Youth Ministry
Diocese of Joliet Youth Ministry
For further information about the activities and goals of the Diocese of Joliet's Youth Ministry program, please contact:
Paul Mach
Director of Youth Ministry
(815) 8344044
pmach@dioceseofjoliet.org
NCYC 2009
National Catholic
Youth Conference 2009
November 19-21st
Kansas City, Kansas
2008 World Youth Day
World Youth Day was celebrated in Syndney, Australia last year. You can carry on the spirit of the celebration by visiting the World Youth Day 2008 Virtual Pilgrimage site. Also see the Diocese of Joliet's resources, and read the full text of Pope Benedict's WYD homily.
The Dead Theologians Society
From the DTS Website:
"The Dead Theologians Society is a Catholic apostolate for high school age teens and college age young adults. Through the Saints of yesterday, the Dead Theologians Society inspires the youth of today to become the saints of tomorrow."
See the DTS website for newsletters, FAQs, and information on launching a local chapter.
It is Jesus that you seek when you dream of happiness; he is waiting for you when nothing else you find satisfies you; he is the beauty to which you are so attracted; it is he who provokes you with that thirst for fullness that will not let you settle for compromise; it is he who urges you to shed the masks of a false life; it is he who reads in your hearts your most genuine choices, the choices that others try to stifle. It is Jesus who stirs in you the desire to do something great with your lives, the will to follow an ideal, the refusal to allow yourselves to be grounded down by mediocrity, the courage to commit yourselves humbly and patiently to improving yourselves and society, making the world more human and more fraternal."
Pope John Paul, II
World Youth Day, Rome 2000