Steubenville Conferences

Please read the following rules carefully, as they provide information about engaging in the interactivity aspects of Steubenville Live, the livestreamed high school youth conference hosted by Franciscan University of Steubenville, in a way that is respectful and lawful. By using, or submitting material to, Steubenville Live (via the below detailed interactivity tools and methods) you agree that you have read, understood, accept, and agree to abide by, the below rules.

The interactive tools and methods include:

1. The live chat, live Q&A, and live polls accessible by logging into the livestream of Steubenville Live.
2. Prayer intentions, group discussions (available via the “Connect” button on the Steubenville Live app),  features/games (available via the “Interact” button on the Steubenville Live app) and any other buttons available via the Steubenville Live app that may allow interactivity with other viewers, groups, or individuals.
3. Any social media posts (graphics or text) containing Franciscan University of Steubenville, Steubenville Conferences, or Steubenville Live references, tags, and/or hashtags.

Please use all platforms and tools available for interactivity in congruence with Steubenville Live with great charity and responsibility.  We, the Steubenville Conference Office, are pleased to allow our Steubenville Live viewers to interact with us and one another, and it is our mission to uphold an environment of positivity and encouragement throughout the duration of Steubenville Live. Furthermore, by engaging in these interactivity tools and methods, you agree to post, send and receive messages, and content that are proper and related to the particular topic being streamed at Steubenville Live.

The purpose of these interactive tools and methods are as follows:

1. 1. Live Chat – The live chat allows Steubenville Live viewers to engage with one another throughout the duration of the conference weekend – to create a space for community, positivity, and support for one another. Avoid crude, explicit, provocative or suggestive language.
   2. Q&A – The Q&A opportunities are provide education and deeper understanding of the content being discussed throughout the talks and sessions during Steubenville Live. Please use these opportunities to ask questions that will further your own and other’s understanding of the Catholic faith. Avoid crude, explicit, provocative, or suggestive language.
   3. Polls – The Steubenville Conference Office will utilize polls throughout Steubenville Live to collect live viewer data so we can better understand our viewers and their needs. Please respond to such polls with honesty and integrity.
   4. Steubenville Live App – We have created all elements of the Steubenville Live app with the intention to allow for a highly engaging and interactive virtual conference. This app provides Steubenville Live participants with access to all the necessary information and interactive features  you will need in order to have the best possible conference experience.
   5. Social Media – The use of social media within the Steubenville Live experience allows interaction between participants, ministry team members, and staff and creates a space for participants to share about their experience of the event. Avoid crude, explicit, provocative, or suggestive language.

When using these interactivity tools and methods (as defined above), you agree that you will not post, send, submit, publish, or transmit  material that:

1. You do not have the right to post, including proprietary material of any third party, such as files containing software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy or publicity);
2. Advocates illegal activity or discusses an intent to commit an illegal act;
3. Is vulgar, obscene, pornographic, or indecent;
4. Does not pertain directly to this event (Steubenville Live);
5. Threatens or abuses others, libels, defames, invades privacy, stalks, is obscene, pornographic, racist, abusive, harassing, threatening or offensive;
6. Seeks to exploit or harm children by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable details or otherwise;
7. Harvests or otherwise collects information about others, including e-mail addresses, without their consent;
8. Violates any law or may be considered to violate any law;
9. Impersonates or misrepresents your connection to any other entity or person or otherwise manipulates headers or identifiers to disguise the origin of the content;
10. Falsifies or deletes any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is permissibly uploaded;
11. Advertises any commercial endeavor (e.g., offering for sale products or services) or otherwise engages in any commercial activity (e.g., conducting raffles or contests, displaying sponsorship banners, and/or soliciting goods or services) except as may be specifically authorized on by Steubenville Live;
12. Solicits funds, advertisers or sponsors;
13. Includes programs that contain viruses, worms and/or Trojan horses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications;
14. Disrupts the normal flow of dialogue, causes a screen to scroll faster than other users are able to type, or otherwise act in a way which affects the ability of other people to engage in real time activities via this site;
15. Includes MP3 format files;
16. Amounts to a pyramid or other like scheme, including contests, chain letters, and surveys;
17. Disobeys any policy or regulations including any code of conduct or other guidelines, established from time to time regarding use of these interactivity tools and methods or any networks connected to the site on which Steubenville Live will be streamed; or
18. Contains hyperlinks to other sites that contain content that falls within the descriptions set forth above.

