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both where we have been been as well as where we are going as a
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Here is the listing for the first quarter (January-March), 2007. For the full listing, please go here.
 Anne
MarieCribben |
 IreneFriend |
 MichaelHart |
 BeckiKamen |
 Sr.
EileenMcCann |
 BobMcCarty |
 GeneMonterastelli |
 MarkOestreicher |
 MarkPacione |
 MikePatin |
 MikeSt. Pierre |
 AnnaScally |
 TerriTelepak |
Wednesday,
March 28, 2007
TERRI TELEPAK
LINK:
here. (The podcast
lasts 9:58 minutes and is 9.35mb, taped 02/23/07)
BIO:
Terri is a Pastoral Associate at
Saint Raphael Parish, in Bay
Village, Ohio. (Diocese of
Cleveland) She has years of experience, having previously served as a
diocesan director of youth ministry in Greensburg, PA. For over
ten years, she served on the USCCB Committee on Catechesis.
QUOTE TO NOTE: I think a big part of Goal One
of Renewing the Vision (which is “to empower young people to live
as disciples) is a social justice or service outreach where we become
Christ for others. You actually put on the towel and wash the feet of
your friends. We do that by performing the corporal works of mercy by
feeding the hungry and clothing the naked. . . The goal is equipping our
young people to be able to follow in the footsteps of Jesus.
OBSCURE FACTOID: Terri was, is, and will continue to be one
of the leading voices in our church regarding adolescent catechesis.
BEHIND THE SCENES: Wooo Hooo. A Tuesday night
edit and an advance screening for the subject. What a novel
concept was this intended concept! Terri answered the first
question for probably about an additional 90 seconds, but it was edited
for time constraints. That is why the question came up as to how
she spends the rest of her week.
BLOG REFLECTION:
can be read
here
for March 28th.
>> Back to complete list of Studio participants <<
Wednesday,
March 21, 2007
ANNE MARIE CRIBBIN
LINK:
here. (The podcast
lasts 10:22 minutes and is 9.72mb, taped 02/23/07)
BIO:
Anne Marie is the parish youth minister at
St. Jane Frances de
Chantal in Bethesda,
Maryland. She, along with her comedic partner Justin, form
Over the
Top Ministries. Anne Marie has been active for years with
the summer
Encounter the Gospel of Life
program as well. Cribbs blogs regularly
here.
QUOTE TO NOTE:
Anne
Marie described that her job description includes being sparkly and
luminous. "I wear glitter daily," she suggested. "I think the
sparkly and luminous is part of just the joy that comes with youth
ministry. I think that it is a definite job requirement... that there is
a love and passion for (our ministry) and it comes out in the joy that
we have for the work.
OBSCURE FACTOID: Anne Marie and Justin from Over the
Top gave me my longest and hardest laugh (with tears) at the NCCYM in
Denver. Read the blog.
BEHIND THE SCENES: My Wednesday mornings with last
minute editing continue to be a mess. Sigh, again! Really pleased
with the sound quality on this one (except for a little mic movement
under a story of Anne Marie's) despite being back to taping off the speaker phone.
BLOG REFLECTION:
can be read
here
for March 21st.
Wednesday,
March 14, 2007
GENE MONTERASTELLI
LINK:
here. (The podcast
lasts 11:23 minutes and is 10.66mb, taped 02/23/07)
BIO:
Since 1996
Gene has been 52% (he out weighs his business partner) of
APeX Ministries. As a performance
ministry APeX combines death defying juggling, sketch comedy, drama, and
personal testimony. Gene can get out of a straight jacket, pick off
little green army men with a bull whip, ride a unicycle, ride a mini
bike, juggle five balls, eat fire, and do a handful of card tricks (not
all at once). Gene is a fellow collaborator on the
Resources for Living and Hope and blogs regularly at
http://brblue.org/blog.
QUOTE TO NOTE:
Inside the Youth Ministers’ Studio:
The
last time that you were out and saw a great adult to a good job of
coordinating (youth) ministry services, it looked like…?
Gene: It looked like someone managing a whole bunch of adults.
