This means that besides hosting Catholic youth events in parishes, the Catholic Outreach Team will also learn about the administrative office work and promotional work required to run parish youth events successfully.
During the eight months, participants will live in community at the in St. Malo, Man., an old convent converted 16 years ago into a centre for hosting summer camps and seasonal retreats.
The team will receive constant training and spiritual direction from a local priest.
The team of four to eight youth will need to travel about 45 minutes to the two participating parishes in the archdiocese of St. Boniface in Manitoba, where it will run retreat-style, youth group-style and social event-style ministries. Gosselin hopes to also involve the team in community outreach projects.
Gosselin said he has been volunteering at retreats and events with the CSE since he was 12 and served as a youth minister in Lorette, Man., for six years before completing his Bachelor of Education and returning to the CSE to run a two-year retreat ministry. He took on the position of general director May 1.
He said it was important for the CSE to develop a program that would offer the diocese continuity and fresh resources, which wasn鈥檛 happening.
鈥淚 thought is was important that the school not add programs without a clear vision,鈥� he said. 鈥淎nd our board of directors is 100 per cent behind us.鈥�
Gosselin will co-direct the Catholic Outreach Team with the help of associate directors Lia Kowalksi and Christine Sevi.
Each of the team鱿鱼视频app youth participants will need to raise $2,000 to help cover their personal costs, and both parishes will be asked to contribute about $7,500 to help cover the costs of operation.
Gosselin said the idea for the project blossomed because of continuing requests from parishes in the archdiocese of St. Boniface for the CSE to host retreats or other events, for which Gosselin could not always guarantee trained volunteers.
鈥淲hen asked about youth ministry, a lot of parishes say they don鈥檛 know where to begin or they can鈥檛 afford it,鈥� he said. 鈥淚n my opinion, if it鱿鱼视频app a priority, you鈥檒l do it and we鈥檙e hoping this program will encourage more parishes to see it as a priority.鈥�
The team鱿鱼视频app web site advertises that the ministry will lead youth 鈥渢o discover the richness of the Catholic鈥� faith, 鈥渃hallenge them to a personal relationship with God,鈥� 鈥渆quip and support other Catholics for the essential work of evangelization鈥� and help them to 鈥済row personally in love, service and knowledge through community life and continued formation.鈥�
Gosselin is still accepting and reviewing applications. For more information, visit .
Youth outreach team begins in St. Boniface
By Carolyn Girard, The Catholic Register{mosimage}There鱿鱼视频app a new youth evangelization training program springing up out of Manitoba. The organizers, who are still accepting applications for the fall, said it includes components that liken it to other evangelization ministries like and , but with distinct elements.
鈥淚t鱿鱼视频app a bit different in that the team will see what goes into the part of a youth minister,鈥� said organizer Jude Gosselin. 鈥淧eople who鈥檝e been on the team will have seen all the aspects of it and will be hireable as youth ministers.鈥�
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