LIM: Youth and Young Adult Ministry Focus Area

This web page is the online home for the USCCB’s Secretariat for Education. This Secretariat contains offices for Catechesis and Catholic Schools in the U.S. It also produces helpful publications (including official statements from the U.S. Bishops), a number of which are identified and described, via hyperlinks, on this web page.

This is the official homepage of the NCCL, an organization of Catholic diocesan catechetical and religious education offices in the United States.

This is the homepage of a national Catholic institute that promotes prophetic Christian leadership among Hispanic youth and young adults.

This is the main web resource by Resources for Christian Living (RCL), an organization dedicated to total catechesis throughout the lifecycle.

Full Citation (but do italicize the title and website name):

Catechism of the Catholic Church. 2nd ed., 2000. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/catechism/catechism-of-the-catholic-church/epub/index.cfm.

Full citation (italicize book title and website name):

General Directory for Catechesis. 1997. Vatican: The Holy See, www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cclergy/documents/rc_con_ccatheduc_doc_17041998_directory-for-catechesis_en.html.

Full citation (italicize website name):

U.S. Catholic Bishops. Renewing the Vision: A Framework for Catholic Youth Ministry. 1997. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, www.usccb.org/about/laity-marriage-family-life-and-youth/young-adults/renewing-the-vision.cfm.

Full citation (italicize website name):

National Federation of Catholic Youth Ministry. “NFCYM Code of Ethics for Youth Ministry Leaders.” Feb. 2008. Diocese of Wichita, http://catholicdioceseofwichita.org/faith-documents/cym-1/leader-ongoing-formation-1/4856-nfcym-code-of-ethics-for-youth-ministry-leaders-1/file.

Full citation (italicize website name):

Warren, Michael. “Reflections on Parish and Adolescent Catechesis.” N.d. Catholic Youth Ministry Source, www.cymsource.org/resources/components/adocatechesis/documents/WarrenFinal.pdf.

Full citation (italicize website name):

Thiesen, Michael. “Adolescent Catechesis Today: On the Road to Transformation.” N.d. Catholic Youth Ministry Source, www.cymsource.org/resources/components/adocatechesis/documents/Theisenarticle.pdf.