What if doing campus ministry came with more support?

Campus ministry inside a Catholic school is its own world. You're not a parish youth minister. You're not a college campus minister. You're something specific — and the challenges you face are specific too:

Students who are overwhelmed.

Academic pressure, packed schedules, and the noise of adolescent life make it harder than ever to invite students into something real.

Administration that doesn't get it.

You're passionate about the mission. Not everyone around you shares that urgency — or understands what you actually do.

A full calendar but no clear framework.

Events happen. Retreats run. But a coherent, sustainable vision for formation?
That's harder to build alone.

Resources that don't quite fit.

Most youth ministry content was built for parishes. You're constantly translating it for a school calendar, a school culture, and a school community.

Doing the work alone.

You may be the only person in your building — or your entire diocese — who does what you do.

Running on empty by the end of the year.

By the time June arrives, most campus ministers have given everything they have — and haven't had anyone pour back into them.

Leadership at this level requires community,
clarity, and people who actually get it – this
Think Tank gives you all three.

Because this isn’t a normal training...

The people in the
room matter.

The High School Campus Ministers Think Tank is designed for people who:

WORK IN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS, NOT PARISHES

CARE MORE ABOUT FORMATION THAN PROGRAMMING

Are navigating complexity not just capacity

WANT TO THINK — NOT JUST CONSUME MORE CONTENT

Value honest community
over polished answers

Think Tanks are all about...

COLLABORATION

Work alongside campus ministers from different schools and contexts — facing similar realities. No posturing. No competition. Just shared problem-solving.

CLARITY

Together, we'll surface patterns, name what's actually hard, and identify what's holding your ministry back — structurally, culturally, and spiritually.

STRATEGY

You'll leave with real decisions made: what to build, what to simplify, what to stop doing, and what your ministry needs most right now.

PERSPECTIVE

When you're this close to the work, it's hard to see clearly. This week creates space to step back, get honest feedback, and see your ministry with fresh eyes.

This Think Tank will focus on the questions you want answered...

How do we build retreat programs that are sustainable — not just meaningful in the moment?

Move beyond one-off experiences toward a coherent, grade-level formation journey that students and faculty actually buy into.

How do we engage faculty and staff as partners in the mission?

Explore what it looks like to bring the broader school community into the work — without overstepping or burning out.

What does personal sustainability look like for campus ministers?

This work is consuming. How do we care for our own souls, prayer lives, and sense of vocation — especially at the end of a long year?

What does family and parish engagement look like from a school context?

How do we partner with families and parishes when students experience school as their primary faith community?

What does it look like to move from programming to discipleship?

Events fill the calendar. But how do we build the kind of ministry that actually forms students as disciples over time?

How do we minister to students who are exhausted and overcommitted?

When students are stretched thin by academics, athletics, and everything else, how do we create space for something real?

How do we navigate administration that doesn't fully understand or value campus ministry?

Practical language and strategies for building credibility, communicating impact, and advocating for the ministry you believe in.

How do we help students move from faith as identity to faith as conviction?

The deeper question underneath all of it: how do we form young people who carry their faith beyond graduation?

These are just conversations we expect to happen.
But we don't set the agenda for the week:
‍the participants decide what we talk about.

FEATURED DEEP DIVE

Faith Formation Framework

— FROM TENX10 —

What actually helps young people develop a thriving, lifelong faith?

Research shows that over one million young people walk away from faith communities every year — and most of our current approaches aren't stopping that.

The Faith Formation Framework — developed by TENx10 and rooted in scripture, research, and real-world ministry — gives us a clear picture of what actually works.

It shows that young people are more likely to develop lasting faith when that faith is shared by trusted adults, internalized through spiritual practice, applied through service and justice, catalyzed by intentional family engagement, and prioritized by the entire faith community.

This Think Tank is the first time this framework has been specifically contextualized for high school campus ministry — translating its insights into the rhythms, structures, and relationships of school-based formation.

We'll focus on key questions like:

What the research actually says
about why young people stay — or walk away — from faith.

Where campus ministry unintentionally reinforces faith as a school requirement rather than a personal conviction.

Why most formation approaches weren't designed for a school environment — and what to do instead.

How to build a formation culture that outlasts any single program, event, or school year.

Is this for me?

This event was designed specifically for people doing campus ministry inside Catholic high schools.

If you can emphatically answer yes to all of the questions below, this Think Tank was built for you:

Are you a campus minister or formation leader working in a Catholic high school?

Are you look to find more peers who truly understand the work you do?

Do you want time to think, pray, and plan — not just more content to absorb?

Is your ministry context meaningfully different from parish youth ministry?

Are you ready to stop performing and just be known?

Are you willing to be honest about what's hard?

Philadephia

January 7-10, 2025

Hosted by the
Archdiocese of Philadelphia

SOLD OUT

DALLAS

January 20-23, 2025

Hosted by the
Diocese of Dallas

SOLD OUT

Milwaukee

January 27-30, 2025

Hosted by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and the Diocese of Green Bay

SOLD OUT

Archdiocese of Atlanta

Diocese of Baton Rouge

Diocese of Davenport

Archdiocese of Indianapolis

Diocese of
Jackson

Diocese of Knoxville

Archdiocese of Louisville

Diocese of Memphis

Archdiocese of New York

Archdiocese of Oklahoma City

Diocese of
Raleigh

Diocese of Sacramento

Diocese of San Bernardino

Diocese of Steubenville

Includes a special bonus:

CRASH COURSE on Gen Alpha

Middle schoolers today are being formed by screens, anxiety, and a radically different family and cultural landscape. This crash course will help you understand what’s actually shaping Gen Alpha—and why many traditional ministry instincts no longer work. If you want to lead with clarity instead of guesswork, this alone is worth the trip.

JUNE 8–11

in Chattanooga, TN

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP

The cost is ONLY $200.
(Thanks to a generous grant from tenx10)

PLUS BRING A COWORKER FOR $50!After you sign up, you'll get a discount code to register one coworker for just $50.

Program INCLUDES:

Four Day Think Tank Experience
collaborative gathering for campus ministers

Three Nights of Lodging
at the ProjectYM Mission Base

Breakfasts and Lunches
for three days

Community Discussions
Access to a private space inside the Thrive Community exclusively for this program.

Featured Deep Dive
A clear breakdown of what the research says actually forms lasting faith in young people — and how it translates specifically to your school context

Crash Course on Gen Alpha
A clear breakdown of Gen Alpha and what must shift if discipleship is going to work with this generation.