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Registration for the 2023-2024 year is OPEN!

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About Leadership Academy

Our UCYM Leadership Academy (LA) offers formation, training, and community for any youth, teen, or adult that wants to pursue learning pastoral leadership and deepen their faith life through the four pillars of ministry: service, worship, faith formation, and social.

LA has six programs:
  • Leader-in-Training: 7th and 8th grade
  • Saints-in-Training: 7th and 8th grade (Pope John XXIII School)
  • Discipleship Learning: 9th and 10th grade
  • Peer Ministry: 11th and 12th grade
  • Summer Youth Internships: 9th-12th grade
  • Youth Minister Formation: training and accompaniment for youth ministers

Leadership Team

For questions about Leadership Academy, contact our leadership team at LA@ucym.org or at 847-719-9071 x281.
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Alex Roman
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Pat Tomich
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Oblate James Holzhauer-Chuckas, ObSB

Program Fee

There is an annual fee for participants in the Leadership Academy of $100. 

If a family is registering TWO youth, it is a $75 fee per youth participant. If a family is registering THREE youth, it is a $50 fee per youth participant. The youth must live in your household to apply for the family discounts. 

If a youth is registered in a parish religious education program for a sacramental year (First Reconciliation, First Communion, Confirmation, RCIA, etc.), there is a discounted fee of $75. 

Payment plans are accepted. Please contact Mireya Dominguez, Operations Director and Alex Roman, Pastoral Assistant at LA@ucym.org or at 847-719-9071 to arrange a payment plan. 

The fee covers the following: 
  • Retreat expenses
  • 2 t-shirts
  • Faith formation materials
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Location and Hours

San José Sánchez del Río Center | Office
1108 Washington Street
Evanston, IL 60202
​847-719-9071 | Email
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Hours of Operation
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 9 am-8 pm
Wednesday: 1-8 pm
Friday: 12-9 pm
Saturday: by appointment only
Sunday: 9 am-1 pm

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  • About UCYM
    • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB)
    • Protection of Children & Youth
    • Who We Are
    • Leadership >
      • Administration
      • Staff
      • Boards and Councils
      • Join Our Team!
    • Partnerships >
      • Ignited Youth Ministry
      • Blessed Sacrament Youth Center
      • Catholic Athletes for Christ
      • Coalition to End Homelessness in Evanston
      • Evanston Cradle to Career
      • Interfaith Action of Evanston
      • New Ways Ministry
      • Tyler Clementi Foundation
    • Resources >
      • V Encuentro
      • Archdiocesan Agencies >
        • Start Here
        • Amate House
        • Care for Creation Ministry
        • Catholic Relief Services
        • Domestic Violence
        • Kolbe House Jail Ministry
        • Pastoral Migratoria
        • Respect Life
        • St. Kateri Center of Chicago
        • USCCB
      • Covid-19
      • Equality for Women in the Church
      • LGBTQ+ Community >
        • AGLO
        • God Is On Your Side: A State from Catholic Bishops Protecting LGBTQ Youth
        • New Ways Ministry
        • Outreach - An LGBTQ Catholic Resource
      • Mental Health Awareness
      • National Eucharistic Revival
      • Need to Talk?
      • Synod on Synodality
      • Vocations >
        • Start Here
        • Cava
        • Archdiocese of Chicago
        • USCCB
    • Donate
    • Calendar
    • Renew My Church
    • Store
  • Evangelization and Faith Formation
    • Leadership Academy >
      • Start Here
      • Summer Internships
      • Leader-in-Training
      • Saints-in-Training
      • Discipleship Learning
      • Peer Ministry
      • Youth Minister Formation
    • Campus Ministry
    • Quinceañera Ministry
    • SEED
    • Alpha
    • For Children >
      • Children's Liturgy of the Word
      • Confirmation
      • Religious Education
      • Vacation Bible School
    • For Youth >
      • Start Here
      • Pastoral Juvenil
      • Anti-Racism Pilot
      • Archdiocesan Programs >
        • Holy Fire
        • NCYC
        • Totus Tuus
        • Spirit Day
      • Retreats >
        • Emmaus Retreat
        • Kairos
        • Metanoia
        • Offline
        • 24-Hour No Phone Retreat
      • Youth Council
      • Youth Group
    • For Young Adults >
      • Start Here
      • 20s & 30s Group
      • College Outreach
      • Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA)
      • Theology On Tap
      • World Youth Day 2023
      • Young Adult Council
  • Service
  • Worship
  • Media
    • LinkTree
    • Podcast
    • Vimeo
    • Email sign-up
    • News & Updates
    • U.S. Catholic Article
  • Staff Login