Mission Youth philly APOSTLES

Each missionary has a responsibility to gather a team of supporters to help financially and prayerfully support their mission. These efforts will help aide the mission in achieving the total fundraising goal of $100,000 for the year.

• Rent
• Utlities
• Mission expenses
• Supplies for the homeless

Thank you for your generosity! 

Enter your information and recommendations to be accepted to the program.

1. Spiritual life
   • Daily
     • Morning offering, meditation 
     • Mass
     • Holy Hour
     • Rosary
     • Night prayers with examen of the day and Marian prayer
   • Monthly
     • Half-day retreat (in DC for young women)
   • Annual
     • Silent Spiritual Exercises retreat Memorial Day weekend

1. Formation
   • Daily
     • Community responsibilities: Cooking, cleaning, groceries, car maintenance
   • Weekly
     • Team Mentoring (with team supervisor)
   • Monthly 
     • RC young men and women formation day (with Jack Ziegler)

1. Team life
   • Weekly
     • Encounter with Christ Bible Study (Thursday nights)
   • Monthly
     • Frassati Society outing (with Jack Terzian)

1. Accompaniment 
   • Weekly 
     • Mentoring Dialogue (With team supervisor)
   • Monthly 
     • Spiritual direction (with a spiritual director of your choice)

1. Apostolate
   • Weekdays 9am-4pm
     • Monday’s: Help at Visitation Community Center
     • Tuesday’s: Rock Ministries
     • Wednesday’s: Rest day
     • Thursday’s: Rock Ministries
     • Friday’s: Sarnelli house
     • Mother of Mercy House, St Francis Inn, Last Stop
   • Weekends
     • Saturday’s and Sundays: Correspondence with benefactors, visits with benefactors
     • Occasionally on Saturdays and Sundays: Promotion at local parishes, (share testimonies at Mass, host a table in the vestibule, share testimonies at parish youth groups)
   • Weekly
     • Promotion at schools, speak in classrooms
   • Monthly
     • Lead Saturday Monthly Mercy Missions
   • Periodically: Visit home - Thanksgiving one week, Christmas two weeks, Easter one week
   • As Needed
     • Travel to other cities to help train and lead mission youth in evangelization
     • Travel as staff with groups that need leaders to Mexico, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Ecuador, Columbia, etc.
     • Staff Mission Youth table/booth at SLS/SEEK convention

• How much does it cost to join the program?  $7,500 for the entrance fee.
• When does service year begin and end? August 15 - June 15.
• Where will we live? In a community apartment with other mission youth apostles. Young men and women in separate apartments.