When you give to ProjectYM, you're connecting thousands of Catholic youth ministry leaders across the country!

Our Thrive community has members from all 50 states and almost every diocese in the US – and (across all of our online platforms) we serve over 10,000 ministry leaders every month!

"What I love about ProjectYM is their commitment to love other youth ministers. They not only provide great resources and tools but a community that reminds youth ministers that their role in the lives of the next generation is priceless.”

CHRISTOPHER WESLEY
Marathon Youth Ministry

When you give to ProjectYM, you're providing real community and support to a huge variety of Catholic youth ministers!

From brand new to decades of experience.
From inner city parish to rural communities to folks out in the suburbs.
From middle school leaders to high school leaders.
From parish youth ministers to campus ministers.
From big, active programs to parishes just getting started.
And everything in between.

"I have never felt so fed and inspired and seen in my ten years of ministry. Through Thrive, I found companions on this road of ministry who’ve lived the same experiences as me. The solidarity and support is second to none. The opportunity to be poured into rather than being the sole person pouring into others is invaluable.”

MEGAN MOORE

When you give to ProjectYM, you're inviting youth ministers to a joy-filled week of COLLABORATION and RENEWAL with other people who just "get it"!

Thriveanooga is a one-of-a-kind event created with youth ministers in mind. It's highly-relational and truly interactive – there's no keynotes or lectures, just collective brainstorming, dreaming, and problem-solving. It's not about theology or theory, we want you to leave with an action plan that will help you take your ministry to the next level!

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"I had no idea how much I needed this experience. It was everything I hoped and prayed for, and then a whole lot more. I’m so thankful we were able to connect, share ideas, problem solve, and be spiritually fed in a way that I’ve never experienced before.”

JILL ALDERFER

When you give to ProjectYM, you're investing in the adults who are caring for a BROKEN and HURTING generation of young people!

Teenagers today are suffering from the highest rates of depression, isolation, and suicide that we've ever seen – suicide is currently the leading cause of death for 14 to 15 year olds (and the second leading cause for older teens).

At a recent youth event, our team gave teenagers a blank card and asked them to complete the sentence: "I AM _____ ." The cards above are just a handful of the over 1,500 responses we collected. Reading through those cards was eye opening for our team – and profound evidence of just how important youth ministry leaders are in the lives of young people.

"I love that ProjectYM focuses on the right demographic – youth ministers – because we’re facing a crisis in the Church especially with our young people. We need more on fire youth ministers who are equipped to engage these young people...but youth ministers typically feel very isolated. They don’t get a lot of support in many of their parishes and not a lot of people value what they do. So I love that ProjectYM not only tells them that they matter, but brings them together so they can find community and help among other youth ministers.

I’m a big supporter of ProjectYM. I try to do as much as I can to help them, and I encourage you to do that as well because it is a critical ministry in the Church."

BRANDON VOGT
ClaritasU, Chesterton Academy of Orlando,
and Word on Fire Catholic Ministries

At ProjectYM, we've been working with Catholic Youth Ministry Leaders for the last 10 years...

Our mission is simple: help Catholic youth ministers THRIVE, and for the last 10 years the ProjectYM team has been focused on doing just that:

Providing hands-on training for thousands of Catholic youth ministry leaders.
Publishing hundreds of dynamic digital resources on a variety of relevant topics and issues in the field of youth ministry.
Partnering with over 60 dioceses across the country and around the world to provide support and resources for youth ministry leaders in their diocese.
Building the biggest library of video training content created exclusively for Catholic youth workers.
Creating the largest online community for Catholic youth ministry leaders.

But we're not done yet!

We're continuing to invest in Catholic youth ministry leaders because we believe that the work they're doing is important, and that each one of those leaders matters:

Our team spends hours of time every week talking, dreaming, celebrating, problem solving, and praying with Catholic youth ministers.
We're creating training resources and video content based on the needs and struggles of real youth ministers in the field.
We're providing direct support and facilitating conversation inside of Thrive, our growing online community for Catholic youth ministers.
We're hosting unique training events every year exclusively for Catholic youth workers.
We're using our platform and influence to advocate for the needs of youth ministers with national organizations, bishops, and Church leaders.

Dioceses We Have Worked With

Over the years, we've worked with a LOT of dioceses in a lot of different ways: Thrive partnerships, in person training events, virtual webinars, online youth nights, diocesan leader gatherings, Thrivenooga participation and many more.