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Blessed Carlo
Institute for Youth Ministers

The Blessed Carlo Institute for Youth Ministers (SOON to be renamed the Saint Carlo Institute!!) is a four-day, three-night experience of formation hosted at the Center for Pastoral Leadership that includes classes, ministry workshops, off-campus excursions, daily Mass, and more. It is part of the Mary, Mother of the Good Shepherd Institute.  Youth ministers, campus ministers, and all who work with those in grades 6-8 are welcome!

August 5-8, 2025

8:15am Tuesday - 4pm Friday
Center for Pastoral Leadership, Wickliffe, Ohio

Registration Opens February 19!

Cost (including meals and lodging at the seminary)

  • $490 - for those in the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland
  • $850 - for those outside the diocese (This event is highly subsidized by our diocese for those who serve here.)

Classes

  • The Good Life: Moral Theology for Today's Teens with Fr. Joe Koopman
  • The Art of Preaching: Making the Gospel Relevant to Teens with Fr. Eric Garris
  • Beyond the Wardrobe: CS Lewis' Insights for Catholics with Dr. Matt Jordan

Workshops

  • Keynote with Julianne Stanz
  • More to be announced!

Questions?  Please contact Francine Costantini.

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HUMAN FORMATION

Develop and deepen relationships with others in ministry, and participate in cultural experiences in our diocese.

SPIRITUAL FORMATION

Pray and worship together with other youth ministers, leaning into the liturgical life of the Church.

INTELLECTUAL FORMATION

Take classes from faculty of St. Mary Seminary and Graduate School of Theology, and workshops from ministry experts.

PASTORAL FORMATION

Learn practical methods to better minister to the young people and the families in your care.

Previous Content for the Blessed Carlo Institute

2024

Classes

  • Sacraments of Initiation with Bishop Michael Woost
  • Encountering the Holy Spirit with Fr. Joshua Trefney
  • Unpacking Theology of the Body with Teens with Jen Ricard

Workshops

  • Evangelization and Spirituality with Fr. Andy Turner
  • Discernment of Mission with Bishop Malesic
  • Pastoral Counseling: Self-Care of the Minister with Fr. Pat Anderson

2023

Classes

  • Sacred Scripture with Fr. Mark Ott
  • Patristics with Dr. Andy Staron 
  • Christian Spirituality with Mike Hayes (Ignatian), Fr. Alex Clark (Carmelite), Mother Cecilia (Desert), Br. Mick Joyce (Franciscan)

Workshops

  • Pastoral Counseling: Responding to Teens in Crisis with Rachel Spetrino Dollard, MSW, LISW-S, Bereavement Clinician at Cornerstone of Hope
  • Leadership in Ministry with Miguel Chavez, Senior Vice President of Mission & Ministry with Sisters of Charity Health System
  • How to Seek the Lost with Josh Danis, Alpha National Director for Catholic Context and Bruce Farley, Alpha Great Lakes Associate Network Director

Excursions 

  • XLT with Fr. Damian Ference
  • Christ the Bridegroom Monastery
  • Nine Nights of Night Prayer
  • CLE Scavenger Hunt

2022

Classes 

  • Catholic Moral Teaching and Modern Dilemmas with Fr. Joe Koopman 
  • Liturgy with Fr. Chris Trenta 
  • Philosophy and Contemporary Issues with Dr. Joel Johnson 

Workshops 

  • Life in the Holy Spirit with Dan DeMatte 
  • Story Telling with Francine Costantini 
  • Pastoral Counseling: The Art of Listening with Nellie Krawczynski

Excursions 

  • St. Stephen's Byzantine Church
  • Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Ivy's Women's Center
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