RESOURCES
Use the links below to navigate to the section of resources of interest:
Youth and Young Adult Ministry
Forms, Permissions, and Procedures
- Provisions for Informed Consent for Minor Participation via Telecommuting (COVID-19)
- Disposiciones para el Consentimiento Informado Necesario para que Menores de Edad Participen a Traves de Plataformas de Telecomuncación (COVID-19)
- Policy for Ministering to Minors
- Políticas para el Servicio Pastoral a Menores
- Parental/Guardian Permission, Release, and Liability Waiver
- Permiso, Libero y Exoneración de Responsabilidad por Parte de los Padres y/o Guardianes
- Volunteer Driver Information Form
- Sample of Youth Code of Conduct
- Muestra de Código de Conducta del Joven
- Sample of Adult Code of Conduct
- Muestra de Código de Conducta para Líderes, Chaperones Adultos y Acompañantes
Resources and Materials for Youth Ministry
- Resources for Youth Ministers during the Covid-19 Crisis
- Recursos Pastorales para Ministros de Jovenes durante la Crisis de COVID-19
- Renewing the Vision (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
- Life, Justice and Peace at the Archdiocese of San Antonio
- National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry
- LifeTeen
- Youth Specialties Blog
- Online Catechism of the Catholic Church
- Online Searchable Bible
- Music and Song from Oregon Catholic Press
- Catholic Online
- Catholic Relief Services
- ACTS Missions
- San Antonio Catholic Center For Charismatic Renewal
- Center for Ministry Development
- Saint Mary’s Press
- Retreat Venues (updated version coming soon)
- Christus Vivit – Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation to Young People and to the Entire People of God
Formation
Catechist Certification
Funding for Education & Formation
- Vacation Bible School Financial Assistance
- Financial Assistance Application for Catechetical and Formation Resources (Description)
- Financial Assistance Application for Catechetical and Formation Resources (Online Form)
- Lay Ministry Formation Fund Guidelines
- Lay Ministry Formation Fund Guidelines
- Solicitud al Fondo de Formación
Sacraments
Infant Baptism
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
- Guidelines for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion (PDF) – Updated 06/16/2023
- Normas para Ministros Extraordinarios de la Sagrada Comunión (PDF) – Actualizado 16/06/2023
Confirmation
RCIA
YOUTH CONFIRMATION
ADULT CONFIRMATION
- Suggested Curriculum for Adult Confirmation
- Online-Assisted Adult Confirmation Preparation
- Online-Assisted Confirmation Formation through Formed.org
- The Rite of Confirmation
- Adult Confirmation Registration Form
- Forma de Inscripcion para Confirmacion de Adultos
- 2023-2024 Adult Confirmation Mass Schedule – Updated 08/01/2023
- Adult Confirmation Fact Sheet (for parish personnel which prepare Adult Confirmandi as well as welcome Adult Confirmandi to the Adult Confirmation Liturgy)
MARRIAGE MINISTRIES
HUMAN SEXUALITY
COUNSELING AND SPIRITUAL DIRECTION
Parenting and Family Resources
- Family Organizations in the Archdiocese of San Antonio
- Family and Children’s Services from Catholic Charities
- Family Self-Sufficiency Services from Catholic Charities
- Services for pregnant and parenting teen mothers from Seton Home
- Senior services from Catholic Charities
- Ministry to Those with Special Needs
- Deaf Ministry
- Support for Families of the Incarcerated
Outreach and Pastoral Care
LIFE, JUSTICE, AND PEACE
- We Are Salt and Light (USCCB)
- Catholic Charities USA’s Parish Social Ministry Toolkit
- Catholic Charities San Antonio
- Catholic Relief Services
- 7 Themes of Catholic Social Teaching Video Series (CRS and the USCCB)
- Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops
- Cathlic Social Teaching (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
- Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church (Vatican)
- Seven themes of Catholic Social Teaching (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
- Foundational Documents (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
- Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
- Catholic Campaign for Human Development (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
- Two Feet of Love in Action (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
- Hear Us, O God (Prayer from the USCCB)
- Help Us Build Communities in God’s Vision of Justice (Prayer from the USCCB)
- Intercessory Prayers: The Marginalized (Prayer from the USCCB)
- Prayer for Those in Poverty (Prayer from the USCCB)
- Prayer to Overcome Indifference (Prayer from the USCCB)
EVANGELIZATION
- New Evangelization Toolkit
- USCCB Evangelization
- Living as Missionary Disciples (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
- Go and Make Disciples: A National Plan and Strategy for Catholic Evangelization in the United States
- Purchase Go and Make Disciples: A National Plan and Strategy for Catholic Evangelization in the United States
V ENCUENTRO
- Archdiocesan Recommendations (English)
- Key Demographic, Social, and Religious Statistics for the Archdiocese of San Antonio
- Estadísticas demográficas, sociales y religiosas clave para la Arquidiócesis de San Antonio
- Proceedings & Conclusions of the V Encuentro from the USCCB
- National Event Resources
- Youth and Young Adults in the V Encuentro
- Adolescentes y Jóvenes Adultos en el V Encuentro
- Resources for Hispanic Ministry
- Recursos para la Pastoral Hispana
- News regarding the V Encuentro
FAMILY LIFE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE MINISTRY
- Incarceration Facilities & Ministry Efforts within the Archdiocese of San Antonio
- Texas Catholic Action Plan for Criminal Justice
- New Life Ministry Brochure from Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
- Bexar County Reentry Services Center Weekly Events Schedule
- Criminal Justice Ministry Volunteer Brochure
- Kolbe Prison Ministries San Antonio
- Bexar County Reentry Service Center
- Responsibility, Rehabilitation & Restoration: A Catholic Perspective on Crime and Criminal Justice
DEAF MINISTRY
- Guidelines for Celebrating the Sacraments with Persons with Disabilities
- NCOD Policy for Working with Sign Language Interpreters in Catholic Religious Setting
- National Catholic Office for the Deaf (NCOD)
- International Catholic Deaf Association
- Father MD’s Kitchen Table
- United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
- Texas Health & Human Services: Office of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
- San Antonio College American Sign Language Academic Program
HOSPITAL MINISTRY
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