Diocese of Fall River, MA - Office of Faith Formation

CLI 2010
June 25-June 30, 2010 plus
two Saturdays (July 17 and August 21)
Cathedral Camp, East Freetown, MA

The Christian Leadership Institute , sponsored by the Office of Youth Ministry of the Diocese of Fall River, is a week long leadership training experience for high school age youth. C.L.I. seeks to foster the leadership potential of young men and women and to heighten each young person’s awareness of leadership and ministerial roles and responsibilities in the parish and high school setting. CLI celebrated our 20th anniversary in 2008.

Graduates and Team of CLI 2008

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CLI LINKS and INFO
Who should participate in CLI?
What happens at CLI?
Who will be faciliating CLI?
What is the application process?
Correspondence and Questions

Who Should Participate in CLI?

Candidates for the Christian Leadership Institute should exhibit leadership potential. Teens who are willing to make a commitment to youth ministry/campus ministry should be encouraged to attend. Maturity, openness, the ability to work with peers and adults, good communication skills and a sense of faith should be considered when discerning possible C.L.I. candidates. C .L.I. is not a retreat! C.L.I. is not a cure-all for spiritual and/or emotional problems. Mature youth who are involved in parish/school life and are willing to continue this commitment in a leadership role make the best C.L.I. candidates.

What happens at CLI?

Past C.L.I participants all agree that this experience defies description! Our week is packed with learning, prayer, affirmation and fun.

Some daily sessions focus on the art of leadership; communication skills, leadership styles, group dynamics, and planning skills. Other sessions explore various aspects of Catholic Christian discipleship, and how that is embodied through prayer and liturgy, moral decision making, sacramental living and service. C.L.I. participants are challenged to use their skills and talents in planning sessions for specific portions of the daily program; morning wake-up, morning and night prayer, meal blessings, daily liturgy and evening socials. Despite this full schedule, there is still time for relaxation and recreation on the grounds of the diocesan retreat facility, Cathedral Camp, East Freetown.

To ensure that CLI graduates don’t get “lost in the shuffle” of parish and school life, as well as to reap the benefits of their being trained for collaborative planning, this year the team will sponsor follow-ups after the C.L.I. experience . Each follow-up will provide the C.L.I. graduates with the opportunity to plan and evaluate the Diocesan Youth Convention which is held in October. Thus, besides providing an opportunity to continue to build Christian community, the C.L.I. graduates will also be held responsible for what they have learned during the week-long program. The two Saturday sessions are part of the CLI experience.

Who will be faciliating CLI?

Director

Frank Lucca - Frank is a youth minister at St Dominic’s in Swansea and has served as a team member and/or director of YES! Retreats for 15 years. He has also served on CLI teams for six years and served as director of CLI 2004 - 2010. He has served on teams for Cursillo Weekends and was the lay director of the Cursillo Movement for 3+ years. He has been a team member on an Emmaus weekend.

Team Leaders

Fr. Jeff Cabral - A former chaplain at Coyle Cassidy High School in Taunton, Fr. Jeff graduates in May 2010 from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, with a degree in canon law. He has served with the Emmaus Retreat program. A candidate on the first YES! retreat and a graduate of CLI 1990, Fr. Jeff has previously served on team for CLI.

Becky Couet - After growing up in East Freetown, Becky commuted to Bridgewater State where she earned her bachelor's degree. She then had the magnificent opportunity to join a Christian teaching program through Providence College where she received a Master's in Educational Literacy. She is currently a member and cantor of St. John Neumann Parish in East Freetown and is a school principal in Taunton, Ma.

Fr. David Frederici - Fr David is currently the Chaplain to Cape Cod Hospital and Cape Cod Community College. He is currently Diocesan Scout Chaplain as well as the Region I chaplain for the National Catholic Committee on Scouting and is involved with ECHO. He spent 12 years working for the YMCA in organizing camp programs and teen leadership programs.

Bill Furtado - Bill is a Senior Youth Ministry Coordinator at St. John Neumann Parish in East Freetown. He has been involved in Youth Ministry there for the past 14 years. Bill has served on team for Yes! and CLI.

Janine Hammarquist - Janine is the Coordinator of Religious Education at St. Francis Xavier in Acushnet and she has served as an adult leader in the St. Francis Peer Ministry for 4 years. She has also served as retreat leader for her parish cluster and continues to serve as a retreat leader in her own parish. She also has been a Catechist for the Confirmation and first grade students for many years prior. She is a mother of three, happily married and enjoys sharing her faith with others. She has previously served on team for CLI.

Crystal-Lynn Medeiros - Crystal is the Assistant Director of Youth & Young Adult Ministry for the Diocese of Fall River as well as the Youth Ministry Coordinator at St. Lawrence, Martyr parish in New Bedford. She has served on team for CLI and Emmaus.

Phil Pereira - Phil has been playing the organ since he was 6 years old, and has been involved with liturgical music since he was 14. He started his ministry at St. John the Baptist in New Bedford. Currently, he plays at the English masses at St. Michael Parish Family in Fall River, as well as the 8am masses at St. John Neumann. He has directed the CLI Music Ministry for six years and this year serves as a support group leader. Phil is a CLI grad.

David Ryan - David works in the shellfish aquaculture industry on Cape Cod. He has been involved with the Echo for many years (and currently the director of Echo 270), youth ministry and Christian Formation in the parish, and helped coordinate with his wife several youth mission trips to Honduras. This is David’s first time on CLI.

Rose Mary Saraiva - Rose Mary is currently the Administrative Assistant for the Office of Faith Formation in the Diocese of Fall River, as well as the Director of Faith Formation at St. Michael Parish, Fall River, MA; were she also serves as a lector and Eucharistic Minister. She has been a team member for the Pre-confirmation and Confirmation program, as well as working closely with the peer ministers who assist the team, and has served as a catechist for well over 20 years. Rose Mary also serves on the Parish Council and volunteers as needed in the parish, and has been on team for several years in the parish confirmation retreat. Rose Mary has been married to Tony for 29 years, they have 3 children and 1 grandchild.

Support Team

Nathan Domingue - Is a graduate of Bishop Stang High School and received his BA in Theology from Saint Joseph’s College in Maine. He has been an active member of Saint Dominic’s Youth Council in Swansea for 12 years. He is currently the Campus Minister and one of the 8th grade Religion teachers at Mount Saint Charles Academy in Woonsocket Rhode Island.

Each parish and Catholic high school of the Diocese is invited to submit applications for two youth. In order to have a balanced program, please make every effort to choose one boy and one girl. You may also select one or two alternates. Alternates will be placed on a separate list and will be chosen in the order received.

All applications and deposits ($75.00 per applicant) should be received by Friday, June 11, 2010. When the completed application and deposit are received, your two applicants will be placed on the C.L.I. registration list. Because of the past popularity of this program, we will not be able to reserve spaces prior to receiving an application and deposit. A sponsor form must accompany each application. This assists the C.L.I. team in their preparation.

After the registration and deposit are received, the C.L.I. candidate will be sent the necessary permission and health forms. Further information concerning the C.L.I. program will also be sent. Applications received after June 11 will be charged a $20.00 late fee. The balance of payment , as well as the permission and health forms are due on or before June 18 .

Correspondence and Questions

The candidates’ applications, sponsor forms, as well as a check payable to “Office of Faith Formation ” should be mailed to Office of Faith Formation . Please be sure to include your candidates’ names and/or parish/school on the check.

Mail to: Office of Faith Formation, 423 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Massachusetts , 02720 , ATTN: C.L.I. Registration