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• Policy Manual Statements
  • 1. Laying the Groundwork
    • 1.1 Every parish is to provide comprehensive...
  • 2. Youth Ministry Today
  • 3. Parish as Advocate
    • 3.1 Every parish is to have a Primary Contact...
    • 3.2 Every parish is to have a Youth Ministry...
    • 3.3 Regardless of the school a young person attends...
    • 3.4 Every parish is encouraged to conduct...
    • 3.5 Every parish must complete the Youth Ministry...
  • 4. Adolescent Catechesis
    • 4.1 The Diocese of Wilmington requires at least 30 hours...
    • 4.2 Adults who serve as catechists within specific Adolescent...
    • 4.3 The job description of the Coordinator for Youth Ministry...
    • 4.4 Youth Ministry Leaders must follow all guidelines outlined...
    • 4.5 Parishes that choose to build small faith communities...
    • 4.6 Parishes are to follow the Diocesan Guidelines...
      • 4.6.1 Preparation for reception of the Sacrament of...
      • 4.6.2 Catechesis for the Sacrement of Confirmation
      • 4.6.3 Confirmation Preparation
  • 5. Leadership in Youth Ministry
    • 5.1 All persons involved in youth ministry
      • 5.1.1 All coaches are required
      • 5.1.2 All other youth ministers
      • 5.1.3 Paid Coordinators of Youth Ministry
    • 5.2 All youth ministry leaders
    • 5.3 Maintain the appropriate ratio
      • 5.3.1 Two cleared adults
      • 5.3.2 Two cleared adults per
      • 5.3.3 One cleared adult
      • 5.3.4 Never one cleared adult
      • 5.3.5 Cleared adults should be
      • 5.3.6 Reasonable consideration
    • 5.4 Young adults who are 18
    • 5.5 All chaperones must
    • 5.6 All coaches must wear
    • 5.6 All coaches must wear
    • 5.7 The following must be part
      • 5.7.1 Possession of alcohol
      • 5.7.2 No types of weapons
      • 5.7.3 Inappropriate behavior
    • 5.8 Obtain written consent
      • 5.8.1 Annual consent
      • 5.8.2 Event specific consent
    • 5.9 The Annual Consent and Release Form
    • 5.10 Event Specific Forms
    • 5.11 All Consent and Release Forms
    • 5.12 Youth are never to be left alone
    • 5.13 Prescription medicine
    • 5.14 Do not dispense aspirin
    • 5.15 In the case of serious injury
    • 5.16 Youth Ministry Leaders
    • 5.17 For any youth ministry events
    • 5.18 When using any type of watercraft
    • 5.19 Certain high-risk activities
    • 5.20 In order to manage the risk
    • 5.21 Under no circumstances
    • 5.22 Adult leaders in ministry
    • 5.23 Only cleared adults
    • 5.24 All vehicles
    • 5.25 High school-aged students
    • 5.26 All drivers must complete
      • 5.26.1 The insurance
      • 5.26.2 The insurance on their car
      • 5.26.3 The medical insurance
      • 5.26.4 The diocese does not carry
    • 5.27 The use of 15 passenger vans
      • 5.27.1 Removing the back seat
    • 5.28 U.S. Coast Guard regulations
    • 5.29 The use of corproral
    • 5.30 Parish youth ministry leaders
    • 5.31 Parishes and schols
    • 5.32 CYM will not refund
    • 5.33 All youth ministry programming
  • 6. Scouting as Ministry
    • 6.1 All adult leaders
    • 6.2 If there are scouting programs
    • 6.3 Religious Recognition medals
  • 7. Youth Ministry and Pastoral Care
    • 7.1 Everyone involved
    • 7.2 Only those who have
    • 7.3 If a youth minister
    • 7.4 If a young person or parent
    • 7.5 By law, conversations
  • 8. Young People and Sunday Mass
    • 8.1 Preparing Youth for Liturgy
    • 8.2 Liturgical Catechesis: Connecting Liturgy with Life
    • 8.3 Preparing the Liturgy Well
    • 8.4 Frequently Asked Questions
    • 8.5 Suggestions, Strategies & Recommendations for Adult LeadersBe
    • 8.6 Suggestions, Strategies and Recommendations For PreparingLiturgy
  • 9. Athletics
    • 9.0 Participation in any CYM
      • 9.1.0 The Office for Catholic Youth Ministry
      • 9.1.2 The AAP is responsible
      • 9.1.3 The Office for Catholic Youth Ministry
      • 9.1.4 If CYM finds that the policies of a parish
      • 9.1.5 If the conduct
    • 9.11 In addition to those
      • 9.11.1 If the actions or
    • 9.12.1 Spectators must realize
    • 9.12.2 Any spectator who
      • 9.12.3 Monitoring of the team
    • 9.12.4 Improper conduct of spectators
    • 9.12 Spectators are not
    • 9.14.1 A player
      • 9.14 A head coach
      • 9.14.2 Complaints addressed to CYM
    • 9.8.5 Recruitment of individuals
      • 9.8.6 Church Bulletins
      • 9.8.7 Any advertising
    • 9.10 Coaches must complete
    • 9.10.1 All coaches
    • 9.28 Baseball - it is recommended
    • 9.3 Tryouts and/or team practices
    • 9.3.2 An individual who is
    • 9.4 Parish and private
    • 9.5 No team will be admitted
      • 9.5.1 Basketball
    • 9.5.2 No parish or school
      • 9.5.3 Payment for an athletic
    • 9.6 Only rosters completed
      • 9.6.1 Team rosters must be
      • 9.6.2 Only individuals
      • 9.6.3 Only adults listed
      • 9.6.4 Deadlines for completing
      • 9.6.5 Once a coach builds
    • 9.6.7 Coaches must follow up
    • 9.7 Online Registration must be
      • 9.7.1 The parent/guardian must
      • 9.7.3 Providing false Online
    • 9.7.4 Any team allowing
    • 9.8 All individuals shall
    • 9.8.3 The CYM Office will make
      • 9.8.4 It is the responsibility
    • 9.9 All requests must
    • 9.9.1 There are five reasons
    • 9.59 If a coach
    • 9.60 If after a contest
    • 9.61 CYM contests
    • 9.13.2 If a spectator is
    • 9.13.7 It is the res
    • 9.13.8 The Athletic Association
    • 9.71 The use of an
    • 9.15 All games must be
    • 9.15.1 Coaches may not cancel
    • 9.15.2 Any team found
