Announcement for Region II - Eastside, N. Seattle, S. Seattle, S. King County Deaneries

As you know from the previous blog entries and emails, OYYAM has undergone a restructure which will impact the ability of our staff to be as directly involved in the activities/meetings/programs of the parishes that make up Region II.

If there is an interest in pursuing calendar items or gatherings that we put on the calendar at our spring meeting, I would encourage those of you that are interested to work together to make it happen.

Please feel free to use this blog as a way to discuss and connect around this as it makes sense.

For the DRAFT calendar that we put together in the spring, please go to this link. Reminder that we decided to go with the "green" option of meetings so that there were more daytime meetings.

I did reach out to Adrianne Dyer at Kennedy Catholic HS for those that are involved in the Ministers of Youth gatherings. She said that she would work to avoid the dates we had in that calendar.

As appropriate and available, our staff will assist you with resources from our office. In particular, as we begin implementing our new staff structure, please contact Bridget Harris at 206.274.3175.

Remember that the Annual Fall Gathering is happening on Thursday, September 9 with the New Ministers Orientation on Wednesday, September 8, both at the Palisades.

Blessings,
Tauno Latvala
Director of Athletics
Office for Youth and Young Adult Ministry

CRS Food Fast Information for 2010-11

Please find information for CRS' Food Fast for 2010-11 here.

Announcement re: Region Model

The current transition period in the Office for Youth and Young Adult Ministry is making more difficult our attempts at the “regional model” of supporting youth and young adult ministry in the Archdiocese. This being the case, we are moving away from that model at this time. As we move forward, we will continue to support your efforts in youth and young adult ministry within a different structure.

If you have feedback about how we can do that, please utilize the survey that was sent out recently to do so. Thanks in advance for sharing your thoughts.

Blessings to you this summer.

Faith on Fire, Youth and Family Conference, August 20-22, St. Mary Anacortes

Please check out the flyer and registration information for the "Faith on Fire" Youth and Family Conference hosted by St. Mary in Anacortes on August 20-22.

It features both local and national presenters:

• Bishop Joseph Tyson
• Fr. Vu Tran
• Sr. Miriam Heidlund
• Angus McDonell
• Steve Ray
• Tim Staples