CYFUSA Grant History

2006 ANNUAL GRANT RECIPIENTS

Diocese of El Paso Youth Ministry, El Paso, TX
Leadership Formation Program
House of Peace, Milwaukee, WI
“Pebbles of Peace Out Weighing Boulders of Violence”
St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church, Colorado Springs, CO
Daily Vacation Bible School/Lakota Pine Ridge
Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Pensacola, FL
First National Encuentro for Hispanic Youth
National Center for Catholic Youth Sports, Washington, DC
Video highlighting purpose and mission
National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry, Washington, DC
New Diocesan Directors Institute
St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Seattle, WA
“Young Disciples Leading from Their World”

In small groups, youth in Fe y Vida's summer program share their insights and faith.

Michigan Province of NFCYM in Kalamazoo, Michigan, for Provencial Youth Congress on Social Justice.
Region 7 Youth Ministry Coalition, Madison, Wisconsin, for Marching in the Light of Christ program.
Instituto Fe y Vida, Stockton, California, for Summer Program Scholarships.
Center for Ministry Development, Naugatuck, Connecticut, for Leadership Forum for diocesan directors of youth ministry and young adult ministry.
National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry, Washington, D.C., to partially underwrite their Second Wind Retreat.
Santa Maria Adolorata, Chicago, Illinois, for their Chastity: Teen 2 Teen program.
Disciples Now Ministries, Inc., Millersville, Maryland, for a local Parish and School Outreach Initiative.

Diocese of El Paso for a youth at risk program.
Diocese of Memphis for a program to foster comprehensive youth ministry among Hispanic youth.
Diocese of Yakima for support of the Certificate in Youth Ministry Program.
National Catholic Network de Pastoral Juvenil Hispana (La Red) for support toward the development of Encuentro 2006 for Hispanic youth.
National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry for support in development of the National Association of Catholic Youth Ministry Leaders.
National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry to partially underwrite a retreat for Itinerant Youth Ministers at the National Conference for Catholic Youth Ministry.
Region X Catholic Youth Ministry (c/o the Archdiocese of San Antonio) to support the RESPECTO Program, Leadership Development for Hispanic Youth Leaders.
Institute for Black Catholic Studies at Xavier University, New Orleans, LA to support formation programs for Catholic Youth Ministry Leaders in African American parishes.

Archdiocese of Indianapolis for the Fostering Future Leaders project which nurtures young adults considering professional youth ministry.
Archdiocese of San Antonio for the Faith Formation Festival adult and youth training program.
Cultivation Ministries (St. Charles, IL) for the expansion of the Outbreak of Faith Festivals.
Diocese of Belleville for the expansion of ethnic representation on the Diocesan Youth Council.
Diocese of Buffalo for “Da Bounce” – an urban Catholic youth rally.
Diocese of Honolulu for youth participation in an vocations awareness weekend retreat.
Diocese of Laredo for the first annual diocesan Youth Spectacular conference.
Diocese of Santa Rosa for an intergenerational e-learning and leadership development project.
Diocese of Springfield (MA) for the Hope for the Decade pastoral planning initiative.
Ministry Training Source (Springfield, MO) for the development of the Online Ministry Formation Project: Utilizing Online Technology in Ministry Support and Formation for Lay Ecclesial Youth Ministers.
Sacred Heart Church (Nacogdoches, TX) for the youth musical leadership project.
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church (Anchorage, AK) for the Anchorage Catholic Youth Conference.

Los Embajadores in the Archdiocese of Portland (Oregon) for group leader training for the missionary outreach program to underdeveloped communities in Mexico.
Diocese of El Paso (Texas) for youth leadership development training.
Diocese of Knoxville (Tennessee) for youth leadership training.
European Catholic Youth Conference for American youth living on military bases.
Good Shepherd Parish (Tallahassee, Florida) for the God's House ecumenical youth outreach.
Disciples Now Ministries for online ministry to Catholic teens.
Center for Ministry Development and Saint Mary's Press for the National Symposium on Effective Youth Ministry Practices in Catholic Parishes.
NFCYM for continued development of national certification standards for diocesan youth ministry personnel.

Division of Pastoral Ministries, Archdiocese of Agana for archdiocesan youth council and youth minister certification.
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of St. Louis for Youth Rock small faith communities.
Office of Schools, Child and Youth Ministries, Archdiocese of Milwaukee for an international youth peace camp.
Office of Youth Ministry, Diocese of El Paso for a youth leadership development program.
Catholic Youth Ministry Office and Office of Vocations, Diocese of Sacramento for a vocations awareness program, "When the Call Comes, How Will You Answer?"
Offices of Youth Ministry in the dioceses of Oakland, Sacramento, and San Francisco for the Youth Leader program.
Office for Family and Youth, Archdiocese of Detroit for minority participation in Justice and Peace Institute Renewed.
Office of Youth Ministry, Diocese of Rochester for its urban youth ministry initiative.

Office of Youth Ministry, Diocese of San Antonio to assist with Youth Leader 2000 training program.
Saint William of York Parish, Archdiocese of LA, to develop CrossRoads, an inner-city youth center.
Office of Youth Ministry, Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, to support their Environmental Justice Team and Training Retreats.
Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry, Diocese of Cleveland, to train coordinators for their "Youth in the City" program.
Region 10 to support their Early Adolescent Ministry Project.
NFCYM to provide scholarships for young people to participate in Encuentro 2000 in July.