Reflections from Young People and Questions from Youth Ministers

A practical reflection on how youth ministers need to be working for the safety of young people in all they do.

Richard Mavros is from the Edmund Rice Network.

A practical reflection on how youth ministers need to be working for the safety of young people in all they do.

Teresa Rhynehart is the Secretariat for lay ecclesial ministry in the Archdiocese of Melbourne.

A reflection of approaches and practices of youth ministry in Australia.

An outline of the 2nd edition of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference vision for Catholic Youth Ministry in Australia: Anointed and Sent.

Music has become a quintessential part of life and the experience of young people. It is also a central part of our liturgy and we celebrate our worship of God together. Explore how you can utilise contemporary music in your liturgies and how you can engage the musical gifts of young people in your ministry.

What do you say to a young person when they want to talk about issues they are facing with sex? As youth ministers, we often fall into a grey area as we are neither teacher nor counsellor. Learn some basic strategies on how to deal with those awkward and confronting issues that young people in relationship often battle with. Explore what responsibilities your role may bring to assist in a young person’s exploration of their own sexuality.

Teresa Hudson - Catholic Education South Australia (MITIOG)

Laura Frogley and Daniel Giles will share their personal journey of faith, their joys and struggles living with disability and how they live out their Baptismal promises to ‘Go out and tell the Good News’. Come along and experience living faith in an inspiring way!

Join James Camden and Dom Ascoli in a practical workshop about how you engage and develop student leaders for youth ministry. It’s amazing to see what some leaders can do in their school communities. Learn about how you can train and form them for running reflection days for junior grades, facilitating a series of religious education class, taking ownership of social justice initiatives and creating a culture of mission in their Catholic school.

James Camden, Parramatta Youth Ministry, Dom Ascoli Lasallian Youth Ministry.

You are my refugee: how to empower young people to change the landscape of the refugee debate - Sr Rita Malavisi SJ

Australia’s treatment of refugees is one of the most highly discussed topics today. Our faith tells us that we need to be loving and welcoming to refugees. How do we empower young people to bring the Gospel message to our country’s leaders in order to build a more compassionate response to asylum seekers and refugees?