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Going Deeper in Small Group | Team 8

How Do Small groups Grow in Friendship? My team and I were putting on a retreat with the theme “Love One Another,” our theme about having strong friendships and being a good friend. The girls in my small group already knew each other but were able to open up more deeply about their friendships and […]

Tom Ryan Named President of NET Ministries Foundation

As we spent a year soliciting feedback from bishops, youth ministry leaders, alumni, and many others, we heard over and over again – NET is needed more than ever! NET’s new strategic plan is designed to impact 1,000,000 young Catholics in the next six years, with expanded programming, more missionaries, enhanced parish resources, focused leadership […]

Ministry of Discipleship | Team 14

One way NET Ministries carries out its mission is through Discipleship Team. NET sends out these teams to integrate into communities across the United States and create a culture of discipleship. This ministry reaches every part of the community, from working with parish youth to school staff to encountering random people who live nearby to […]

David Rinaldi Named President of NET Ministries

NET Ministries has some exciting news! As an important part of NET’s new six-year strategic plan, a national search committee composed of board members, advisors, and alumni, has been about the work of selecting the right person to assume my role as President. The committee identified 24 possible candidates. Seven were asked to provide letters of inquiry […]

Glory Stories | Team 3

Taking a Deeper Look I led a retreat at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Carmel, Indiana, for their 8th-grade class. The youth were pretty rowdy, and there were a lot of them. We had men’s and women’s sessions on retreat, and the men’s session was particularly challenging – the youth wouldn’t stop talking and […]

Glory Stories

NET Missionaries share Glory Stories, which are moments of grace they experience while serving with NET Ministries. When’s the Last Time You Went to Confession?  By Evelyn Martinez | Team 4   I had a really good small group of 6th-grade girls on one retreat. At the end, there was a time of large-group prayer; […]

Glory Stories

NET Missionaries share Glory Stories, which are moments of grace they experience while serving with NET Ministries. Building Relationships By brian donaldson | Team 12   We had just arrived at our new host home for the week. One of the first things I noticed was a 7th grader, who I remembered meeting at the […]

Glory Stories

NET Missionaries share Glory Stories, which are moments of grace they experience while serving with NET Ministries. God Loves You By Jane Gerten | Team 13   At the beginning of this NET year, I acknowledged that I wouldn’t be able to do any good this year without the help of God’s grace. Even though […]

Imperfect Perfectionism | KG Chapman

I strolled down to the office of Matt Reiswig, Director of Strategic Engagement, and I requested a word of inspiration to motivate me in writing to you all.  These are his google search results: “Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.” And, “Opportunities don’t happen; you create them.” In the […]
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