Catholic Student Youth Mission Australia

CSYMA offers a student faith formation model which is integrated into the heart of the Religious Education Curriculum. Its vision is to enable the work of evangelisation in Catholic schools and to draw students and staff into a life giving and changing relationship with Jesus. The model invites students to share their gifts and lead prayer experiences in the future.

This week staff from the Catholic Education Office and Year 10 Merici students led an inclusive retreat day, ‘Journey with Jesus’, which is phase one of the model. The retreat was a time to stop, listen, reflect and act on God’s message of love, salvation and forgiveness.       

The day involved listening to the Merici students share their stories of faith, fun activities and small group work; all which helped open their hearts to listen to God, the voice they can always count on and listen to. At the end of the day, the students wrote a prayer, reflecting on what stood out to them from the day.  They were also invited to consider being part of a junior ministry team next year to help lead future faith experiences.

Congratulations to the students who enthusiastically participated in the day. May this be part of an exciting faith journey. A special thank you to Luke Maher for his leadership, all staff for their support and the Merici students for mentoring our St Michael students.

CSYMA Junior

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For all Religious Education enquiries please email Erika Tokich at:

erika.tokich@cg.catholic.edu.au