REGISTRATION FOR THE 2022-2023 YEAR IS OPEN!
Leader-in-TrainingThe Leader-in-Training (LIT) Program is the first year of formation for youth who are interested in becoming leaders in pastoral ministry. This program is open to any Catholic teen in 7th or 8th grade. Youth who are enrolled in the LIT Program commit to a year of formation through service, prayer, worship, catechesis, and community building. The LITs are paired with an adult mentor who will accompany them through their year of formation and who can be help them by being a role model in faith.
LIT Minimum Requirements:
Participants will be awarded between $500-1,000 for completion of the program requirements. |
Program Youth Ministers
Interested in being a Mentor?LIT Mentors are young/adults who commit to accompanying an LIT through their program. Check the Employment & Volunteering page for mentor openings! |
Discipleship LearningThe Discipleship Learning program is the second level of leadership and youth ministry faith formation for teens in 9th and 10th grade. Our missionary disciples are put into small groups with a small group leader who will accompany them on their journey through the program. Missionary disciples learn leadership through participation in parish events, leading at retreats, and more.
Minimum Program Participant Requirements
Participants will be awarded between $500-1,000 for completion of the program requirements. |
Peer MinistryPeer ministers serve their peers who are in formation. This program is open to any Catholic teen in 11th or 12th grade. Peer Ministers are the voice of the youth to the UCYM staff and board. Peer Ministers have gone through a minimum of three years in formation with UCYM before being accepted into the role of peer minister.
Minimum Program Participant Requirements
Participants will be awarded between $500-1,000 for completion of the program requirements. |
Saints-in-Training (Campus Ministry)The Saints-in-Training Program is offered to students in 7th and 8th grade at St. Athanasius School and Pope John XXIII School. Students will engage in leadership around school Catholic identity and assist with planning school liturgies, service projects, and be a sounding board around topics of faith to school leadership.
This program does not have formal program requirements as students will have regular opportunities to engage in service, worship, faith formation, and social events through the school year both in their school day and in collaboration with the rest of the Leadership Academy. |