Consequences

Should anyone be found to misuse the interactive tools and methods (defined above), the Steubenville Conference Office reserves the right to delete and/or report such inappropriate comments, questions, responses, and/or posts from the live chat, Q&As, polls, Steubenville Live app, and/or social media. Should a viewer be found to misuse the interactive tools and methods on numerous occasions, the viewer will be banned/blocked from utilizing the interactive tools for the duration of the conference.

Prayer Intentions

Submit your prayer intentions here! These will be prayed for at Mass during the conference and by the Steubenville Conferences team at our staff prayer times.

Tap here to submit your prayer intentions!

 

During the conference, we will post links to mini surveys after each session. Check back here to give us your feedback and let us know how what your experience has been!

Friday Session

Saturday Session 1

Saturday Session 2

Saturday Session 3

Final Feedback

Scavenger Hunt

Hunt around your parish to find the following items. This can be done in small groups or individually. Ensure that every group has a camera of some kind, as some of the items require pictures! If you are participating from home, see how many of these you can find around your own house or neighborhood!

• Statue/icon/image of Mary –  say a Memorare for someone you know that is sick
• Favorite place to pray
• Image/statue/medal of your patron saint – say a prayer, asking for their intercession
• Depiction of the Holy Spirit (candle, dove image, etc.)
• Crucifix – meditate on Christ’s Passion for a moment
• Green space (flowers in or outside of church, backyard at home) – thank God for his beautiful creation
• Sanctuary of your church – stop and pray
• Something Franciscan (e.g., FUS gear, tau cross, three-knot rope, St. Francis statue, picture of Assisi
• The most beautiful rosary you can find –say a decade of it for your parish or family community
• Retreat/Steubenville T-shirt – share a memory with your group from that retreat/conference
• Bible – take a picture of your favorite verse
• Saint book – share your favorite quote from that saint
• Encyclical or the Catechism
• Your youth group or family (selfie time!)
• Take a picture of your best chalk art and submit it (mentions us and use the hashtag #Steubielive)
• Take a picture outside the sacristy and say an Our Father for the priests
• Take a picture with the vocations poster and pray for vocations
• Take a picture of your favorite piece of art/statue in your church or your home

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Virtual Scavenger Hunt at Home

You don’t need to leave the house to have a fun scavenger hunt! This list has many items that are probably already in your houses (or fridges!). To raise the stakes, try offering a prize to the first person in your group to submit pictures of everything on the list. The list below is just suggestions, so feel free to get creative and make your own list for your group or family!

• Soy sauce
• Steubenville T-shirt from last year
• A family pet
• A stuffed animal
• The biggest coffee mug you can find
• A textbook
• A board game
• A piece of sports equipment
• A pool noodle
• A box of pasta
• A candle
• A decorative pillow
• A houseplant
• A magnet
• A deck of cards
• A flashlight
• Toilet paper (extra points for every roll)
• A toaster
• Chips and salsa

• All times listed are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) 

• The livestream will begin 30 minutes to an hour before the programming, to give you time to test your connection.

• Throughout the livestream programming and pre-session and post-session shows, we are excited to offer live polls, a live chat, Q & A, behind-the-scenes looks, ministry team interviews, man–on–the–street interviews, additional videos, and more!

• There will not be small group time during the scheduled sessions–only as an option during Recharge/Break time. We encourage you to meet with your group prior to the livestream as well, for more opportunities for community building.  

