YYA Resources

• Buena Vista - Our Vision: "Buena Vista is a Catholic network of people whose vision is a church made up of many diverse communities each reflecting the ecclesial characteristics of community/mutuality, service/justice, prayer/ritual and scripture-based witness."
• Center for Ministry Development - excellent resources for ministry to youth, young adults, & families
• Center for Social Justice and Global Awareness - Mission: "The Center promotes social justice and global awareness through a process of conscientization and apostolic boldness that is empowering and inclusive, rooted in the Marianist charism and Catholic social teaching, most explicitly through a preferential option for the poor and an understanding of the primacy of relationships.
  The Center's intent is to effect systemic change, the liberation of the people of God, and the creation of a more just society reflecting the values of the Reign of God.
• LIFE Alumni Project - "A Living In Faith Experience" - Sponsored by the St. Louis Province of the Society of Mary.
• Marianist Lay Network of North America- Mission:
  

  Called into existence at the 1991 North American Continental Assembly, the Marianist Lay Network of North America seeks to:

  foster relationships among Marianist Lay Communities

  discern and respond to shared needs and concerns of Marianist Lay Communities

  develop effective language, processes, and structures that help Marianist Lay Communities proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ

  collaborate with other branches of the Marianist Family to achieve this vision

  represent the interests of Marianist Lay Communities to the broader Marianist Family and to the Church

• Marianist Social Justice Collaborative -"The MSJC is a joint initiative of the Brothers, Priests, Sisters, and Lay Marianists to "strengthen the combined efforts of lay and religious members of the Marianist Family in the United States in educating and acting for social justice." Or as Father Steve Tutas, S.M. puts it, "the MSJC is simply a network for mutual support, national leadership, and significant bonding with other social action groups." We join together to support one another."
• National Catholic Young Adult Ministry Organization - Mission: "The National Catholic Young Adult Ministry Association, Inc. is an organization for young adults (single or married, ages late teens, twenties or thirties) and those who are ministering to and with young adults in an intentional way."
• North American Center for Marianist Studies - "seeks to help the Marianist Family grow in understanding, sharing and developing its heritage and its place in the Church today."
• Society of Mary (Marianists) Province of St. Louis - Archive of St. Louise Province Newsletters.
• Things Marianist - The title says it all!
• United States Catholic Conference web site -
  Who We Are: "The National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) and the United States Catholic Conference (USCC) are the organizations of the American Catholic hierarchy. Through these distinct but closely related organizations—one a canonical entity, the other a civil corporation—the bishops fulfill their responsibilities of leadership and service to Church and nation.
  The programs of NCCB/USCC range over the spectrum of Catholic concerns—from prayers and worship to the state of the economy, from revitalizing parishes to averting nuclear war, from promoting vocations to protecting life at all stages. "
• World Council of the Marianist Family- Mission: "In order to transform the world into the reign of God, we the Marianist Family as members of the Church collaborate in a variety of ways and settings to form persons and communities in faith."