Their responsibility, on some level, wasn’t to the young people, at all.
They were definitely the public face and they were the ones that did the
greeting at the door, but most of their work was coordinating with the
adults to make sure everything that was happening was happening well. It
was the (other) adults job to interact individually with the young
people. It was other high school students’ job to interact with the
students coming through the door.
OBSCURE FACTOID: Gene and I first met on the exhibit hall
floor at the NCCYM in Orlando in 1996. I kept sending female youth
ministers from Baltimore over to his exhibit area to stand still as Brad
and Gene tossed bolwing pins pass them.
BEHIND THE SCENES: This was my second face-to-face
interview. Last minute editing continues. Sigh!
BLOG REFLECTION:
can be read
here
for March 14th.
>> Back to complete list of Studio participants <<
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Wednesday,
March 7, 2007
MIKE ST. PIERRE
LINK:
here. (The podcast
lasts 10:17 minutes and is 10.98mb, taped 02/26/07)
BIO:
Mike St. Pierre is the Director of Franciscan Youth Ministry at
Archbishop Curley High School in
Baltimore. With over ten years of lay ministry and a track record for
success, Mike brings insight and experience to issues of faith and
personal productivity. Mike is a fellow collaborator on the
Resources for Living and Hope and blogs regularly at
http://mikestpierre.blogspot.com
QUOTE TO NOTE: (re: Catholic Identity) A lot of
communities struggle with how do we use this institution, whether it is
a hospital or a high school, to pass along our heritage, but the more
proximate question for me is how do I help that teacher who is passionate about
lacrosse; how do I help them be more passionate about Jesus?
OBSCURE FACTOID: Mike brings a whole "professional;" stance
to his ministry, constantly looking at the best practices of the
ministry field and looking to make applications to his ministry and
teaching
BEHIND THE SCENES: After some coaching from a
friend and next week's interviewee, I modified my own voice level a bit
with the microphone. Still learning. Also, I have been a
disaster the last three weeks with last minute editing- which is not
fair to the interviewees who do not get their promised advance look.
BLOG REFLECTION:
can be read
here
for March 7th.
Wednesday,
February 28, 2007
MARK PACIONE
LINK:
here. (The podcast
lasts 10:27 minutes and is 10.98mb, taped 01/20/07)
BIO:
Mark Pacione has been the Director for the
Division of Youth and Young Adult Ministries in the
Archdiocese of
Baltimore for over two decades. Beyond an office staff of
six, he also watches over college
campus ministry and the
Msgr. O'Dwyer
Reatreat House.
QUOTE TO NOTE:
Young people are
my “holy door” always. They are the door to what is holy. They are the
door to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. They are the door to my faith.
OBSCURE FACTOID: Mark is an excellent cook. Like many other
productions in which Mark has been involved, his creativity and passions
are multi-tasked until the final product is plated before you. . .
always delicious, filling, and warm.
BEHIND THE SCENES: Still learning as I'm playing
along. When this was taped, I only knew how to mic up the phone
conference call, and did not trust the mic holding/ passing. I've
since done that twice, so the fact that this was taped while we were
separated by our office walls now seems silly,
BLOG REFLECTION:
can be read
here
for Feb. 28.
>> Back to complete list of Studio participants <<
Wednesday,
February 21, 2007
MARK OESTREICHER
LINK:
here. (The podcast
lasts 11:44 minutes and is 10.98mb, taped 01/13/07)
BIO:
Mark Oestreicher (Marko) is the president of Youth Specialties.
For over 30 years
Youth Specialties has worked
alongside Christian youth workers of just about every denomination and
youth-serving organization by providing publications, training, and
leadership. Marko has a thoughtful, well-hyperlinked, funny/rude,
personal blog which is found at
www.ysmarko.com.
QUOTE TO NOTE:
This
is an area where a lot of youth workers and churches, in general, go
wrong in terms of discipleship and that’s they just treat it (discipleship)
as a
program or a component of their youth ministry rather than the goal of
the ministry. The command of Christ is that we go into the world and
create disciples. And that’s what the whole point of youth ministry is
about. . . . Discipleship is what we should be all about.
