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RESOURCES & IDEAS
FOR EVANGELIZATION &
​FAITH FORMATION

from the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown

Office of Faith Formation and Lay Ecclesial Ministry
225 Elm Street
Youngstown, Ohio 44503
330 744-8451
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Click here to be directed to a Lenten Learning Opportunity from Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions (FDLC)
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The Lenten Season

find lenten resources for adults, families, youth, and children
get catholic relief services prayers, lessons, and resources for lent
liturgical preparation aid for Lent, Triduum, & Easter 2022

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Holy Week & Triduum

Bishop Bonnar's Homily for the Chrism Mass 2022
Find Holy Week & Triduum Resources & Videos
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For a list of times and locations please visit http://doy.org/thelightisonforyou/​
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Prayer for Ukraine and Litany for Healing​
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​National Eucharistic Revival 

What is the Eucharistic Revival?
Corpus Christi Novena English
Corpus Christi Novena Spanish
Phase 2 of the Eucharistic Revival
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Synod 2021-2023
The Church of God is convoked in Synod.
Pope Francis invites the whole Church:
"By walking together, and together reflecting on the journey made, the Church will be able to learn from what it will experience which processes can help it to live communion, to achieve participation, to open itself to mission."

find out how we as a diocese are participating in and praying for the synod
Read Bishop Bonnar's Homily for the Synod Opening Mass, October 17, 2021 at Saint Columba Cathedral
Help children to understand what a synod is with pdfs from Pflaum Publishing: In ENGLISH, and in SPANISH. 
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Bishop Bonnar's Pastoral Letter, 
​"Testify to the Light"

"Testify to the light" Pastoral Letter
Resources for Priority #1: PRAYER
Resources for Priority #2: Healing
Resources for Priority #3: Communication
Resources for Priority #4: Service
Resources for Priority #5: Joyful Witness
Resources for Small groups
Resources for Eucharist

Pope Francis joins with bishops from North and South America to remind us that getting vaccinated is an act of love. READ MORE

Find "Catholic Cares," PROMOTING EDUCATION OF THE COVID-19 VACCINATION
Revised guidance for Public Liturgies Diocese of Youngstown March 2022
Diocesan department of pastoral & educational services guidelines March 2022
Quick tips for creating engaging faith formation videos for kids
joining in prayer
practices for creating spiritual space in digital gatherings
7 practices for faith-filled online gathering
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Fight the sin of racism with these resources: 

work against racism
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An Ecumenical Christian Prayer
O God, Trinity of love,
from the profound communion of your divine life,
pour out upon us a torrent of fraternal love.
Grant us the love reflected in the actions of Jesus,
in his family of Nazareth,
and in the early Christian community.
Grant that we Christians may live the Gospel,
discovering Christ in each human being,
recognizing him crucified
in the sufferings of the abandoned
and forgotten of our world,
and risen in each brother or sister
who makes a new start.
Come, Holy Spirit, show us your beauty,
reflected in all the peoples of the earth,
so that we may discover anew
that all are important and all are necessary,
different faces of the one humanity
that God so loves. Amen.
(concluding prayer of Fratelli Tutti
Given in Assisi, at the tomb of Saint Francis,
on 3 October, Vigil of the Feast of the Saint, in the year 2020)

"Fratelli Tutti"
A call from Pope Francis to live as one family

Short Summary from Vatican News
Long summary from Vatican News
The Encyclical at the Vatican Website
USCCB Study Guide for Fratelli Tutti
Guía de Estudia Sobre la fraternidad y la amistad social
Invite your community to build “a better kind of politics, one truly at the service of the common good” (Fratelli Tutti, no. 154)?  
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Civilize It: A Better Kind of Politics responds to Pope Francis’ call in Fratelli Tutti to “seek the good of all people” (no. 182) by encountering our neighbors and entering into a dialogue that seeks the truth across perspectives. This new initiative challenges Catholics and people of goodwill to cultivate a sense of solidarity with our brothers and sisters that transcends our differences. 
Take the Pledge

"The Church is in a permanent state of mission"

                                                                         - (Pontifical) Directory for Catechesis, 2020

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