Youth Ministry
Programs and Events
- June 27-29, 2025
- Join 2,000+ high school youth for a dynamic conference featuring speakers, music, fun, and worship.
- Registration opens November 20, 2024
- Location: Benedictine University in Lisle, IL
- More information: 2025 Steubenville joliet | Partnership for Youth
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Catholic conferences that bring high school students into a life-changing encounter with Jesus Christ.
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NCYC is a powerfully unique three-day experience of prayer, community, evangelization, catechesis, service and empowerment for Catholic high schoolers and their adult chaperones.
I AM / YO SOY will be held November 20-22, 2025, at the Indiana Convention Center and Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IN. The 2025 theme will reflect on the time God appeared to Moses through the burning bush and explore how the Sacraments are the living story of God's love, uniting us with him through Jesus and the Church. Through the Sacraments, we encounter the fullness of salvation and the tabgible presence of Immanuel-God with us.
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Quo Vadis Days is a camp for young men with a desire to learn more about priesthood. Quo Vadis translates to: where are you going? Legend tells us that St. Peter asked Jesus this question on the outskirts of Rome, and we know where Jesus went in response to His Father’s will.
The four-day/three-night camp sponsored by the Archdiocese of Chicago Vocations Office and in collaboration with the Diocese of Joliet Vocation Office is an engaging event that is 100 percent seminarian led. The retreat is open to young men, ages 13 to 18, that want to learn more about the priesthood. Those attending will have a life changing encounter with Christ while having the time of their life.
The Joliet Catholic Diocese Committee on Scouting (JDCCS) gives guidance, direction, leadership and vitality in the spiritual phase of scouting to all Catholic scouts and scouters in the diocese — whether in parish-supported units or units unaffiliated with a Catholic organizations.
The Committee serves Catholic Scouts in all scouting groups, including:
- American Heritage Girls
- Boy Scouts of America/Cub Scouts
- Camp Fire USA
- Girl Scouts USA
- Other Catholic Youth Groups
- JDCCS Annual Religious Recognition Mass and Ceremony - Sunday May 4th, 2025, at 2:00pm
- Celebrated by Bishop Ronald Hicks
- All scouts who have earned a religious recognition award between April 2024 and April 2025 are invited to be honored by the Diocese of Joliet for their achievment. Come and also fulfil your Sunday obligation with the Scouts!
- Location: St. Anne Catholic Church, 551 Boulder Hill Pass, Oswego, IL.
- Registration on sight between 12:45pm - 1:45pm.