OBSCURE FACTOID: During the conversation, Marko talks about
the challenges of "attractional" ministry. Since the taping, he
expanded on these thoughts in this
blog entry. Days later, Dr. Leonard Sweet
also addressed
this theme at Baylor. This
line of discussion should NOT be obscure in any youth ministry field,
let alone Catholic youth ministry.
BEHIND THE SCENES: Ahhh, an editing confession -
When this was taped, my Baltimore Ravens and Marko's home team, the San Diego Chargers,
both looked as if they were might be NFL playoff rivals. Therefore, the call
started off with some trash talk, mostly on my part. Unfortunately, both
teams lost their home games during next weekend.
BLOG REFLECTION:
can be read
here
for Feb. 21.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
SR. EILEEN MC CANN
LINK:
here.
(The podcast lasts 10:17 minutes and is 9.47mb,
taped 01/20/07)
BIO: Eileen McCann is a Sister of Saint Joseph of
Carondelet. She is presently the
Coordinator for Youth and Young Adult
Ministry for the Secretariat for Family, Laity, Woman, and Youth for the
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
QUOTE TO NOTE:
(Discipleship is about transmitting) the message that we are both Good
Friday and resurrection people. Sometimes when we use that word,
discipleship, we get sucked into that Good Friday image – the notion
that we need to suffer, that we need to do the hard stuff which is
certainly a part of it – but there is also a joy that come with that. .
. . But, the big thing to teach young people is that Good Friday and
Easter Sunday are one event and without Good Friday, there would be no
Easter Sunday. And without Easter Sunday, Good Friday does not make any
sense. . . There is Alleluia that goes along with (our faith.)
OBSCURE FACTOID: Sr. Eileen has played along in an
NCAA March Madness basketball pool for the past few years. What
any fellow player can confirm for you is that, for certain, Sr. Eileen
is a staunch defender of her home team, the Syracuse Orange. For
those watching, they are 17-8 overall, 6-5 in the Big East and are
nowere to be found on the AP Top 25.
BEHIND THE SCENES:
This was part of a
series of three tapings in one day. There is some minor mic
adjusting at the beginning, but, beyond that, no real tech glitches.
I think this may have been the most conversational of the interviews
thus far.
BLOG REFLECTION: can be read
here
for Feb. 14.
>> Back to complete list of Studio participants <<
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
MICHAEL HART
LINK:
here.
(The podcast lasts 9:56 minutes and is 9.31mb, taped
02/03/07)
BIO: As
you'll hear in the interview, Michael has taken on new responsibilities
with coordination of the Australian Archdiocese of Brisbane's
celebration of World Youth Day. He has worked with the Youth and
Children's Ministry (YCM) team assists deaneries and parishes to nurture
Catholic Christian spirituality in young people from sacramental
initiation to early twenties.
QUOTE TO NOTE:
What we learned about the Vision
of Youth Ministry: "We don't have one solid vision for ministry with
young people. But, for the last two decades, we've look to the
United States and particularly that statement as out guiding principles.
The (Australian) bishops have offered different pastorals and a number
of statement along the way but not as significant as a Vision of Youth
Ministry and Renewing the Vision.
BEHIND THE SCENES:
This was taped at the
NFCYM's annual membership meeting in Colorado Springs. It was my
first face-to-face interview which offered me my first opportunity
to set up, pass a mic back and forth, and be hospitable. (I got
Michael a glass of water before the interview.) We were in a hotel
conference hallway so we also were in stop-and-go mode and various
people and the ambient cell-phone conversations passed by.
BLOG REFLECTION: can be read
here
for Feb. 7.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
BECKI KAMAN
LINK:
here.
(The podcast lasts 8:19 minutes and is 7.78mb, taped
01/20/07)
BIO:
Becki is the Coordinator for Youth Ministry at
St. Francis of Assisi
in Fulton, Maryland. She is a staff member
for the Justice Action Week (JAW) program for the Archdiocese of
Baltimore. She was recent named as chair of the “Servant (leadership)
Team” of the Association of Professional Youth Ministers.
