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Announcing Life Teen’s 2011 Theme: “Veni Sancte Spiritus”

Are your teens and parish “fired up” when the Spirit’s fire falls or do the cradle Catholics in the pews reach for extinguishers out of a desire to remain comfortable? How do you typically celebrate the movement of the Holy Spirit in your daily life?

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Video: Fr. Bob Schreiner “The Sacramental Mystery” from the 2010 Life Teen Training Convention

Many of you have requested that we share some of the best keynotes from Life Teen training conference here on CatholicYouthMinistry.com. I am pleased to share with you all keynote from Fr. Bob Schreiner unpacking our 2010 theme “Behold the Mystery” amidst ordinary–and often funny–experiences of the sacraments. Fr. Bob spoke to a group of 600 at the Life Teen Training Convention in Scottsdale, Arizona. You’re gonna love this! Sacramental Mystery [Life Teen] from Life Teen on Vimeo.Excerpt from

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Women’s Day of Reflection

What is the biggest mystery in your life right now? When you will actually complete your “to-do” list? Where the other sock went? Why it is so hard to take time for yourself? We spend so much time, energy and effort serving and cleaning and working and cooking and entertaining that we have no time to stop, breathe and listen.

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Dealing with the “Other Stuff” of Youth Ministry

When I first started in youth ministry I was green, youthful, and enthusiastic.  I attended Diocesan meetings excited, only to encounter tenured youth ministers who appeared burned out. The longer I stayed in youth ministry, the more I understood how people get burned out. On the outside I was as enthusiastic as ever, but in all honesty, I wanted to quit everyday. Not because of the teens–I loved them–but because of “other ministry stuff.” Let’s talk about that other stuff. I wish I knew

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2010 Youth Minister’s Retreat Photos

The 2010 Youth Minister’s Retreat at Covecrest was awesome. Life Teen would like to thank Fr. Bob Schreiner for doing such a fantastic job leading the retreat. Check out some of the photos I snapped from the retreat. Enjoy! You can also view these photos on Facebook. Tag yourself if you’re in a picture! [nggallery id=1]

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2010 Youth Minister Retreat at Covecrest: It’s Not Too Late to Register!

Better Late Than Never… This certainly is a true statement when it comes to the 2010 Life Teen Youth Minister’s Retreat! If you were thinking about going, but just never got around t signing up, the great news is that you still have time. You can register online until Thursday, Jan 21st! Why should I go? Great question! This year’s retreat is being led by Fr. Bob Schreiner. Not only is Fr. Bob an insightful, intelligent, and holy man of God, he is just downright funny! I had the privilege

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All New Registration Process for 2010 Events and Camps

As you know, 2009 is quickly coming to a close. For many of you, the signs of Fall are very apparent in the crisp cool air and the bright orange leaves, and soon we will be able to hear the echos of “ fa la la la la” as groups of children Christmas carol around our neighborhoods. Most of us take time during the month of December to look back on the previous year to evaluate what we did well and what we need to work on. For the events team here at Life Teen, our December is now?. For the past

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Life Teen’s 2010 (Tentative) Dates for Events, Conference, and Camps

I know we’re just barely into August of 2009, but I wanted to let you all know the tentative dates we’ve lined up for 2010: Youth Minister’s Retreat: January 26-29, 2010 (Camp Covecrest) Life Teen Spring Training: March 15 – 19, 2010 (Camp Covecrest) Women’s Retreat: April 17-19 April 9-11, 2010 (Camp Covecrest) Life Teen Training Convention: June 13-16, 2010 (Double Tree Resort, Scottsdale, AZ) Steubenville Atlanta: July 16-18, 2010 (Gwinnett Center, Gwinnett, GA) Steubenville West: July

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Announcement: 3rd Annual Missionary Immersion Trip for Youth Ministers

In January 2009, 12 youth ministers from around the United States met for the first time in the Managua, Nicaragua airport. Each had a combination of excitement, fear and confusion on their faces. We were there as a group of strangers in a foreign country for the 2nd annual Life Teen Youth Ministers Immersion Trip. Each had their own reasons for coming on the trip, for some it was a love of mission work, for others it was a desire to experience mission first-hand before leading teens on a trip,

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Calling All Women! Join us at Covecrest for the Life Teen Women’s Retreat

Hi Friends! Today I am putting a call out to all women reading my blog. Have you signed up for the Life Teen Women’s Retreat? And if you have, did you invite a friend? Because if you have not done either, you should! I am really excited for the women who are choosing this weekend as their personal “get away time.” The team of people working on this retreat is made up of some of the finest women that I know professionally and personally. We have retreatants from all over the country, and