assist parishes in implementing the vision the USCCB articulated in “Renewing the Vision: A Framework for Catholic Youth Ministry” (1997). Each of the resources includes the following: a trainer’s outline for a 2 hour session for use with parish leaders, parishioners, parents and/or youth ministry teams; a power point presentation; participant handouts. Trained facilitators are available to lead these sessions in your parish or deanery.  This is an excellent method of Sharing the Vision with your parish and providing ongoing pastoral formation for your ministry teams.

Click here to download the Sharing Vision Training brochure.

The 10 resources purchased are:

Overview of Youth Ministry
Purpose: This workshop helps parish leaders come to fuller understanding of comprehensive youth ministry as outlined in Renewing the Vision: A Framework for Catholic Youth Ministry (USCCB, 1997). The workshop explores the ways that a parish can effectively minister to young people within the context of the parish, including the family and wider community.

Organizing a Team for Youth Ministry
Purpose: This workshop helps parish leaders create a leadership structure for youth ministry that includes youth and adults. The workshop explores the need for a variety of leaders and the reasons why different roles are necessary and helpful in sustaining youth ministry over many years.

Developing Volunteer Leaders for Youth Ministry
Purpose: This workshop will assist parish leaders in recruiting, training, and supporting adults and youth for volunteer leadership in youth ministry. Included in this workshop are the tools necessary to create the roles descriptions that will assist these volunteers in knowing what they are being asked to do and will help parish leaders in recruiting volunteers based on interests and gifts.

Planning for Dynamic Youth Ministry
Purpose: This workshop helps parishes assess their current strengths and weakness, identify resources for youth ministry, and develop a practical plan for developing more effective ministry with adolescents.

Becoming a Youth Friendly Parish
Purpose: This workshop helps parish leaders imagine together the parish’s ability to minister to young people throughout all of parish life. Participants will discuss ways to include youth throughout parish life and discover ways that they can collaborate more fully to make young people feel welcomed in all ministries. Parish leaders will discover new ways that they can have a positive effect on youth and on the parish’s youth ministry.

Planning for Retreat Ministry
Purpose: This workshop assists parishes in understanding more about the basic structures of retreats, the different elements that are necessary for effective retreats, and provides the opportunity to design a retreat.

Involving Youth in Service
Purpose: This workshop helps parish leaders develop a stronger justice and service component within youth ministry by teaching strategies to involve youth in direct service in meaningful ways. This workshop will also examine how to do intentional justice education and infuse Catholic social teaching into all youth ministry efforts.

Understanding Youth Today
Purpose: This workshop helps parish leaders understand the developmental changes that young people are experiencing during early and older adolescence and how these changes affect the type of ministry that we offer. Participants will also explore how faith changes during these adolescent years and ways that ministry can address and support these changes.

Creating Meaningful Prayer Experiences - NEW resource
Purpose: To assist parish leaders in planning prayer services and integrating prayer effectively into youth ministry.

Creating Gathered Youth Events – NEW resource
Purpose: To assist parish leaders in planning gathered events and in gathering resources.

Resources will be available electronically

Please feel free to contact Michelle with any additional questions by phone (407-246-4867) or e-mail: mfischer@orlandodiocese.org