    • 9.15.3 The CYM Director of Youth Sports
    • 9.15.4 CYM regular season
    • 9.78 The CYM office
    • 9.17 Any injury requiring
    • 9.17.1 An athlete that has Asthma
    • 9.17.2 An athlete that is allergic
    • 9.18 A concussion is
    • 9.1.1 The AAP is to serve
• Commentary
  • Laying the Groundwork
    • About the Online Version
    • What is Renewing the Vision?
    • What It Means to be Comprehensive
    • Relationships, Not Programs
    • The Church is Not a Place...
    • Youth Ministry Leadership
  • Youth Ministry Today
    • Essential Characteristics
  • Parish as Advocate
    • Assessing the Needs
      • Interviews with Youth
      • Surverys of Youth
      • Observation
      • Hearings with Youth
    • Evaluation of Parish Youth Ministry
    • Parish Youth Ministry Leadership Committee
  • Adolescent Catechesis
    • Effective Models of Adolescent Faith Formation for Parishes
    • Keys to Efficient Faith Formation
    • A Variety of Vibrant Youth Ministry Components
    • Trained and Effective Adult Leaders
    • Healthy Cooperation
    • Effective Models of Adolescent Catechesis
      • Important Considerations
      • Mini-Courses
      • Small Faith Communities
      • Retreats
      • Discipleship in Action
      • Super Sundays
      • Religious Education Classes
      • Supplemental Approaches
    • How to Select the Right Model
    • Confirmation Guidelines
  • Leadership in Youth Ministry
    • Self Care
    • Christian Witness
    • Professional Duty
    • Avoiding Scandal
    • Signs of a Professional in Youth Ministry
    • General Tips for Leaders
    • Diocesan Certification
    • Youth Ministry and the Law
    • Liability Guidelines
    • Confidentiality
    • Copyright Laws
      • Print
      • Movies
      • Why is Copyright Infringement a Concern?
      • TV Broadcasts
    • For the Sake of God's Children: Diocesan Guidelines
    • Supervision and Supervisors
    • Cleared Adults and Volunteer Covenant
    • Visiting Instructors/Camps
    • CYM ID Badges
    • Code of Conduct for Youth
    • Permission, Medical Release Consent Form
    • Attendance, Arrival, and Dismissal of Events
    • Medical Injuries and Emergencies
    • Injury/Incident Report
    • Off-site Parish Youth Ministry & Site Selection
    • Water & Physical Challenge Activities
    • Hotel Rooms, Camp Settings, and Private Homes
    • Inspecting Bags and Collecting Personal Electronic Devices
    • Water Parks and Amusement Parks
    • Movie and Video Game Ratings
    • Drivers and Insurance
    • Passenger Vans and Rental Vehicles
    • Water Craft and Non-Automobile Accidents
    • Emergency, Security Plans, and Corporal Punishment
    • Diocesan Events
  • Scouting as Youth Ministry
    • The Goals of Catholic Scouting Ministry
    • Glimpses of the Vision: Some Brief Snapshots
    • Practical Steps
    • Religious Recognition Awards in Scouting
      • For Young People
      • Adult Recognitions
      • Religious Recognition for Boy Scouts
  • Youth Ministry and Pastoral Care
    • Boundaries
    • Crisis Intervention
    • Warning Signs of Substance Abuse
    • Warning Signs of Adolescent Depression
    • Warning Signs of Suicide
    • Warning Signs of Emotional Distrubance
    • Preventing and Dealing with Violence
    • Referring Adolescents for Assistance
    • Child Abuse or Neglect
      • Types of Child Abuse
      • Reporting Child Abuse or Neglect
      • Proper Response to Actual or Suspected Child Abuse
      • Seeking Additional Information
    • Crisis Response
  • Young People and Sunday Mass
    • Preparing Youth for Liturgy and Preparing the Liturgy Well
    • Understanding Ritual: Is the Mass Really Boring?
    • Preparing Youth for Liturgy
    • Liturgical Catechesis: Connecting Liturgy with Life
    • Renewing the Vision:The U.S. Bishops’ Blueprint for Youth Ministry
    • Preparing the Liturgy Well
    • Most Frequently Asked Questions
    • Suggestions, Strategies & Recommendations for Adult Leaders
    • Suggestions, Strategies and Recommendations For PreparingLiturgy
    • Suggestions, Strategies and Recommendations for Parish Leadershi
  • Athletics
    • CYM Director of Youth Sports
    • Athletic Advisory Committee
    • Athletic Associations - Parishes and Schools
    • Athletics as Ministry
    • Athletic Programs by Season
    • Program Divisions
    • Parish In-House/Intramural Programs
    • Tryout/Practice Guidelines
    • Sunday Morning Athletics
    • Registrations/Billings
    • Rosters
    • Online Registration
    • Team Participation/Affiliation
    • Affiliation Changes
    • Coach Requirements/Registrations
    • Coach Liability
    • Code of Conduct - Coaches
    • Code of Conduct - Players
    • Code of Conduct - Spectators
    • Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls
    • Ejections
    • Complaints
    • Appeals/Protests
    • Ineligible Players
    • Athletic Contests and Games
    • Playing Time
    • CYM Commitment and Divisional Alignment
    • Postponements/Cancellations/Forfeits/Weather
    • League PlayOffs/Tie Breakers
    • Mouth Protector
    • Medical
    • Head Injuries
    • Football
    • Cross Country
    • Soccer
    • Girls Volleyball
    • Flag Football
    • Basketball Rules
    • PRE-JV Basketball
    • JV Basketball
    • Varsity Basketball
    • Senior and Intermediate Basketball
    • Wrestling
    • JV Softball
    • Fast Pitch Varsity Softball
    • Baseball
    • Track & Field
    • Boys Volleyball
    • Cheerleading
• 9.8.1 In the case of private
• 9.8.2 An individual assigned
• 9.6.6 Failure to have
• 9.3.1 Athletes in two sports
• 9.3.3 Athletes not to be denied
• 9.7.2 Once Registration is complete

