Check out these great online prayer resources: Daily prayer and reflection site; www.sacredspace.ie Rejesus www.rejesus.co.uk Loads of stuff on this site. Take time to browse Lifeteen www.lifeteen.com Daily devotional prayers Searching for direction?...
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The Youth Service has written a new training course for young people who are or wish to become leaders within their parish, peer ministers or catechists. It has been piloted in a couple of parishes and is available now across the diocese. If you wish to have the course run in...
Proper planning and evaluation can often be the key to a successful event. These documents will help you plan and evaluate your session, and help the young people involved to do the same. Download PDF's here: Session plan/evaluation Session record sheet Young people's...
Risk assessment is a vital and important consideration for anybody working with young people. Here you can download a guide to conducting a risk assessment. You can also download a sample risk assessment, and also a pro forma to produce your own. Download PDF's here: Risk...
A form that can be used to gain parental consent for an activity. Download PDF here Download Word...
These sample job descriptions for common roles within the community can be used as a reference for creating your own. Download PDFs Here: Catechist Helper Youth Worker Download Word Documents: Catechist Helper Youth...
This document can be used to record an incident that takes place during your work. Download PDF here Download Word...
Should the need arise, and a worker is required to make a confidential declaration of sensitive information, (such as a criminal record) this form can be used and outlines the procedure. Download PDF here Download Word...
In order to exercise the Church’s duty to care for its children and young people in terms of the Children’s Act (1989) and the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974), we ask all prospective helpers in children’s and young people’s work to complete this form. Download...
These are 10 steps to follow when thinking about youth ministry in your parish. This is not an exhaustive list and is just a basic guide. Download PDF...