Remember to:

• Keep your questions open-ended. Avoid yes/no questions.
• Be comfortable in the silence. Silence is okay in a small group. Sometimes people need time to process the questions before answering them.
• Avoid talking too much. This is a time for your group members to process their thoughts. If they have questions or need mentoring, give a shorter answer and let them know you can talk more together after the small group time. Remember that this is a journey and allow them to be where they are in the journey. Exemplify patience!
• Choose the questions you think are best for your group. The questions in the next section are meant to prompt you to ask further questions and facilitate conversation among the group. You do not need to ask every question. Feel free to ask follow-up questions as your group members process their experiences. You can ask even more specific questions about the keynote content.
• Focus on your small group. Your primary concern should be developing relationships with your small group. If everyone does this, each group member has someone that is focused on getting to know them.

Some Dos and Don’ts:

• Don’t be afraid; you’ve been given this small group for a reason.
• Don’t be dominant; this is your group members’ time to process the talks.
• Don’t push too hard; take note if someone isn’t talking and approach them outside of small group time.
• Don’t make your small group your identity.
• Don’t be afraid to let your group members sit in silence.
• Don’t move on from a fruitful conversation just to get through all the small group questions.
• Don’t get into individual conversations that exclude the rest of the group.
• Do love your group members for who they are and where they are.
• Do find out about the family lives and spiritual lives of your group members.
• Do seek out the quiet ones and get them involved.
• Do listen more than you speak; watch your group members and respond to their needs.
• Do create an accepting environment.
• Do be real; be yourself.
• Do pray for each member of your small group.
• Do model the behavior you expect from your group members.
• Do ask open-ended questions that need more than a one-word answer.

5:30 pm (EDT)

Live Stream Begins

*Note: The live stream will begin at this time to allow you to test your connection. Programming will begin with the Steubenville Live Pre-show.

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6:00 pm 

Steubenville Live Pre-show

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6:30-9:15 pm

Gathering Music
Welcome and Introduction
Keynote: Jesus Our Hope
Eucharistic Adoration  
(approximately 8:20-8:50 pm)
Confession Preparation

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9:15-9:30 pm

Steubenville Live Post-show

1. Ask the person if anyone has ever prayed with them before. If not, first explain prayer ministry and intercession: It is asking someone to pray for them, and instead of the other person praying alone later, he or she will pray for them out loud right away.  
2. Ask them if there is anything specific on their heart for which they would like prayers.  
3. Begin with prayers of gratitude for the person, for God’s love of them, and for what God is doing in their heart.  
4. Offer their intentions out loud. Always bring them to Christ and direct your prayer and focus to him. 
5. Note: If a Scripture or an image comes to mind that might be helpful for the person, discern whether it will be received well. If you decide to share it, make sure to explain that God will sometimes speak through Scripture or images and encourage them to continue to pray with it and see how God is speaking to them through it.  
6. Close the time with a prayer that can be prayed out loud together (Hail Mary, Our Father, Glory Be, etc.).  
7. Encourage them to continue to seek God in prayer. Also, encourage them to continue to talk with someone about what God is doing in their life and, if needed, help them to seek additional help through counseling, spiritual direction, mentorship, etc. 

Many parents find it difficult to start faith discussions with their teens. Often, it is something that was not a part of their own upbringings. If this is you, here are a few tips to help to ease any of your worries about having a fruitful faith-based discussion with your children:

• Say a prayer to the Holy Spirit to inspire and guide your children and help them to be open to his grace.
• Young people have profound spiritual hunger. While they might not have a strong devotion to the Catholic faith, they are looking for meaning and purpose in their lives. Talking to them about their thoughts and feelings regarding the faith helps them to seek and find the answers they need.
• Even teens who are engaged in their faith have many deep questions and concerns. Being a young person today is hard. Much of what is going on in their lives is hiding beneath a veneer of “having it all together.” Sometimes it only takes one question and one moment for them to let you into their lives.
• Despite what many in the media say, you still are the strongest influence on your children. Even just asking a question communicates that you care.
• Give your teens freedom to be honest. Their answers may not be perfect, but you want honesty and authenticity. Affirm their honesty.
• Spend more time listening than talking during small group time.
• Be authentic about your own spiritual journey. Share about your faith when you were a teen. Answer the questions honestly along with your teens.
• Be patient with your children if they don’t open up to you right away.