QUOTE TO NOTE:
I think that just found that God
has given me the gifts that I need to serve in this role, in this
ministry. It’s something I feel that I do well and that I able to make
a difference in the lives of our young people and their families. I
can’t fight that. If that’s what God has given the gifts for, then I
need to keep on doing it.
OBSCURE FACTOID: I was part of Becki’s interview team.
It was a large committee and there was a lot, A LOT, of youth ministry
experience and expertise in the room. I asked her publicly if she would
find the group intimidating and she responded no. Later, in the
interview, she corrected me in front of the whole group adding “Hey, I’m
not intimidated by the likes of you.” The interview committee howled
and she was hired.
BEHIND THE SCENES:
This was taped on Jan.
20 but was edited the night before posting, all in an effort to maintain
the Wednesday schedule. Let’s not do THAT again, shall we…?
BLOG REFLECTION: can be read
here
for Jan. 31.
>> Back to complete list of Studio participants <<
Wednesday,
January 24, 2007
ANNA SCALLY
LINK:
here.
(The podcast lasts 10:00 minutes and is 9.37mb, taped
01/02/07)
BIO: Anna
is the President of
Cornerstone Media, Inc., in Santa Rosa, California. Anna is an
inspiring workshop and youth rally speaker, youth ministry training
consultant, and a disc jockey. She was M.C. of the catechetical sessions
for 77,000 young people at Mile High Stadium in Denver for World Youth
Day.
She
has recently written
Keys to Happiness. Anna received the
National Catholic Youth Ministry award in 2006. More
here.
QUOTE TO NOTE: (I'm involved in Catholic youth ministry
because) I feel its my responsibility with the life I have been given. .
. I've been blessed with people in my life who loved me and believed in
me, and I know that I would have called that (experience) ministry.
OBSCURE FACTOID: Anna does not always know what song will be a
hit. Once, I sat with her in a country-western karaoke bar on
Saint Patrick's Day in Caldwell, Idaho. We left after this one
angry young woman sang what we both thought was the most awful song we
had heard in recent memory. Two weeks later, we were stunned to
see it began climbing the pop charts. That song??
Goodbye, Earl by the Dixie Chicks.
BEHIND THE SCENES: Seriously, nothing in this life
can be more painful than editing your own voice when it is placed
alongside the professional dj's. Also, there is some ambient
ambulance wailing. Sigh, think I'll head back to Caldwell. . .
BLOG REFLECTION: can be read
here
for Jan. 24.
Wednesday,
January 17, 2007
MIKE PATIN
LINK:
here. (The podcast
lasts 9:26 minutes and is 8.85mb, taped 12/29/06)
BIO:
Mike is a Catholic "faith horticulturalist", having
previously served for thirteen years in diocesan youth ministry for the
Archdiocese of New Orleans. Mike received the National Catholic Youth
Ministry award in 2006. More
here.
QUOTE TO NOTE: It helped me see- this is what youth
ministry is about. They talked about their personal relationship with
God. They talked about their dreams and how they would approach careers
and still be people of faith and I sat there in awe. . .
OBSCURE FACTOID: Mike fell in love with
Cologne, Germany. Unlike many others, however, it was not at World Youth Day. He was the keynote
presenter at the 2006 European Catholic Youth Conference.
BEHIND THE SCENES: Mike's podcast, while third in
rotation, was the first taped and edited and was made available to
Irene, Bob, and next week's guest, Anna Scally. The music on this
podcast is actually the theme music from the TV inspiration for this
podcast,
Inside the Actors' Studio.
BLOG REFLECTION:
can be read
here
for Jan. 17.
>> Back to complete list of Studio participants <<
Wednesday,
January 10, 2007
BOB McCARTY, D. Min.
LINK:
here. (The podcast lasts 8:28 minutes and is 7.93mb, taped 01/02/07)
BIO: This summer, Dr. Bob will begin his tenth year as
Executive Director of the
National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry. Bob received his
doctorate of ministry from the Graduate Theological Foundation in
Indiana in May 1998. He continues to author resources for Catholic youth
ministry and to provide training programs and presentations on ministry
issues internationally. More
here.
