the CRS Campus Connection
If you work with young people who are headed off to college soon, direct them to the CRS Campus Connection.
CRS Education:
Going Global with Youth
CRS Education: Going Global with Youth is a gateway to lesson plans, simulation activities, prayer services, stories, web links and opportunities that looks at global issues through the lens of Catholic Social Teaching. Use this resource to invite young people to see the world with new eyes and to challenge them to respond to our faith call to global solidarity. New features are listed below.
New Features
- 2008 Frontiers of Justice Participants Leave for West Africa
- Journey with 6 Catholic high school teachers as they travel to Burkina Faso and Ghana from June 28 to July 13, 2008 for the Frontiers of Justice trip, sponsored in partnership with the National Catholic Education Association Secondary Schools Department.
- 2008 Called to Witness Participants Leave for Nigeria
- Journey with the 9 youth ministers traveling to Nigeria, April 14-28, 2008 for the Called to Witness trip, sponsored in partnership with the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry.
- Pope Benedict XVI Visits Washington DC and New York NY
- A live webcast of the Holy Father's rally with young people and seminarians at Saint Joseph's Seminary in New York on Saturday, April 19 can be viewed on the US Papal Visit website and will be archived for several weeks after the Pope's visit. Bob McCarty, executive director of NFCYM, will be providing the color commentary.
- Days of Prayer and Action for Colombia: April 27-28, 2008
- Please join CRS and many other people of faith across the United States, Canada and Colombia in the ecumenical Days of Prayer and Action for Colombia on April 27-28. A variety of education and prayer resources are available to help make peace possible in Colombia.