The following are basic resources for youth ministry. You should consider adding new resources in all areas of youth ministry as your program develops.

Youth Ministry Websites

While there are many websites that have much to offer in the area of Catholic youth ministry, we recommend the following as a starting point:

Renewing the Vision
www.usccb.org/laity/youth/renewingpart1.shtml

Catholic Campaign for Human Development
www.usccb.org/cchd/index.htm

Catholic Relief Services
www.catholicrelief.org

Center for Ministry Development
www.cmdnet.org

Cornerstone Media, Inc.,
www.cornerstonemedia.org

Disciples Now
www.disciplesnow.com

Group Publishing
www.grouppublishing.com

National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry
www.nfcym.org

Saint Mary’s Press
www.smp.org

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
www.usccb.org

Youth Ministry Network
www.ymnetwork.net

Youth Specialties
www.youthspecialties.com

Youth Ministry Print Resources
There is a growing wealth of Catholic youth ministry resources. The following, which is by no means a complete list, are offered as a starting point. These publications will assist the youth ministry team as they begin to give shape to comprehensive youth ministry in your parish.

Carotta, Michael, Sometimes We Dance, Sometimes We Wrestle: Embracing the Spiritual
Growth of Adolescents, (Harcourt Religion Publishers, Dubuque, IA, 2001)

Fields, Doug, Purpose Driven Youth Ministry: Effective Foundations for Transforming the Lives of Young People, (Zondervan Publishing Company, Grand Rapids MI, 1998)

General Directory for Catechesis, (United States Catholic Conference, Washington, DC, 1998, Publication No. 5-225)

National Directory for Catechesis, currently awaiting final approval and publication of thisdocument. See the USCCB website for further information about this resource,
www.usccb.org.

Mercadante, Frank, Growing Teen Disciples: Strategies for Really Effective Youth Ministry, (St. Mary’s Press, Winona, MN, 2001, originally published by Ave Marie Press in 1998)

NFCYM yearly Youth Ministry Resource Manual with sessions, ideas for each month along with tools for the local celebration of World Youth Day in your parish. See the NFCYM website for further information, www.nfcym.org.

Renewing the Vision: A Framework for Youth Ministry, (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, D.C. 1997. English: Publication No. 5-004, Spanish: Publication No. 5-005)

Promise to Protect, Pledge to Heal: Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington DC, 2002, PublicationNo. 5-540)
The Total Faith Initiative, (St. Mary’s Press, Christian Brothers Publications, Winona, MN, 2004)
• Includes resources from Scriptures and Tradition
• 6 youth ministry resource manuals
• 4 catechetical manuals
• A coordinator’s manual
• CD-Rom

Youth Works (Center for Ministry Development, Nauguatuck, CT ,1996) Over 200 programs and activities to create a vibrant ministry with older adolescents. Designed to implement Renewing the Vision: A Framework for Catholic Youth Ministry, the
Catholic bishops’ pastoral plan for youth ministry. Contact CMD for further information at www.cmdnet.org