How to view Steubenville Live

To view and fully participate the Livestream, you will need to register and log into your Steubenville Virtual Conference Platform account.

This can be done on a computer, tablet, or cell phone. For the best viewing experience, we recommend watching the livestream on a computer or tablet (or projected on a big screen!) and using your cell phone to participate in the interactive features such as live chat, Q&A and polling.

Accessing your Steubenville Virtual Conference account

1. Go to steubenvillelive.com
2. Click the “Livestream Access” button
3. Log in using your username (or email) and password (If you forgot your password, you can reset it!
4. In the Membership Content section of the dashboard, click on the “View” button next to “Steubenville Live Youth Conference” 
5. The livestream, interactive features, and schedule will all be available on that page! 

8:00am – 9:15am                    

Workshop 7:

1. (RT) The Gift of Spiritual Direction

Robert Siemens

(Chapel)

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2. (OT) Moving a Parish from a School Year Model to Forms of Outreach that Better Server Conversion

Dr. Doug Beaumont

(Egan: Room 113)

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3. (OT) Men’s Ministry in Today’s Church

Justin Frato

(Cosmas & Damian: Pugliese Auditorium)

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4. (OT) St. Frances De Sales and St. Ignatius Loyola as Mentors

Eric Gallagher

(Finnegan Fieldhouse: Baron Room, 2nd Floor)

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5. (OT) How to Avoid Bad Meetings: A Strategy for Healthy Leadership Teams

Ann Lankford

(Cosmas & Damian: Room 206)

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6. (OT) How to Effectively Proclaim the Kerygma and Invite a Response

Michael Hall/André Regnier/Marcel LeJeune

(Finnegan Fieldhouse)

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7. (OT) Seeking to Help People Discover Their Personal Vocation Using the MCORE Approach

Dr. Joshua Miller

(Cosmas & Damian: Room 300)

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8. (OT) The Preventive System of St. John Bosco in the Digital Age

Fr. Lou Molinelli, SDB

(JCWC: St. Leo Room)

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9. (OT) When Leaders Sin: Why We Still Need the Holy, Catholic Church

Ken Ogorek

(Finnegan Fieldhouse: Aerobics Room, 2nd Floor)

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10. (OT) Mentoring Within a Parish

Antoniette Pace

(Egan: Room 213)

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11. (OT) Parish Renewal: Building an Evangelized and Evangelizing Faith Community

Tom Quinlan

(JCWC: Gentile Gallery)

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12. (OT) How to Do Marriage Prep in High School Settings to Prepare Young People for Matrimonial Success

Chris Vaughn

(Finnegan Fieldhouse: Aerobics Room, 2nd Floor)

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13. (OT) The Priest as Minister of the Word: What Every Catechetical Leader Needs to Know

Dr. Eric Westby

(St. Joseph Center: Classroom A)

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14. (OT) Revisioning Infant Baptism Ministry in the Heart of the New Evangelization

Larann Wilson

(St. Joseph Center: Classroom B)

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9:00am – 10:15am                    

Workshop 4:

1. (YA) The Keys to Spiritual Multiplication

Michael Hall

(Finnegan Fieldhouse)

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2. (CT1) Sacred Scripture: The Big Picture

Marc Cardaronella

(JCWC: Gentile Gallery)

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3. (CT2) Reality: Epistemology for Catechists

Ron Bolster

(Cosmas & Damian: Room 206)

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4. (CS) Teaching to Form vs. Inform

Amy Roberts

(JCWC: St. Leo Room)

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5. (DO) Balancing Life and Ministry as a Professional: Finding and Implementing a System That Works for You

Dr. Therese Recinella

(Egan: Room 113)

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6. (HFF) Ways to Evangelize the Family Through Scripture/Formas de Evangelizar la Familia a Través de la Sagrada Escritura

Marlon De La Torre

(Cosmas & Damian: Room 300)

