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Academy of
the Holy Names, Albany NY
Middle School
Upper School
Our Lady of Grace, Ballston Lake NY
Blessed Sacrament School, Albany NY
Capital Area Faith Formation Association, Albany Deanery NY
Christ
Our Light, Latham NY
Corpus Christi, Round Lake NY
Courage Apostolate, Albany NY
Diocese of Albany
Office of Evangelization and Catechesis
Office of Youth Ministry
Spring Enrichment
Office of Catechist Formation
Diocese of Ogdensburg, Office of Christian Education, Plattsburgh NY
Holy Cross, Albany NY
Holy Spirit Parish, East Greenbush NY
Holy Spirit School, East Greenbush NY
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Watervliet NY
Mater Christi, Albany NY
National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) 2009
Northern Points Cluster, Chestertown, NY
Our Lady of Assumption,
Latham NY
Our Lady of Mercy/St. Francis DeSales, Latham NY
Parish of the Holy Trinity, Hudson/Germantown NY
Rebuilding the Walls Radio Broadcast, WDCD, Albany NY
Sacred Heart Parish,
Cairo NY
Sacred Heart Parish, Gloversville, NY
Sacred Heart, St. Michael's, St. Jude's Troy, NY
St. Bernard's, Lyon Mountain NY
St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Albany NY
St.
Catherine of Siena School, Albany NY
St. Clare’s Parish, Colonie, NY
St. Edward the Confessor,
Clifton Park NY
St. Francis of Assisi, Belchertown Mass.
St. Henry's Parish, Averill Park NY
St.
James, Carthage NY
St. Joseph's/St. Francis, Broadalbin NY
St. Joseph’s Parish Stuyvesant Falls NY
St. Luke's Parish, Schenectady NY
St. Margaret of Cortina, Rotterdam Junction NY
St. Mary's Parish, Hudson NY
St. Mary's Parish, Nassua NY
St. Mary’s Parish, Oneonta NY
Sacred Heart Parish, Sidney NY
Seton Catholic Central, Plattsburgh NY
Seton Parish Nursing, Troy NY
Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs, Auriesville NY
When asked about a Confirmation retreat, one youth replied
“I would summarize this experience with the word “breakthrough’ because this
retreat really helped open my eyes to my opportunities and responsibilities as a child of God” -Plattsburgh, NY “Having
Beth Carlin at Sacred Heart this past year was a great opportunity for us to have a speaker with such passion for God. Her
enthusiasm to teach about God and to get the students involved was great. Keeping the attention of 9th
graders is hard, but Beth kept it alive by telling stories, stories of Jesus and stories of herself. Having Beth come in and
share her knowledge of God was a nice addition to our curriculum. I would recommend her to any organization looking for a
uplifting session of sharing God with your students of all ages." Joy Smolinski, Catechist for Sacred Heart Church, Troy NY St. Luke’s of Schenectady had the pleasure of having “Living Hope” present
an evening of Prayer to our seventh grade youth. “Beth kept the program moving thus being able to keep the attention
of our middle school youth” said Tom Drezelo, seventh grade catechist. “The timing was perfect, Beth showed a
lot of energy and was passionate with her ministry,” said Tom. “Seeds were planted.” Living Hope used multimedia thru songs, and utilized websites.
In addition, youth were grouped into pairs and took lines of the Lord’s Prayer and then gathered as a group to explain
what their line meant. It made the Lord’s Prayer relevant to their lives. The feedback from the youth was
that they were able to understand a variety of ways to pray and that all prayer is good. “The prayer exercises were
great concrete examples for the youth to understand the many ways to pray”, said Tom! St. Luke’s Roman Catholic of
Church looks forward to incorporating Living Hope into their program next year! For more feedback, feel free to
contact the St. Luke’s Faith Formation Office at 347-9955. Give your youth the gift of Living Hope’s presence.
I’m sure that your youth will benefit from their time and talent!
"[The overall experience] was excellent! I will definitely call again." P. Voerg, St.
Clare's
"Thank
you for your dedication and hard work to make [the Confirmation retreat] such a great success and meaningful event
for the participants... the evaluations have never been as upbeat and positive. I really am indebted to you for
your work on re-vamping the retreat. " M. Stefanick, OECFL