总教区青少年事工 (OCY)

Each September the OCY provides a focused weekend for training for adults on a Saturday and for teen leaders on a Sunday. These days in September help veteran and new leaders in parish youth ministry in their growth and development as mentoring disciples for the younger people in their parishes and programs. The weekend features speakers, workshops, worship and prayer time and an opportunity for leaders to really experience just how large of a community there is in the Archdiocese of Toronto focusing on bringing young people to Christ. Information for this event is provided by the Office of Catholic Youth every August.

For parishes that run a comprehensive Edge Ministry for grade 6-8 kids at their parishes, the OCY helps handle the logistics and preparations for one of the largest collaborative efforts among parishes in the Archdiocese of Toronto. Partnering with over 30 parishes in 2024, the OCY helps facilitate 3 Edge Camps back to back to back in late August at Camp White Pine in Haliburton. Each camp consists of about 10 or so parishes all working together based on their shared geographical region to make up "Edge Camp West", "Edge Camp East" and "Edge Camp North-Central." The camp is run by leaders and volunteers of the participating parishes, and is available only to parishes that run an Edge ministry-styled program to which the camp experience is set up to compliment and enhance.

The OCY is committing to helping high school-based youth ministries experience Franciscan youth conferences either at main campus in Steubenville Ohio or provide a similar weekend experience closer to home in the GTA. The OCY has hosted these conferences in recent years in Oshawa, and oversaw the logistics to send 8 busloads of teens to Ohio in July of 2024! Contact the Office of Catholic Youth to find out what conference plans lay in store for 2025!

A Catholic summer camp full of exciting opportunities for children and teens to experience the joy of our faith in a fun day camp environment. Totus Tuus runs for five weeks from July to August. Parishes can register for one of these weeks in order to bring a team of 4 Totus Tuus missionaries to facilitate a summer camp in their parish.