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Salesian Youth Ministry Salesian Youth Ministry Salesian Youth Ministry Office, composed by Kenny Wodzanowski

Salesian Youth Ministry Salesian Youth Ministry Office, composed by Kenny Wodzanowski

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Salesian Youth MinistrySalesian Youth Ministry

Salesian Youth Ministry Office, composed by Kenny Wodzanowski

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Keeping it REALKeeping it REAL

• RelationalRelational• ExperientialExperiential• ApplicableApplicable• Learner basedLearner based

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Approaches to SYMApproaches to SYM

• A unique View of the Young personA unique View of the Young person• A Community based ApproachA Community based Approach• A Process Approach to the MissionA Process Approach to the Mission• Praxis and Planning ( 4 areas)Praxis and Planning ( 4 areas)

– Group Experience and Relational Group Experience and Relational CommitmentCommitment

– Evangelization and CatechesisEvangelization and Catechesis– Education and CultureEducation and Culture– Vocational ChoicesVocational Choices

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Salesian Youth Salesian Youth SpiritualitySpirituality

• Spirituality of Ordinary LifeSpirituality of Ordinary Life• Spirituality of Joy and Optimism Spirituality of Joy and Optimism • Spirituality of Friendship with the Spirituality of Friendship with the

Lord JesusLord Jesus• Spirituality of Communion in the Spirituality of Communion in the

churchchurch• Spirituality of Responsible ServiceSpirituality of Responsible Service• Spirituality of Remembering deathSpirituality of Remembering death

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Preventive System Preventive System

• Assistance versus SupervisionAssistance versus Supervision• PresencePresence• Corrective but not repressiveCorrective but not repressive• Building relationshipsBuilding relationships• Journeying with the youngJourneying with the young• Reason, Religion and KindnessReason, Religion and Kindness

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Simple BeginningsSimple Beginnings

• Create opportunities for youth and Create opportunities for youth and youth ministers to share, to know youth ministers to share, to know and to get to know each other, and to get to know each other, where individual differences may where individual differences may arise along with commonalities. arise along with commonalities. – Don Bosco’s first meeting with Don Bosco’s first meeting with

Bartholomew Garelli. Bartholomew Garelli. Can you whistle?Can you whistle?– Commonalities hold things and people Commonalities hold things and people

together, at the same time honor and together, at the same time honor and celebrate uniqueness.celebrate uniqueness.

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How do you do this?How do you do this?

A Home that A Home that WelcomesWelcomes

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A Home that WelcomesA Home that Welcomes

• One must create a One must create a home-like home-like atmosphere, where atmosphere, where security, security, acceptance and acceptance and comfortability are comfortability are prevalent.prevalent.

• Give them the Give them the Hand of Hand of Hospitality!Hospitality!

“Young People do not care how much you know, until they know how much you care!”

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The Hand of Hospitality!The Hand of Hospitality!1) Fun! Both for the kids and the adults with, games, 1) Fun! Both for the kids and the adults with, games,

music, things youth like! Everyone likes some music, things youth like! Everyone likes some FUNK!FUNK!

2) Food! Feed them and they will come!2) Food! Feed them and they will come!

3) Friendship! A sense of belonging, where they get 3) Friendship! A sense of belonging, where they get attention, feel listened to and a chance to share attention, feel listened to and a chance to share their stories.their stories.

4) Family! Building relationships, discovering what 4) Family! Building relationships, discovering what you have in common, and celebrating our you have in common, and celebrating our differences, all under one father, one church!differences, all under one father, one church!

5) Faith! Faith is brought into everything, it is what 5) Faith! Faith is brought into everything, it is what gives everything deeper meaning. Faith is gives everything deeper meaning. Faith is apposition to Fun, Food, Friendship and Family!apposition to Fun, Food, Friendship and Family!

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HospitalityHospitality

• First absolute necessity for people to First absolute necessity for people to believe they belong to the group in order believe they belong to the group in order for them to open up and begin a for them to open up and begin a relationship with others.relationship with others.

• What is Hospitality?What is Hospitality?– Doing all you can to make the gathering place Doing all you can to make the gathering place

warm and inviting so that the youth and adults warm and inviting so that the youth and adults become warm and inviting!become warm and inviting!

– An attitude of little things that help people feel An attitude of little things that help people feel more welcome, affirmed and important.more welcome, affirmed and important.

– What can we do to be more hospitable?What can we do to be more hospitable?

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The Playground Where The Playground Where Friends come to Meet each Friends come to Meet each

otherother• Youth needsYouth needs• Youth InterestsYouth Interests• Youth need to belongYouth need to belong• On the FringeOn the Fringe• Teaching opportunitiesTeaching opportunities• Building relationship, building Building relationship, building

churchchurch

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Go where the youth are?Go where the youth are?