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7. (PCL1) Religious Education Material Evaluation and Selection

Gigi Zapiain

(Cosmas & Damian: Pugliese Auditorium)

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8. (PCL2) Magisterial, Conciliar, and Catechetical Documents I

Martha Drennan

(Egan: Room 213)

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9. (RCIA1) Liturgical Components of the Christian Initiation Process

Lori Smith

(Finnegan Fieldhouse: Performance Room, 2nd Floor)

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10. (RCIA 2) Liturgical Catechesis

Dr. James Pauley

(Fieldhouse Performance Room, 2nd floor)

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11. (YM 1) Incarnational Ministry

Kris Frank

(St. Joseph Center: Classroom A)

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12. (YM 2) Forming Disciples for the New Evangelization

Jim Beckman

(St. Joseph Center: Classroom B)

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13. (OT) Developing a Salesian Style of Life with the Young

Fr. Lou Molinelli, SDB

(Finnegan Fieldhouse: Aerobics Room, 2nd Floor)

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14. (OT) Serving the Stranger: Refugee Resettlement as a Parish Ministry

Antoniette Pace

(St. Joseph Center: Totino Room)

 

3:45 pm – 5:00 pm

Workshop 6:

1. (YA) The Discipleship Pathway: Jesus’ Plan for Renewal

Marcel LeJeune

(Finnegan Fieldhouse)

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2. (CT1) The Ecclesial Method

Dr. James Pauley

(JCWC: Gentile Gallery)

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3. (CT2) The Four Last Things

Fr. Jay Mello

(Cosmas & Damian: Room 206)

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4. (CS) The Educational Leader in a Catholic Setting

Luke Crawford

(JCWC: St. Leo Room)

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5. (DO) Canon Law for Diocesan Officials

Dr. Chris Hoag

(Egan: Room 113)

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6. (HFF) Faith in Hispanic Families/La Fe en Las Familias Hispanas

Mary Ann Wiesinger-Puig

(Cosmas & Damian: Room 300)

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7. (PCL1) First Penance and First Eucharist Preparation

William O’Leary

(Cosmas & Damian Hall – Pugliese Auditorium)

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8. (PCL2) Philosophical Foundations of Catechesis

Ron Bolster

(Egan: Room 213)

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9. (RCIA1) Pastoral Components of the Christian Initiation Process

Patty Norris

(Finnegan Fieldhouse: Performance Room, 2nd Floor)

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10. (RCIA 2) Companions on the Journey: Sponsors and Godparents

Gary Norris

(Finnegan Fieldhouse: Baron Room, 2nd Floor)

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11. (YM 1) The Church, the Body of Christ: Working with Bishops, Pastors, Staff, and Parents

Gina Bauer

(St. Joseph Center: Classroom A)

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12.  (YM 2) Partnering With Families

Dr. Eric Westby

(St. Joseph Center: Classroom B)

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13. (OT) How Apologetics Works in a Pastoral Setting and in Parish Life to Serve Systematic Catechesis

Dr. Doug Beaumont

(St. Joseph Center: Totino Room)

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14. (OT) Parish Level Strategies for Cultivating Discipleship

Eric Gallagher

(Chapel)

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15. (OT) Discipleship Quads: A Process for Making Disciples That Make Disciples

Mark Joseph

(Finnegan Fieldhouse: Aerobics Room, 2nd Floor)

2:00 pm – 3:15 pm

Workshop 5:

1. (YA) The Art of Discipleship

André Regnier

(Finnegan Fieldhouse)

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2. (CT1) Essential Link Between Liturgy and Catechesis

Marc Cardaronella

(JCWC: Gentile Galler

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3. (CT2) Our Life in Christ: The Basics of Catholic Morality

Mary Ann Wiesinger

(Cosmas & Damian: Room 206)

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4. (CS) Praying With Scripture

Rania Garnem

(JCWC: St. Leo Room)

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5. (DO) Christ Before Me: The Christocentric Nature of Diocesan Administration

Marlon De La Torre

(Egan:Room 113)

