s its own mobile application!
For the first time ever Youth Day has an app for
iPhones and iPads!
Download the new "Youth Day 2012"
app now!
With this app
you can stay up-to-date with all Youth Day speakers,
musicians and performers by following them on Twitter,
viewing their websites and even finding them on Facebook.
This app allows you to enter giveaways to win cool prizes,
including signed and unsigned CDs, T-shirts, books and have
their messages posted to the screens in the main
Arena.
Youth Day is
much more than just a one day experience and this app will
allow you to keep with you what each speaker and musician
says long after the day is over, and check out their
websites and find out how to put everything they said into
action.
If you are having any technical problems with the app and would like to report a bug or have more questions about the app, contact the developers at
YDapp@recongress.org
Follow @YouthDay2012 on Twitter for more info.
Youth Day 2012 Theme Song
Listen to the 2012 Youth Day Theme Song, "Called
Out" by Jesse Manibusan and Cooper Ray, published by
spiritandsong.com. Use the QR code or
the link
spiritandsong.com/youth_day_2012
for the download.
RECongress.org/LIVE
Watch
our LIVE webcast from Congress 2012 beginning with Youth Day
on Thursday morning, March 22, and running throughout the
weekend. Catch all the RECongress Arena events live on the
Internet from wherever you are! You can also find some
Congress events captured in video on our YouTube.com/RECongress
page. Check out the RECongress.org/LIVE
page for the latest schedule.
What is Youth Day?
Youth Day is held annually
on the Thursday of the Religious Education Congress weekend. All
High School students are invited, and many different backgrounds
from throughout the Archdiocese – and beyond – come together to
participate in morning and afternoon Workshops, Liturgy and a Rally.
Who May Attend?
Youth Day is designed
for all students from public and Catholic schools, grades 9 through
12. NOTE: Students below the 9th grade are not allowed to participate
in this event and will be refused admission.
What Does Youth Day Cost?
Adult chaperones are required for each group of 10
students (maximum), all attending the same workshop. We
recommend one extra chaperone for all your groups and suggest
you add the additional name to your first group registered. The
registration fee for Youth Day 2012 is $20 ($25 after February 4, 2012).
March 1 we are calling everyone on the Youth Day waiting list to let
them know that we cannot accommodate them at Youth Day 2012.
We did not have many extra name badges turned in this year.
If your group is on the waiting list, then please know that
we are very sorry that you cannot join us this year. If you
do have extra badges, please still call or email our office.
We will attempt to connect you with groups that are still
looking for extras. Thank you very much for making Youth Day
2012 so popular!
Opportunities at Youth Day
2012
For Youth:
MCs at Youth Day -- We invite all high school students
attending Youth Day to become MCs to introduce speakers
before workshops. (Deadline was Friday, February 8, 2012).
For Adults:
Adult Volunteers at Youth Day -- If you or someone you
know who is adult and is NOT chaperoning a group for Youth
Day, but would like to volunteer for the great event, we
have a place for you! Our adult volunteer team helps with
crowd control, information sharing and much more during the
day. We’re looking for youth-friendly people that can make
the day more enjoyable for all. (Deadline was Friday,
February 17, 2012).
What's New for Youth Day
2012
Youth Day 2012
has a new schedule and features. This year there will be two tracks – everyone chooses either morning
Arena events
(Track 1) or afternoon Arena events (Track 2). And everyone gets to see the Arena
speaker, Mike Patin, so you only need to select a speaker workshop
first and second choice.
TRACK 1
TRACK 2
TIME
EVENT
TIME
EVENT
8:00 am
Arena Rally (AM)
8:00 am
Opening Music & Opening
Sessions
Arena Workshop (AM)
9:30 am
Convention Center Workshops
Arena Liturgy (AM)
11:00 am
Lunch
11:45 am
Lunch
12:15 pm
Arena Rally (PM)
1:00 pm
Convention Center Workshops
Arena Workshop (PM)
2:30 pm
Convention Center Closing
Rallies
Arena Liturgy (PM)
3:45 pm
Dismissal
3:45 pm
Dismissal
THE BENEFITS!
