Thursday, September 4, 2008

Catholic Aid Council Youth Liaisons

What’s a good way to involve the youth and young adults of your parish in Council events? Recruit a Youth Liaison. This position is not required, but recommended for every council. This person maintains a connection with the parish youth group, confirmation class, school and religious education coordinator. The person in this position also has a hand recruiting project team leaders, and acts as the liaison between youth project teams and local council officers.

The Youth Liaison does NOT have to be an officer or a member of Catholic Aid. The youth liaison can be a young leader who is in high school or college. Also, the youth liaison can be an older individual, perhaps a youth minister, or confirmation class teacher. We encourage you to choose a Youth Liaison who is a younger person in touch with the younger members of the council and parish. If you need help recruiting for this position, give me a call. I’d love to help.

Here are some ways we can connect:
-Let me know about your council events that are focused on youth and young adults, because I’d really like to come and connect with your young leaders.
-If you are meeting with a priest or a school principal, I’d be happy to come along to explain our youth programs to them.
-If you are interested in adding a council youth liaison to your council, I’d be glad to talk with your council and the potential youth liaison to increase understanding of the council position.

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