Archived Resources
from Leadership Conferences, Online training, Workshops, Webinars, & More 

Amoris Laetitia Webinar Series from the Partnering Organizations of Strong Catholic Families Strong Catholic Youth - Fall 2016/Spring 2017 ​(NFCYM)
​The Strong Catholic Families National Partnership invited ministry leaders, teachers, school leaders, parents and clergy to join together with others around the globe in a webinar series focusing on the pastoral implementation of Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the family, Amoris Laetitia. Four Master Teachers presented one video reflection each for four separate themes, followed by live panel  reacting to the content of each video, then discussing practical applications to various ministries. 

Webinar Theme #1: Listening to the Joys and Hungers of Families
Webinar Theme #2: Accompanying Families
Webinar Theme #3: Assisting Families in Discerning God's Movement
Webinar Theme #4: Engaging for Mission

Forming Parents as Missionary Disciples - Webinar (NFCYM) 
Belonging leads to believing. And the natural response of a disciple is missionary activity. Explore with us the many opportunities we have to encounter, accompany, form community and send forth parents to live as and make missionary disciples in the home and beyond.
​Presenters:
Diane Kledzik is the Associate Director for Evangelization, Small Christian Communities and Adult Faith Formation and Coordinator of Strong Catholic Families Strong Catholic Youth for the Department of Evangelization and Lifelong Faith Formation in the Diocese of St. Petersburg. Linda Moses serves as the Pastoral Associate at Christ the King Catholic Church in Dallas, Texas and a past president of National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers.
Katherine Angulo is the Associate Director of Youth Ministry for the Archdiocese of Atlanta.

Strong Catholic Families Webinar Series: Families Celebrating the Sacraments from Formation to Transformation (NFCYM)
The four Catholic organizations comprising the Strong Catholic Families national partnership (NFCYM, NCEA, NCCL and NACFLM) collaborated together in the fall of 2017 to host a three-part webinar series for pastoral and ministry leaders and teachers on engaging parents around the sacramental touchstones within a family’s life. Our goal is to inspire leaders to come up with creative and engaging practices and processes that will transform the traditional Sacramental prep process into an integrated and holistic Sacramental Living plan for families that will empower them to live their faith as a Domestic Church between the Sundays.
 
View each session HERE (if you did not originally register to watch a session it will ask you to register before you are able to view it).


National Conference on Catholic Youth Ministry 2016 
Los Angeles Religious Education Congress 
Fostering A Culture of Encounter with Young Disciples: A Massive Online Open Course (NACYML) Spring 2015 - Pope Francis has spoken often about the importance of encountering Christ. In this series, Frank Mercadante speaks of catechetical leaders, youth ministers, and all in ministry, becoming Architects of Encounter. In the very first video Bishop Caggiano explains that the philosophy, ideas, and tips regarding Fostering a Culture of Encounter with Young Disciples, actually applies to all of us, including those working with families. This series is a wonderful opportunity to hear experience and wisdom from Catholic leaders from around the country.
World Meeting on Families - 2015 Philadelphia 
Held every three years and sponsored by the Holy See’s Pontifical Council for the Family, the World Meeting of Families is the world’s largest Catholic gathering of families. Each World Meeting of Families has a theme that energizes and enlivens the event while adding great depth of meaning to our understanding of families. The theme of the World Meeting of Families – Philadelphia 2015 is “Love Is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive,” emphasizing the impact of the love and life of families on our society.

Catholic TV Networks Video Playlist for World Meeting of Families on YouTube 
Videos on forming faithful families, and on preparing for the World Meeting of Families

Church in the 21st Century on YouTube (Boston College)
  • Pastoral Challenges to the Family:  Families today are structured and defined differently than they were in the past. Steve Pope discusses how the Church is addressing these changes and how we can bring the gospel more into the way we live as families.
  • Family Practices: Engaging the Tradition: Kathy Hendricks provides an overview of five practices that contribute to the spiritual growth of families: storytelling, ritual, forgiveness, gratitude, and keeping Sabbath time

Blueprints Online Workshops/Dialogues
  • ​Blueprints on Tough Questions: A YouTube video of an online workshop with national speakers discussing some of the tough topics that come up when working with young people and their families.
  • Blueprints on the Family: A YouTube video of an online workshop with national speakers discussing ministry and families, and the primacy of family in the Church.  (Introductions last til about 13:00 minutes).
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How to Create a Culture of Holiness in Your Classroom (Twenty Third Publications)


COACHING
Parent and Catechist Coaching Workshop (Twenty Third Publications)
  • Overview Letter
  • Coaching Planning Guide
  • Coaching Workshop Outline
  • Coaching Workshop PowerPoint​

Why Coach Parents (Twenty Third Publications)
Learn how to Coach Parents to form their own children in Faith.

A Lifetime of Faith (Twenty Third Publications)
We know that for faith formation to “last a lifetime,” we must coach parents to take a more active role in forming their own children. Bill Huebsch and his associates offer this free planning guide and worksheet for parishes that wish to engage parents more fully in the faith formation of their children.

VIDEO
Introduction to the Person of the Catechist, created by Lori Dahlhoff ​EdD for RELED 560​