• PhysicallyPhysically• SociallySocially• EmotionallyEmotionally• RelationallyRelationally• SpirituallySpiritually

– Listen, Appreciate Listen, Appreciate and Respect their and Respect their needs.needs.

“Deeper relationships are formed where the helping and healing of hearts takes place.”

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Youth NeedsYouth Needs

• Every human being Every human being uses whatever they uses whatever they have at their have at their disposal to make disposal to make sense out of life? sense out of life? So what do we give So what do we give as Youth Ministers as Youth Ministers to the youth?to the youth?

• In almost all we In almost all we do, we use to make do, we use to make sense out of life.sense out of life.

• Maslow’s hierarchy Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs of human needs starts with Physical, starts with Physical, to Security, to to Security, to Belonging and then Belonging and then to Meaning? We to Meaning? We never lose one, but never lose one, but place greater place greater importance on one! importance on one! How are we meeting How are we meeting the youth’s needs?the youth’s needs?

• Who is competing to Who is competing to meet these same meet these same needs?needs?

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Empowering LeadersEmpowering Leaders

• Pushing People Up, Pushing People Up, so that you are on so that you are on the bottom, instead the bottom, instead of passing down of passing down power.power.

• Need to encourage Need to encourage and call forth “the and call forth “the image and likeness image and likeness of God” which is of God” which is within each person.within each person.

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A School That Prepares A School That Prepares for Lifefor Life

• Balance of knowledge, experiences, and Balance of knowledge, experiences, and faith development.faith development.

• Values and moralsValues and morals• ““To become Honest Citizens and Good To become Honest Citizens and Good

Christians.Christians.• Preparing and equipping youth to take a Preparing and equipping youth to take a

proactive and responsible approach to the proactive and responsible approach to the world.world.

• Jesus is the Master Teacher.Jesus is the Master Teacher.• Living My life to the fullLiving My life to the full

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Self Esteem SpiritualitySelf Esteem Spirituality• Bringing life to a deeper dimension, Bringing life to a deeper dimension,

bringing out the radiant light that is at the bringing out the radiant light that is at the core of every soul!core of every soul!

• The Law of the Mind: What you think and The Law of the Mind: What you think and believe about yourself, about others and believe about yourself, about others and about life becomes your experience. (Self-about life becomes your experience. (Self-Fulfilling Prophesy.) Fulfilling Prophesy.)

• Law of the Heart: What is your level of Law of the Heart: What is your level of desire and what are your values? Where desire and what are your values? Where you heart lies that is what you will you heart lies that is what you will receive! (Reap what you sow.)receive! (Reap what you sow.)

• Law of Action: Moving forward using and Law of Action: Moving forward using and acknowledging the “I am” of God’s name acknowledging the “I am” of God’s name in your affirmations and actions will bring in your affirmations and actions will bring you at the results you seek.you at the results you seek.

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The parish That The parish That EvangelizesEvangelizes

• Meeting Jesus (Encounters)Meeting Jesus (Encounters)• ““Educate by Evangelizing and Educate by Evangelizing and

Evangelize by Educating”Evangelize by Educating”• Eucharist and Reconciliation ( 2 Eucharist and Reconciliation ( 2

pillars)pillars)• Trust in MaryTrust in Mary

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Baptismal CommitmentBaptismal Commitment

• To share in being To share in being prophet, priest and prophet, priest and king with Jesus Christ, king with Jesus Christ, to be church for to be church for others.others.

• Struggling and Struggling and answering 3 spiritual answering 3 spiritual needs!needs!

1)1) The need to believe The need to believe that life is meaningful that life is meaningful and has a purpose.and has a purpose.

2)2) The need for The need for community and community and deeper relationships deeper relationships in which we are in which we are listened to, listened to, appreciated, and appreciated, and respected.respected.

3)3) The need for practical The need for practical help in developing the help in developing the awareness of God’s awareness of God’s presence in our lives.presence in our lives.

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Meeting JesusMeeting Jesus• Our faith grows as well Our faith grows as well

as those we minister to. as those we minister to. (As Salesians we believe (As Salesians we believe we encounter Jesus in we encounter Jesus in the youth.)the youth.)

• Mutual respect can grow Mutual respect can grow out of affirming and out of affirming and serving the goodness we serving the goodness we find in those we find in those we encounter, which can encounter, which can transform individuals transform individuals and the world.and the world.

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Living the EucharistLiving the Eucharist

• To become To become transformed transformed ourselves into the ourselves into the body and blood of body and blood of Jesus.Jesus.

• To nurture, feed and To nurture, feed and care for one another.care for one another.

• To take special To take special interest in helping interest in helping someone with a someone with a problem or question.problem or question.

