NCYC Chaperone Meeting by Maureen Rotramel

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NCYC Chaperone Meeting

Published on Sep 22, 2017

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

NCYC Adult Leader Meeting

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Our leader:our

Who's here?

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This session will focus around pilgrimage and the history of pilgrimage. It will put in context what we are doing and why we are not simply going on a trip.

Link to Video: https://youtu.be/vJG698U2Mvo

Gather and watch the psychological study. The goal is to count the number of times the WHITE team passes the ball. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG698U2Mvo&noredirect=1
Most people will fail to see the gorilla. That is the focus of pilgrimage. We have to be aware as we go through the journey together for where, when and how God is working. Sometimes it takes someone in the group to raise our awareness so everyone can see God’s handiwork.

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Opening Prayer

Prayer Before a Journey
Lord our God, before you there are no secrets; nothing is hidden from your eyes
and nothing happens without your permission.
Grant me the happiness of beginning this pilgrimage entrusted to you;
permit me to go and to return in peace and tranquility, in your infinite love and mercy.
Accompany me with your loving security and direct my footsteps
with the steady love of your heart, keeping me always close to you, Lord.
May I see clearly the obstacles of my journey,
and may I keep safe from affliction and despair,
thanks to your blessing and care. Blessed are you, O Eternal God;
you have protected me in such a way that by the light of your presence
I shall always find new roads
and fulfilling answers to my yearnings.
Amen.
Found on Ithaca College website: http://www.ithaca.edu/sacl/catholic/prayers/journey/

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Why are we here?

More than chaperone
Accompany teens
Pilgrimage

Pilgrimage is an ancient tradition of journeying to a place that is of importance.
For some cultures this is not religious at all. For some, it is an expectation of their faith (the Muslim faith expects each person to make pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in their life). For Catholic Christians, pilgrimage has become equally about the journey as the destination.
In the Middle Ages, pilgrims would journey to the Holy Land, to walk where Jesus walked. When that became impossible due to safety concerns, a version of the pilgrimage came to them in the form of the Stations of the Cross.
Catholics will often make pilgrimage to Rome. During a Jubilee Year (last one was just last year, pilgrims journeying to Rome walk through the Holy Door to receive the Papal Indulgence. St. Francis of Assisi requested a similar indulgence for St. Mary of the Angels basilica in Assisi each year.

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Keys to success

Flexibility!!!
Set the tone
Consistency
Teamwork

So there are certain things that we all need to have in order for this to be a successful pilgrimage...first and foremost is flexibility. While we have tried our best to plan for every contingency, those of you who have gone to multiple NCYC's can tell you about party buses and having to move hotels and broken down buses and all sorts of other adventures...which is why it is so important for you, as the adult leaders, to always set the tone! The teens are going to take their cues from YOU! If they hear you complaining, it gives them permission to complain. But if the

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Let's practice:)

Sit at a table with people you DO NOT KNOW
Introduce your self: name, parish, ever gone to NCY

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Group discussion

Why did youagree to go to NCYC?
How did first get involved in your parish?

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Faith sharing with Teens

Be patient
Open ended question
But specific...
No judging

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Practical stuff

Adult leader guide
Schedule
Depart from Cousins Center Nov. 16
Cell phon

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Thursday info

Check in at 9:00am -
Mass at 9:30
Depart by 11:00am
Bus Captains
Box lunches/snacks/lunches
Bus "icebreakers

tags on bags - please help and make sure the teens in your group have the correct tags on their bags for their buses...there are four buses and we want to make sure their bags get where they should be...

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Still Thursday...

Arrive LOS approx 6:00pm (local)
Opening session
Pizza party at Marriott
Check into rooms at Delta by Marriott
Room checks/lights out & hall monitor

Someone (meaning me and my special assistant, aka as my husband John) will be meeting the bus to give you your credentials at a truck stop right outside Indy...you will NOT be getting off the bus. Your group leader may want your help putting copies of each teens insurance card in the back of the credential and distributing them. Also, any bag that goes into the LOS and the Convention Center needs to have a little tag like this so make sure all the teens have one of those on their bags. At the hotel

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