YDisciple | Train Adults. Launch Small Groups. Make Young Disciples.

By Andy Norton
Have you ever watched a film and it started in media res, in the middle of the action? There’s this cryptic, cliff hanging scene. There’s action and tension. You’re wondering, “Who are these people, what’s going on?” and suddenly, it cuts to black and...

By Annie Grandell
I was sitting in my car outside my apartment on a frigid Minnesota evening in autumn. I had turned off the car, but despite the encroaching cold, I couldn’t move.
I was a youth minister at the time. It was another Sunday night after our usual large group youth ministry gathering, but that night was anything but usual. Just a couple hours before, we had prayed over one of our most involved teens, Zach, who was...

When we think of handling “big stuff” with teens in youth ministry we tend to think of crises.  But what do we do when a young person discloses to us, a trusted adult, something good?
A teen telling you they may be experiencing a call to the priesthood or religious life is doing something equally as vulnerable, sensitive, and downright courageous as sharing a crisis and they need to be handled with love and with care....

When it comes to Catholic youth ministry, there is no shortage of great Catholic resources for teens.  But we at YDisciple firmly believe that training adults to become disciple-makers precedes content for teens.
While we offer an ever-growing library of training for your leaders, we don’t claim to have the market cornered.  There are many great organizations and people who are building up the world of Catholic ministry and discipleship and we want to connect...