August 14, 2019 Hello Dear Friends! How's your week going? If you are sending a young person or two off to a new school year this week, I hope things are going smoothly! I've been praying for all of our students, teachers, and parents this week. Let's get right to the notes! "Meet and Greets" [...]
August 6, 2019 Hello Dear Friends! How are you doing? I hope your week is going well. Youth Ministry Notes are back up and running! Depending on what I have to share, they will be sent either weekly or every other week. If you have any news that you wanted to share with the youth [...]
Hello Dear Friends! My name is Vicky Hathaway, and I’m excited to introduce myself as the new Ministry Consultant for Youth and Young Adult Ministry for the Diocese of Gary. First things first: What is a Ministry Consultant for Youth and Young Adult Ministry? Simply put, I am your contact person here at the Diocese of [...]
December, 2018 After a long period of prayerful discernment, I recently informed Bishop Hying of my decision to resign my position as director of the Office for Youth & Young Adults (OYYA). He and I will meet soon to discuss an exit strategy, but for now I intend to remain through World Youth Day (January [...]
February 27, 2019 attn: Youth & Young Adult Ministry leaders (including former or prospective NCYC group leaders) I am happy to announce that I will remain employed by the Diocese of Gary to oversee three important youth and young adult ministry events in 2019: the TAPT retreat (March 16-17), the new Awakening retreat (April 12-14), [...]