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New TYME OUT Chapel

In November Bishop Donald Hying dedicated a new chapel at  the TYME OUT Youth Center in memory of Sister Benet Begusch, who worked at TYME OUT for 30 years before her death in 2011.  Click this link  TYME OUT Chapel

for a photo series on the dedication ceremony.  Click on each picture to enlarge the picture and read a brief explanation of the event. 

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Miley -- Oh My!

I just yesterday happened on the infamous Miley Cyrus VMA debacle.  So that's how our young people got their sex education of the week lesson.  Consider the series of images our children have grown up with -- picture after picture of the clear-eyed, innocent, wholesome Hannah Montana tween idol -- morphing into this.  We've got to do better!  We have to tell ... Read More »

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Getting Teens to Talk -- and Listen

When working with teens you only have two problems: one is getting them to talk, the other is geting them to listen.   I am convinced that one of the key components of good youth ministry and catechesis is the interaction of the participants – the interaction of youth with youth, and of youth with adults.   This interaction is brought about principally through dialogue. Some of the dialogue ... Read More »

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What To Do About Bullying

Kind and caring kids make a close and caring class, and a close and caring class helps to make a kinder kid.   How do we as teachers, catechists, and youth ministers deal with the problem of bullying?  It is my conviction that the anti-bullying conversation puts far too much emphasis on the negative behaviors of the bully. I prefer to put the focus on fostering positive friendship ... Read More »

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Love Them -- and Teach Them to Love

As people of faith, we believe that our children were created by a loving God. God created them (and us) from love, for love, to love. Our task as adults is to help our children to realize that their very life is a love gift, and to teach them -- year by year, day by day, hour by hour, -- how to love – how to love God, how to love others, and even how to love themselves.   Central to this task will be ... Read More »

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