Parent Resources

As we all know, parents are a crucial part of youth ministry as the first teachers of the faith. The Catholic Youth Organization feels called to provide assistance and resources to parents so they know we value and care for them as well.

The purpose of the ADW Youth Parent Network is to create monthly opportunities for parents to network with each other, tell us about their needs, and for us to provide resources for them to assist their children.  

These gatherings are open to parents whose kids are involved in our athletic, scouting and youth ministry programs.

Find upcoming gatherings here:
 CYO Youth Parent Network Gatherings

A collaborative effort by four national Catholic organizations to help church leaders envision how the Catholic Church can more effectively partner with parents to help bring home the faith. Developed by NFCYM in 2005, the Strong Catholic Families National Initiative is presented in partnership with the National Conference for Catechetical Leadership (NCCL), the National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers (NACFLM) and the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) who together offer a series of diocesan and parish level trainings, presentations, online and print resources and Catholic Parent Revivals. Spanish language trainings (Fortaleciendo Familias en la Fe) and presentations are also available.

The Strong Catholic Families resources, events and training options are designed to:

• Motivate and engage parents to embrace their responsibility for the faith development of their children and grow the domestic church of the home.
• Motivate and engage parishes/schools to accompany, support and equip parents and families in passing the faith to their children.

For Parent Resources, please go to National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry.

Along with The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, the Catholic Youth Organization recognizes that the protection of children and young people is a responsibility shared by the entire community.

Every adult involved with CYO programing including but not limited to Coaches, Scout Leaders, Youth Ministers and volunteers, including those who do not work or volunteer with children, who has reason to believe or suspects that any child has been the victim of physical abuse, sexual abuse, sexual assault, or neglect shall make a report to the appropriate civil authorities, identified in Section 5.3, and to the appropriate Archdiocesan authorities, identified in Section 6 of the Child Protection and Safe Environment Policy Handbook. 
 
You can access the report form by clicking the button below:
Report Suspected Child Abuse Form
Please submit report via email to: ChildProtection@adw.org or contact the Office of Child Protection and Safe Environment at 301-853-5328.