• Everyone gets to experience the Arena
Rally, the Arena
workshop and the Arena Liturgy. •
The workshop times are longer. • Because of the staggered lunchtimes, the longer lunch periods allow for shorter
food lines.
• Your Name Tag is now your workshop admission
- no tickets required.
any
groups have been asking about starting a tradition of
creating “Trading Items” for Youth Day. This would be based
on a similar trend that happens at the National Catholic
Youth Conference, where different dioceses bring little
items that represent their city or area of the country to
trade with other people. We are hoping that parishes and
schools will think of small, fun items that represent them
to bring to Youth Day and trade with others. It’s a fun way
to enhance the interaction between groups.
Youth Day 2012 Theme
The
theme for the day is "Called Out: Challenge
Accepted." We are CALLED OUT to serve others and
share the Good News. We say CHALLENGE ACCEPTED when we
are God for others and become the light that leads
others out of the darkness.
Below are the
thoughts developed from the theme meeting.
It shows what the young people were thinking after reflecting on the
readings of the day for Youth Day 2012.
Youth Day 2012 T-shirts
ATTENTION GROUP LEADERS: Official Youth Day
T-shirts are available for custom and group pre-orders.
Orders with payment must be received by February 26,
2012 and will be shipped directly to the customer’s home
or business location. Customize your Youth Day shirt
with your youth group or parish name on the back for as
low as $2.50 per shirt.
Special Discount Pricing for Pre-Orders: T-shirts:
$12.50, Sweatshirts: $35 Adult sizes: S, M, L, XL, 2XL
On Youth Day, T-shirts: $15, Sweatshirts: $40 and
available at the Seraph7 booth in the main Arena Lobby
(south side) of the Convention Center Arena.
Youth sizes, 3X, and sweatshirts are also available in
limited supply. Pre-order to ensure you get yours at www.Seraph7.com.
The Office of Religious
Education distributes a Youth Ministry Grapevine (PDF newsletter)
and E-VINE (emailing) of important information in the field of Youth
Ministry for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Excerpts relating to
Youth Day appear here:
Youth Day Videos
On our
YouTube.com/RECongress page you can find current videos
from this year and from last year. Including:
Youth Day 2013
Planning your
calendar for next year?! Youth Day is scheduled for February
21, 2013!
Collection at Last
Year's Youth Day
It looks like we
collected almost $15,500 at Youth Day for CRS’ work in Japan –
that's about $1 per participant. (We're still counting the
change, hoping it puts us right at $15,500!) I know the young
people of LA (and beyond) say thank you for helping us to make
it possible to be in solidarity with those in Japan. –
Mike Norman, Youth Day Coordinator (March 23, 2011)
Beautiful! I just wanted to say a big THANK YOU on behalf of all
of us in CRS. This collection is the Good News lived out at
Youth Day and spread across the waters to Japan!!! Solidarity is
alive and well in the young church of Los Angeles! I will be
getting an update on Caritas Japan’s response and our support of
that response in the coming days to share with you, but wanted
to reach out to share our heartfelt thanks for this action in
solidarity with the vulnerable of Japan that we, through Caritas
Japan and our partners there, will be responding to.
On Youth Day, our team of volunteers and I also collected an
estimated 2,000-plus interfaith prayers and messages of
solidarity that I have rolled up and have ready to go to mail to
Japan to show that the young church of Los Angeles at L.A. Youth
Day are in solidarity with Caritas Japan and those they serve.
It was a beautiful outpouring of support and we quickly filled
up (both sides) a huge roll of paper in just a few hours' time. I
am sure it will be received with great appreciation from the
staff there and those they serve.
On behalf of all of us at CRS, I wanted to say what a gift our
collaboration is to all of us in CRS! Congratulations on a
beautiful Youth Day, Congress and Spirit-filled weekend. God is good all the time.
–
Jeanine Boucher-Colbert, Youth Program Organizer, CRS West
(March 25, 2011)
Watch
our LIVE webcast from Congress 2012 beginning with Youth Day
on Thursday morning, March 22, and running throughout the
weekend. Catch all the RECongress Arena events live on the
Internet from wherever you are! You can also find some
Congress events captured in video on our YouTube.com/RECongress
page. Check out the 
