Catholic Youth Ministry Podcast

Practical formation for your professional vocation.

About the show

Welcome to the Catholic Youth Ministry podcast, your home for practical and inspiring formation for your professional vocation. Join seasoned youth ministers Nic and Edmund as they discuss various aspects of life lived on mission for the Church and its youth. Episodes of CYMP are released weekly. You can find full-length video episodes on Facebook and YouTube as well as audio versions on your favorite podcast app - just search Catholic Youth Ministry Podcast.

Episodes

  • 8: Creating Your Youth Ministry Budget: YM Budgeting Series Part 2

    May 13th, 2020  |  26 mins 46 secs
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    Last week Edmund kicked off the CYMP budgeting series! To recap, last week Edmund shared how budgeting can transform your youth ministry and why a budget is so important. Today we bring you part two: actually creating your budget. Pull up a chair, get ready to take some notes, hit play and get budgeting!

  • 7: Transform Your Youth Ministry with Budgeting - Budgeting Series Part 1

    May 4th, 2020  |  44 mins 50 secs
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    Working within the boundaries set for you by your parish is a challenge all those working in ministry face. Budgeting can be confusing, overwhelming, anxiety-producing, or even all of the above. Don't push it off until the last minute! Edmund is here to share practical tips and advice on how to capitalize upon the boundaries that have been set for you - no matter what they are.

  • 6: Quick Exciting Update

    May 3rd, 2020  |  11 mins 41 secs
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  • 5: Missionary Spirituality of the Youth Minister

    March 24th, 2020  |  1 hr 9 mins

    This episode features a throwboack to the '90s. We discuss JPII's "Redemptoris Missio" and the director of youth ministry's call to not only create missionary disciples, but to be one themselves.

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    4: Finding a Job in Catholic Youth Ministry

    March 17th, 2020  |  1 hr 6 mins

    So you've discerned the call to serve as a youth minister in the Church, great! Now how do you get HIRED?

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    3: Discerning the Call to Missionary Youth Ministry

    March 10th, 2020  |  49 mins 37 secs
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    So, you want to be a youth minister? Great! Are you sure? We're back and talking about how to discern if God is calling you to professional youth ministry. Plot twist: It’s more than just working with youth.

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    2: What is Youth Ministry

    February 28th, 2020  |  52 mins 47 secs
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    Back to basics! We're answering the question on everyone's minds: what is youth ministry? We've got quotes from the Catechism, we've got definitions, we've got witty anecdotes, we've got it all.

  • 1: Why You Should Listen

    January 21st, 2019  |  23 mins 58 secs
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    We talk about the importance of having a specifically Catholic podcast on youth ministry, and how that makes our different from the other youth ministry podcasts out there. We also discuss who this podcast is intended for and what we plan to do in the upcoming weeks.

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    Live Call-in Episode

    January 4th, 2019  |  2 hrs 5 mins
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    We hosted a live call-in episode on Instagram live and took calls and voicemails from a bunch of youth ministers.