Leadership
You and your peers will discover together how humility and service are the heart of leadership. Your core team won’t just teach you this, they will model it.
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Franciscan LEAD is a five-day, Christ-centered, prayer fueled immersion in Catholic principles of Leadership, Evangelization, And Discipleship inspired by the life and witness of St. Francis of Assisi. Our leadership philosophy is based on the foundation that youth leadership flows from a personal relationship with Christ. Therefore, we first give teens the tools to grow closer in their relationship with Jesus and then give them the essentials for servant leadership and evangelization.
Apply for Franciscan LEAD
The application for Franciscan LEAD is a two part online process – the youth application and referral form. All youth conference registrants applying for Franciscan LEAD are required to submit the name and email of an adult over 21 (not a family member), who knows them well enough to answer questions about the youth’s faith life (e.g., youth minister, pastor, or parishioner). Applications will open in January!
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Evangelization
You will develop the skills to 1) share what God has done in your life, and 2) respond to cultural challenges that contradict God’s purpose for our lives.
Discipleship
You will be strengthened as a follower of Jesus, as you encounter him in daily Mass, Eucharistic Adoration, Reconciliation, and daily personal prayer.