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6. (HFF) The Blessed Virgin Mary/La Santísima Virgen Maria

Paola Quintero

(Cosmas & Damian Hall – Room 300)

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7. (PCL1) Prayer: Introduction to the Spiritual Life of the Catechist

Sr. Johanna Paruch, FSGM

(Cosmas & Damian:Pugliese Auditorium)

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8. (PCL2) Magisterial, Conciliar, and Catechetical Documents II

Martha Drennan

(Egan: Room 213)

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9. (RCIA1) Catechetical Components of the Christian Initiation Process

Gary Norris

(Finnegan Fieldhouse: Performance Room, 2nd floor)

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10. (RCIA2) Sacred Scripture: The Big Picture

Ann Lankford

(Finnegan Fieldhouse: Baron Room, 2nd Floor)

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11. (YM 1) Helping Teens Understand the Liturgy

Dr. James Pauley

(St. Joseph Center: Classroom A)

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12. (YM 2) Effective Catechesis in Youth Ministry

Dr. Bob Rice

(St. Joseph Center: Classroom B)

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13. (OT) Accessing the Gifts and Power of the Holy Spirit in the Context of Ministry

Jim Beckman

(Finnegan Fieldhouse: Aerobics Room, 2nd Floor)

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14. (OT) Catechumenate as a Model for All Sacramental Preparation

Justin Frato

(St. Joseph Center: Totino Room)

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15. (OT) Helping Catechists to Thrive in Ministry, Avoid Burnout, and Develop Healthy Relationships in Parish Ministry

Jim and Maureen Otremba

(Chapel)

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Conference Schedule:

• All general sessions will be held in Finnegan Fieldhouse
• All participant meals will be served in Antonian Hall
• Chapel indicates Christ the King Chapel

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Track & Workshop Legend

(YA) Young Adults

(CT) Catechist Training (Yr. 1 or Yr. 2)

(CS) Catholic Schools (non-certification)

(PCL) Parish Catechetical Leader (Yr. 1 or Yr. 2)

(RCIA) Rite of Christian Initiation (Yr. 1 or Yr. 2)

(YM) Youth Ministry (Yr. 1 or Yr. 2)

(DO) Diocesan Officials

(RT) Retreat Track (non-certification)

(HFF) Hispanic Faith Formation (non-certification)

(OT) Open Track (non-certification)

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2:00 pm-6:30 pm

GDC Debut Study Day

(Finnegan Fieldhouse: Aerobics Room, 2nd Floor)

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SCHEDULE

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Catholic School Leaders’ Summit Registration

(Finnegan Fieldhouse: Performance Room, 2nd Floor)

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7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

GDC Debut Study Day/Catholic School Leaders’ Summit Participant Dinner

(Finnegan Fieldhouse: Aerobics Room, 2nd Floor)

 

 

 

Chalk Art Drawing

Use these topics to create your own Pictionary game in the parish parking lot or have all your teen work together to create a masterpiece (don’t forget to send us a picture on social media!). If you’re participating from home, go outside and get creative in your driveway!

• Mary
• The Resurrection
• Heaven
• Six days of creation
• Your church
• The Pope
• The Holy Family
• The Ten Commandments
• Eucharist (bread and wine)
• Easter candle
• Stations of the Cross
• Hope Alive logo
• Scripture scene –  calming the storm at sea
• Scripture scene- Jesus walking on water

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Two Truths & A Lie

This game is ideal for 10-15 people, but if you have a larger gathering, divide people up into teams so it doesn’t take longer than 15-20 minutes to get through everyone. This can be done in person or virtually!

1. To get started, explain the game to the group. Let them know that each person will introduce themselves by stating two truths and one lie. They don’t have to be intimate, life-revealing things, just simple hobbies, interests, or past experiences that make each person unique. The lie can be outrageous, wacky, or sound like a truth, making it even harder for the other participants who have to guess which statement is a lie.
2. Each person goes one at a time; the group has to guess which statements are true and which statement is a lie. It’s up to your group whether to keep score or just play for fun to get to know each other.