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5 Key Components 5 Key Components – Based on – Based on the Salesian Province Pastoral Planthe Salesian Province Pastoral Plan

• Education and Education and CultureCulture

• Evangelization and Evangelization and CatechesisCatechesis

• Group Experiences Group Experiences and Relational and Relational GrowthGrowth

• Vocational Vocational OrientationOrientation

• Formation and Formation and Animation of the EPCAnimation of the EPC

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Education and CultureEducation and Culture

• Intending to help the Intending to help the local young people local young people achieve greater achieve greater human maturity.human maturity.

• In the Salesian In the Salesian Journey of Faith, we Journey of Faith, we call this Living My call this Living My Life to the Fullest.Life to the Fullest.

• In the Oratory Criteria In the Oratory Criteria this is the dimension this is the dimension of of A School that A School that Prepares for Life.Prepares for Life.

Providing Constant opportunities and experiences that lead to growth, and discovery.

Don Bosco called us to make “Honest Citizens and Good Christians.”

Preparing and equipping youth to take a proactive and responsible approach to the real world.

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Evangelization and Evangelization and CatechesisCatechesis

• Intending to help Intending to help move the youth from move the youth from wherever they are in wherever they are in relationship with God.relationship with God.

• In the Salesian In the Salesian Journey of Faith this Journey of Faith this is the stage in is the stage in Meeting Jesus.Meeting Jesus.

• In the Oratory In the Oratory Criteria this is Criteria this is the the Parish that Parish that Evangelizes.Evangelizes.

Opportunities of different forms of prayer and reflection, Eucharist, Scripture, retreats and reconciliation are some ways to meet Jesus

“Educate by Evangelizing and Evangelize by Educating.”

In all that we do, try to integrate faith,that Jesus is present in all we do!

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Group Experience and Group Experience and Relational GrowthRelational Growth

• Leading youth to form Leading youth to form healthy relationships, healthy relationships, to manage group to manage group interactions, and to interactions, and to develop “Communion”.develop “Communion”.

• In the Salesian Journey In the Salesian Journey of Faith, this is of Faith, this is committing to building committing to building relationships and relationships and belonging to the belonging to the church.church.

• In the Oratory Criteria In the Oratory Criteria this is the this is the Playground Playground Where Friends Come Where Friends Come to Meet each Otherto Meet each Other..

Leading youth to grow in commitment to relationships, which also makes the basis of the church.

Basis of SYM is relationships, the kids want to meet people, make friends, and when they are doing what they like, they tend to commit more.

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Vocational OrientationVocational Orientation

• Guiding youth to Guiding youth to own the values of own the values of the Gospel, and to the Gospel, and to act in ways to bring act in ways to bring upon a social upon a social transformation.transformation.

• In the Salesian In the Salesian Journey of Faith Journey of Faith this is Transforming this is Transforming the World.the World.

Seeing each person as being Co-Creators with God, using ones gifts and looking for opportunities to share your divine calling in whatever life role one feels called to.

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We are calledWe are called• It is our obligation and It is our obligation and

opportunity as Youth opportunity as Youth Ministers to uncover the Ministers to uncover the deepest mysteries, deepest mysteries, meanings and purpose meanings and purpose with and for them by with and for them by celebrating rituals of celebrating rituals of timeless value and making timeless value and making myth of truth and life.myth of truth and life.

• We strive to empower and We strive to empower and build a healthy self build a healthy self esteem, leading youth to esteem, leading youth to discover and experience discover and experience the deeper meaning to the deeper meaning to their life.their life.

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To do it requires:To do it requires:

• A Change in A Change in ThinkingThinking

• Believing Beyond Believing Beyond AppearancesAppearances

• Dedicated actionDedicated action

• Patience and PrayerPatience and Prayer

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Need to be on same pageNeed to be on same page

• Sense of Purpose!Sense of Purpose!– Why do we do what Why do we do what

we do?we do?

• A Clear focus!A Clear focus!– What is our vision?What is our vision?

• Confidence of being Confidence of being prepared for the prepared for the task at hand. task at hand. – Formation!Formation!– Affirmation and Affirmation and

AnimationAnimation

It all comes down to becoming aware of our attitudes and planning an approach. (It is a mentality and a spirituality!)

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Create a StoryCreate a Story• Collectively we make a Collectively we make a

book.book.• Individually we are all Individually we are all

authors.authors.• The Story becomes The Story becomes

ours!ours!– The story gives life.The story gives life.– A memory of love.A memory of love.– Hopefully the story Hopefully the story

continues and expands continues and expands into the youth’s into the youth’s college, married and college, married and occupational futures.occupational futures.

All are questioning, searching and being challenged by life!