QUOTE TO NOTE: Catholic youth ministry has truly been a
blessing to my own spirituality and to my own faith journey. I just have
loved this ministry and it has been a wonderful opportunity for me to
combine my gifts with my passion. . . (but also) Catholic youth ministry
is a wonderfully subversive way to change the church.
OBSCURE FACTOID: Each New Year's Eve night, Bob and Maggie
open their home for their "Loser's Party," offering a place for those
who might have no other place to ring in the new year. There is a
whole slate of rituals and activities connected to the annual ringing in
of the new year.
BEHIND THE SCENES: I was still learning on the
audio-taping side of life here. Bob's voice picks up as a little
louder (and clearer) than mine- - - but the effort was to record Bob so
this is what we have.
BLOG REFLECTION: can be read
here for Jan. 10.
Wednesday,
January 3, 2007
IRENE
FRIEND
LINK:
here. (The podcast lasts 9:04 minutes and is 8.49mb,
taped 01/02/07)
BIO: Irene was the diocesan director with decades of
service in the Archdiocese of Chicago. Busy in "retirement," she
finds herself wearing many hats- as a parish dre/cym, as a consultant,
and as an active leader in national committees. Irene
received the National Catholic Youth Ministry award in 1992 and was
recognized for her lifetime of service by the NFCYM in 2004.
QUOTE TO NOTE:
(To empower
young people to lives as disciples) means calling them forth,
challenging them, encouraging them and walking with them to live the
values that Jesus modeled for us in every day life, at school, at work,
with our families and our friends - - - To be a person of compassion and
empathy, of loving care and concern, in service to those in need and a
champion of worthy causes and centered in prayer and worship.
OBSCURE FACTOID: Although Irene is the first to be
posted up, she was third interview. She was, also, the third in a row to
suggest that God would meet them at the Pearly Gates with a warm "Welcome
Home."
BEHIND THE SCENES: Irene was extremely gracious. She
gave a wonderful interview and while I was editing it, I inadvertently
lost the file. Calling three hours later with much apologies,
Irene repeated her interview and this is what we have before us. Music
is from
here.
BLOG REFLECTION: can be read
here
for Jan. 3.
Monday,
January 1, 2007
INSIDE
THE YOUTH MINISTERS' STUDIO
I am a big fan of Bravo's
Inside the Actors' Studio. If you have never seen it, you
might be fooled into think it is just another celebrity interview show.
But, it's not. It is and always has been a classroom. The
host, James Lipton, elicits for his students some of the basics of the
craft of acting.
After fooling around with pod-casting in a scatter-shot way, I became
determined to become slightly more serious about it. Somewhere
along the line, the concept occurred to open a pod classroom to discuss
the craft of catholic youth ministry. There is already a long
"hit-list" of potential guests, many of whom are the "celebrities" of
our field. Unlike the Bravo show, however, it is hoped that you will
become introduced to some folks just like you and me who are our
co-workers in the vineyard.
The classroom will open with a new guest every Wednesday. The first
podcast will be available on Wednesday, January 3. I know that I
am personally looking forward to this and hope you find it exciting as
well!
[studio]
WHO IS
INSIDE THE YOUTH MINISTERS' STUDIO?
o Steve Angrisano
04/18/07
o Mark Moitoza
04/11/07
o Bob Rice
04/04/07
o Terri Telepak
03/28/07
o Anne Marie Cribbin
03/21/07
o Gene Monterastelli
03/14/07
o Mike St. Pierre
03/07/07
o Mark Pacione
02/28/07
o Mark Oestreicher
02/21/07
o Eileen McCann
02/14/07
o Michael Hart
02/07/07
o Becki Kaman
01/31/07
o Anna Scally
01/24/07
o Mike Patin
01/17/07
o Bob McCarty
01/10/07
o Irene Friend
01/03/07
NEXT WEEK ON
INSIDE THE YOUTH MINISTERS' STUDIO?