 

A Framework for Comprehensive Ministry with Adolescents

Last Revised on September 16, 2011

The comprehensive approach is not a single program or recipe for ministry. Rather, it provides a way for integrating ministry with adolescents and their families into the total life and mission of the Church, recognizing that the whole community is responsible for ministry with adolescents and their families.

The comprehensive approach uses all of our resources as a faith community—people, ministries, programs, resources—in a common effort to promote the three goals of the Church’s ministry with adolescents. The goals for ministry with adolescents help to keep our vision focused on the objectives. The themes provide a continuous thread that ensures that ministry with adolescents utilizes all available resources and is al inclusive. The components highlight specific areas of ministry for a comprehensive approach. By offering this framework we seek to provide direction to the Church’s ministry and affirm and encourage local creativity. (RTV 19-20.

In Renewing the Vision, the United States Catholic Bishops offer a framework for Catholic youth ministry. This vision does not provide a program model or a prescriptive method for developing ministry. Rather, it offers a framework, a structure that has room for a variety of parishes to develop youth ministry in a variety of ways. Like the blueprints for building a home, this framework provides important elements that guide us as we create youth ministry. The framework for Catholic youth ministry includes the following five elements.

• Definition
• Goals
• Themes
• Ministry Components
• Ministry Settings

Definition of Catholic Youth Ministry
The definition of youth ministry offered by the Bishops is formed by our love for and our commitment to youth: youth have needs we care for and gifts to share. “Youth ministry is the response of the Christian community to the needs of young people and the sharing of the unique gifts of youth with the larger community” (RTV 1).

The Bishops remind us to see within youth the incredible potential and capacities they have now and to respond to their present and real needs. Youth ministry does not exist because youth are particularly troubled or needy. Youth are growing in ways intended by our loving God. They are encountering the joys and the challenges of life as adolescents in our time. They have wonderful gifts to offer in the midst of their growing pains. We minister to youth because we are church and we follow the pattern of Jesus: we respond to needs and empower youth to use and share their gifts.

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