YA Conference Brochures!!

The Young Adult Conference Brochures are in!! Feel free to come pick yours up at our office anytime Monday - Friday from 9-5. They will also be mailed to your parish or campus ministry office, so be sure to ask your pastor or pastoral coordinator for one. We are so excited, the brochures look great :) An electronic version will be posted soon so that you can start taking a look before you get the hard copy. Thanks for your support and we will see you at the conference!!

Young Adult Conference 2009!

Hey everyone!
We are super close to receiving the Young Adult Conference Brochure/Registration booklet and we are so excited! They should be here fresh off the printer by today or Monday at the very latest. Feel free to let me, Veronica, know if you would like us to send you one or if you would like to come by the office and pick some up! My email is veronica.nim@seattlearch.org and direct work line is 206.382.4562. We will be mailing them out to the parishes as soon as we get them in, so you can also get one from your parish office.

Make sure you tell your friends and keep Saturday, May 16 free to attend! It is being held at the University of Washington, Main Seattle Campus at Mary Gates Hall and the UW Newman Center for Mass with the Archbishop and a BBQ. We have been working very hard to put on an awesome event with amazing national speakers and presenters and we hope to see YOU there! God bless and take care, until next time!

Welcome to the new Young Adult Ministry Blog!!

We encourage you to bookmark this page (http://www.seattleoyyam.org/) or subscribe to the updates on this or any other page, to ensure you always have the most updated information from our office.

All the blogs hope to accomplish several things:

• Communicate the most accurate and updated information to people as possible.
• Make important information and resources available easily and effectively.
• Help people connect to the ministries offered through OYYAM
• Provide resources to youth and young adult ministers as they become available.

In order to do this you will find two types of links. Links that navigate through the blog providing information and updates, and links that send you back to the appropriate location on the Archdiocesan web page. If you find something not working, or have suggestions for how to improve the page, please e-mail them Bridget Harris.

Although the blog is mostly up, we will have a few pages with errors and inactive links until all the content is developed. As this site develops, we hope it helps everyone find the information they need here and on the main Archdiocese website. We will move more content to this as time goes on, so be sure to use http://www.seattleoyyam.org/ as your new first stop for updated information from OYYAM.

Staff Contacts

Frances Farrell Director, Young Adult Ministry frances.farrell@seattlearch.org 206-382-4846

Campus Ministry

Readings and Resources on Catholic Campus Ministry
Welcome to Catholic Campus Ministry Resources!

We have put together a listing of all major Universities and Colleges around Western Washington in the hopes that you will be able to find a helpful campus ministry group to help you grow and thrive in your faith while at school.

If you see that your school does not have a campus ministry program and you would like more information or help in starting one, please email Frances Farrell, Director of Young Adult Ministry or call her at (206) 382-4846 and she would be happy to assist you!

We try to follow up with Universities throughout the year to make sure that all of our information is up to date, so if you see that something is not, then please email Veronica Nim and she will fix it right away and contact the school for more information.

Some helpful web-sites:
Connect to Campus Ministry Web Pages around the world through the:
Catholic Campus Ministry Association
National Catholic Student Coalition

Contact Card to help your students get involved at the Catholic Ministry on their campus.

Find a Campus Ministry at your School
Evergreen State College
Pacific Lutheran University
Saint Martin's University
Seattle University
Western Washington University
University of Puget Sound
University of Washington

Resources for Young Adult Ministry

Below you will find several helpful resources for starting or continuing a Ministry to Young Adults in your parish. Check back regularly since these will be updated.

Sons and Daughters of the Light
Background
In the fall of 1993, following Pope John Paul II's trip to Denver for World Youth Day, the Catholic Bishops of the United States decided to write a plan for young adult ministry. As a distinct ministry in the church, young adult ministry had existed for no more than 20 years, and this was the first time the bishops had specifically addressed this area. The development of the pastoral plan took three years and was overseen by the Bishops' Committee on the Laity. During the development process the Committee held listening sessions with young adults and young adult ministers, consulted with groups involved in this ministry, and conducted a survey of diocesan offices. The final product incorporates the best and most up-to-date thinking about young adult ministry. Sons and Daughters of the Light was approved unanimously by the bishops in November, 1996.
Link to Google Books
Order from USCCB

The Basic Guide to Young Adult Ministry by Rev. John C. Cusick and Katherine DeVries

Everything pastors, parish leaders, and young adult parish volunteers need to know about attracting those between 20 and 40 into the active life of the church. Order online through Orbis Books

Googling God: Religious Landscape of People in Their 20s and 30s
by Mike Hayes

Googling God is a practical guide on ministering in the Catholic Church to two distinct generations of young adults, Generation X and Millenials, by considering specifically the recent historical, societal and technological changes and their effect upon them. Written by the co-founder of BustedHalo this book includes 12 interviews with young adults from both generations that are great in depth looks inside young adult life.
Mike Haye's Blog
Purchase through Busted Halo