Vision:
Mission:
Goal:
Objectives:-
1. Every parish in the Diocese of Shimoga has a unit of ICYM or such other movements and at least 50% of the parish youth are members who regularly attend the meetings.
- Visit the parish units by the end of 2018.
- Conduct registration process in the beginning of every academic year
- Pay regular visits and conduct meaningful sessions and programmes by preparing an action plan every year as a regular feature.
- Organize Deanery Youth Convention every year and Diocesan Youth Convention (ICYM and YCS/YSM separately) once in two years.
2. Addicted youth wherever found in the Diocese are helped to get back to normal life.
- Conduct a general survey of the addicted youth.
- Conduct counseling, spiritual exercises, group dynamics and arrange for rehabilitation
- Conduct every year seminars and training programmes for all the youth at the Parish, Deanery and Diocese level to conscientize them on the dangers of addictions.
- Arrange awareness programmes for youth animators on accompanying and empowering the youth who are addicted or vulnerable to addiction, at the beginning of every academic year.
3. At least 50% of the Parish Youth participate regularly in all spiritual activities organized by Parishes and youth movements.
- Facilitate meetings of youth animators and youth leaders at least twice a year.
- Organize training programmes for youth animators every year at all levels.
- Upload reports regularly on Yuvamithra & Diocesan website, mobile app and other means of communication.
- Share available resources for creative liturgy with the youth directors and animators for different types of para-liturgical activities such as Taize Prayer by the Diocesan team.
- Organize youth friendly spiritual exercises, Taize prayer, youth pilgrimages
- Organize youth marathon
- Arrange for youth participatory liturgical services.
- Organize youth retreats.
4. Majority of the Catholic Youth of the Diocese get adequate Career Guidance.
- Organize Career Guidance/Awareness Programme in the month of April/May every year at the Diocesan level.
- Facilitate a help line centre for Career guidance/awareness in Yuvamithra, Diocesan Youth Office by the end of 2018.
- Encourage and register at least 500 students of the Diocese to benefit from the Career Advancement Programme (CAP) online every year.
5. At least 30% of the unemployed Catholic youth in each parish is gainfully employed/self-employed.
- Disseminate placement information regularly to all the youth through various means of communication like WhatsApp, Facebook, Youtube and Yuvamithra News-letter.
- Conduct sessions and seminars on employment opportunities for the youth and the youth animators every year in the month of July at the diocesan level.
- Share information regarding employment opportunities for the youth in all the youth meetings at all levels every year.