*** INACTIVE WEBSITE ***

Please note that this website is still posted for reference, 
but moved to in-active status on 6.30.21

WELCOME to the RESOURCE PAGES FOR THE  Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry 
 (OY&YAM) for the Diocese of Youngstown 

TO SUPPORT/TRAIN/RESOURCE ADULTS WHO ACCOMPANY YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT ​CATHOLICS
​AS THEY  ENCOUNTER JESUS​

Please stay healthy and faith-filled during
this COVID-19 situation!
​
Wear a face-mask around people if you are unvaccinated or concerned...
keep at least six-feet distance when possible...
wash your hands often...
outside is better than indoors when feasible.... 
stay home is you have coronavirus symptoms or have been exposed to someone with COVID-19... 

*** NOTE:  Many items on this website may be slightly outdated
as they were created over the years by Cindee Case when she was director for the OY&YAM,
however, we are leaving them online as a service to the parish/school ministers for teens
as Fr. Ryan Furlong takes time to develop and create new resources
after he begins on July 1, 2021. 
Therefore, use what you can, and contact him for additional information. 
Any place that might still say "contact Cindee" please imagine it to say "contact Fr. Ryan!" 
​rfurlong@youngstowndiocese.org
​(330) 744-8451 ext. 239
Thanks for your understanding!  ***
While you are here...
 Be sure to check the "MENU" above 
          for MANY helpful pieces of 
​                       information

+ If you are a Coordinator for Youth Ministry, click on that tab, as well as each connected page in the drop-down menu AND  the Idea Sharing Blog.  

+ If you are in your 20s or 30s, then click on 
the Young Adults tab, and linked pages.

+ And, then, of course, teens and parents of teens can find some basic info in that tab. 

"More" links to a blog of ideas to help those in youth ministry and young adult ministry (often easily adaptable to other ministries as well!)

An "Index" of sorts, listing many of the pages on this website, might make finding things easier, so check it out:

youngstownoyyam.weebly.com/index-of-pages-on-this-website.html
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From the June 2019 Youth Ministers Gathering at Lake Milton
“Any program of youth ministry should clearly incorporate various means and resources
that can help young people grow in fraternity,
to live as brothers and sisters, to help one another, to build community,
​to be of service to others,
to be close to the poor. If fraternal love is the
“new commandment” (Jn 13:34), “the fullness
of the Law” (Rom 13:10) and our best way of showing our love for God, then it has to have
a primary place in every project of
​youth formation and growth to maturity.”
—Pope Francis, Christus Vivit, 215
This website has numerous pages, use this index to help find what you seek!   -->
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CONGRATULATIONS to Bishop David Bonnar for being named to shepherd the Diocese of Youngstown. His ordination and installation took place on January 12, 2021!
READ more about Bishop Bonnar: 

Some information is also posted on the Diocesan Website:

www.doy.org
​ 
​and the office pages found at:
http://www.doy.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=88&Itemid=93

Be sure to Bookmark it
​so you will remember to return as often as
you need resources, dates, forms and so on! 
​
Need to contact the office?  Email:  rfurlong@youngstowndiocese.org
​(330) 744-8451 ask for Fr. Ryan