What is the Core Team?

The Core Team works with the Coordinator of Youth Ministry at St. Joseph to plan, organize, and run Life Nights. Each member of the team is a person with a deep love for Christ, the Church, and ministering to young people. Core Members are responding to their Baptismal call by serving young people, and are selfless enough to make sacrifices that ensure our young people come to know God through the love of Christ and the truth of the Sacraments.

Who can be a Core Member? 

There is no “ideal Core Member." One thing that makes a strong Core Team is diversity. Core Members don’t need to be “perfect-looking” or “perfectly formed,” but simply form-able. You can teach someone who loves working with teenagers theology, but you can’t always teach a theologian to love to work with teens. You must be 18 years or older to be be a Core Member.

What do I need to do to be a Core Member?

Each Core Member discerns his/her commitment to the ministry for the length of the school year - roughly August to May. A Core Member at St. Joseph makes three crucial commitments: a commitment to God (Christ, the Church, and personal spiritual growth), a commitment to the teens (minister to teens through building Christ-centered relationships), and a commitment to ministry (present at Life Nights, Core meetings/socials, retreats, etc.). However, no Core Member will be expected to ever allow these three commitments to override their primary vocation to their family.