ASCEND: NEW MINISTRY LEADER ORIENTATION  Ascend is orientation and coaching for new ministry leaders. It is a yearlong investment of resources from the OYYACM to ensure that those new to their positions or to ministry all-together have the support needed to be fruitful ministers. Ascend involves a two day orientation with overnight accommodations, a ministry self-assessment, a personalized formation plan, and the opportunity to gather monthly in a formation cohort under the mentorship of a seasoned leader. The areas of formation…

Summit Retreat Summit Retreats take the powerful elements of a Summit and combine them with an extended time period and a spiritual lens. Summit Retreats focus on the foundation of our ministries: our relationship with Jesus and the Church. Before we are ministry leaders, we are sons and daughters of God. Summit Retreats are a time for ministry leaders to be purely recipients when they are so often givers. In a trusting space, among peers who care, leaders can seek…

Basecamp Basecamps are niche training opportunities offered on focused topics. Similarly to a mountaineering basecamp, they are intended to resource, train, and condition ministry leaders to elevate their work in the field. Basecamp topics respond to what are known to be the greatest training needs at the time.  Audience: Basecamps can accommodate up to 20 participants and welcome all Youth, Young Adult, and Campus Ministry Leaders (full-time, part-time, volunteer), Ministry Team Volunteers/Catechists, and any Supervisors, Priests, Non-parish Organization Representatives, and…

Summit  Summits are inspirational large group gatherings that offer prayer, community, and edge-sharpening formation for all ministry leaders served by OYYACM. The prayer opportunities are authentic, reverent, and inclusive of Mass whenever possible. During activities, small groups, and meal times, Ministry Leaders are able to build relationships beneficial to their ministries. Summits invite the best in the field to share presentations that are relevant to the times, forward thinking, and applicable to the entire audience. The height of our formation…

Basecamp Basecamps are niche training opportunities offered on focused topics. Similarly to a mountaineering basecamp, they are intended to resource, train, and condition ministry leaders to elevate their work in the field. Basecamp topics respond to what are known to be the greatest training needs at the time.  Audience: Basecamps can accommodate up to 20 participants and welcome all Youth, Young Adult, and Campus Ministry Leaders (full-time, part-time, volunteer), Ministry Team Volunteers/Catechists, and any Supervisors, Priests, Non-parish Organization Representatives, and…

Basecamp Basecamps are niche training opportunities offered on focused topics. Similarly to a mountaineering basecamp, they are intended to resource, train, and condition ministry leaders to elevate their work in the field. Basecamp topics respond to what are known to be the greatest training needs at the time.  Audience: Basecamps can accommodate up to 20 participants and welcome all Youth, Young Adult, and Campus Ministry Leaders (full-time, part-time, volunteer), Ministry Team Volunteers/Catechists, and any Supervisors, Priests, Non-parish Organization Representatives, and…

Summit retreat Summit Retreats take the powerful elements of a Summit and combine them with an extended time period and a spiritual lens. Summit Retreats focus on the foundation of our ministries: our relationship with Jesus and the Church. Before we are ministry leaders, we are sons and daughters of God. Summit Retreats are a time for ministry leaders to be purely recipients when they are so often givers. In a trusting space, among peers who care, leaders can seek…

Summit Summits are inspirational large group gatherings that offer prayer, community, and edge-sharpening formation for all ministry leaders served by OYYACM. The prayer opportunities are authentic, reverent, and inclusive of Mass whenever possible. During activities, small groups, and meal times, Ministry Leaders are able to build relationships beneficial to their ministries. Summits invite the best in the field to share presentations that are relevant to the times, forward thinking, and applicable to the entire audience. The height of our formation…