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Just Youth Calling you!

Our youth ministry team works with schools, parishes, and action groups…

How do we do it?

We have a dedicated team that is made up of Spiritan priests, educational professionals and gap year volunteers. Our team comes from all over the world. Bringing different experiences, cultures and traditions to our team helps bring our ministry to life!

Chaplaincy Provision

This is our main area of ministry and offers consistent contact with the team. It is tailored to meet the needs of the school. Alongside our regular visits to the school, we also include discovery days, training, transition work and reflections for pupils, staff and much more.

Missions

The idea of mission is to bring the whole school or parish together to discover what it means to be a part of a community. These take place over 3-5 days and can include workshops, prayers and sacraments such as Reconciliation and Mass.

Let’s meet our team

Our team comes from all over the world. Bringing different experiences, cultures and traditions to our team helps bring our ministry to life…

Joel – Project manager, School chaplain

He is simple, friendly, welcoming and a happy-go-lucky minded person. Fr Joel likes meeting new friends, working with youth and young people and sharing with others, he likes football singing and dancing

David – Volunteer / IT officer

Hi. My name is David, I am very friendly. I like to play football and also practice other sports like cycling, roll-skating and swimming. My favourite food is pasta. I like all types of pasta. I also like learning new things about the other cultures, watching films, meeting new friends and traveling. Finally, my favourite colour is wine colour and my favourite fruit is Mango.

Louange – Volunter

I’m from a beautiful country called Congo. It’s full of nature and animals, and I love talking about it! I absolutely love kids, I’m a big fan of red fruits 🍓 (yum!), traveling ✈️, the sea, sun, and flowers 🌸🌼. And I really love butterflies 🦋 flying around the flowers – they’re so pretty!

Nicholas – Finance officer, School chaplain

Fr. Nicholas Keep the smile no matter what, and never hesitate to spell out the feeling because that makes the smile genuine. Nicholas loves working with young people, “once teacher, always teacher”. This given the vibe to the joy behind his energy. He loves anything sweet except chocolate. Singing and dancing is special to him. Above all, travelling and meeting new people adds to the uniqueness.

Claudia – Volunteer, School liaison officer

My Name is Claudia, I am from Cameroon. I like cooking, reading and listening to music.

Johnmary – Volunteer

Hi, this is Ani Chimaobi Johnmary Henry, from Nigeria. He is hospitable and believe so much in teamwork. He is a teacher, and disciplinarian. He is humble and ready to listen and learn new things. His best games include, race, volley ball and workout. Travelling, reading, singing dancing, cooking, and meeting new people are his hobbies. He likes Nigerian native foods. He likes banana and avocados as his best fruits.

Fabias – Retreat lead

Hi, I come from Uganda. I like travelling, playing football, having fun and above making friends. My greatest joy is serving above self, for we need one another to reach far. This reminds me of my childhood note from my mother; “Son, she said; If you want to reach first, go alone; but if you want to reach, move with others”

Who are we?

We are a missionary project set up in 1998 by the Spiritan congregation in the catholic church of the British Province. By aiming all of our activities around supporting the moral, social, spiritual and cultural development of the children, we hope to motivate them to become fair and justice-seeking adults. We want to help young people explore and express their feelings, beliefs and challenges through discussion, reflection and activities in an atmosphere that is relaxed, safe, supportive and fun!

Discovery days

Whether in school or at our Centre, discovery days are a chance for pupils to take a step back and do something different. Each day is aimed at helping young people explore issues, inform opinions and values, and encourage them to build a better world for the future. Some of our most popular themes include:

What do we do?

Our youth ministry team works with schools, Parishes and action groups specialising in:

  • Work in primary and high schools across UK.
  • We facilitate retreats, mission days and Peer mentor trainings for schools, parish youth groups and various youth organisations.
  • Altar servers training. Learning the order and meaning of the Mass (or other services).
  • We facilitate chaplaincies for schools and colleges.
  • Just Youth Outreach Program for local communities, various minority groups.
  • Staff and pupils’ reflections, assemblies, and various liturgical celebrations.
  • Gap Year placement experience for young adults.
  • Promoting justice and active citizenship.