Registration Instructions

Week 1: July 11-13               Week 2: July 18-20 

If you have registered in the past you should have a user account.  Login using  your user id or email address that you registered with your account.  If you forgot your password ask the system to send you a new password.  If you do not have a user account please follow directions to create an account.  

User account names should be in the person attending. 

This year our outreach for the conference will be to Feed the Hungry.  We have adopted two outreach services who help those in need.  Please be generous with your choice.  Click on your week to see collection lists!

Week 1 -  Ozark Food Havest       Week 2 - SVDP Society of St. Louis

Week 1

Monday, June 16, 2008 - Online registration closes at 9:00am

Week 2

Monday, June 23, 2008 – Online registration closes at 9:00am

The Young Apostles program as part of the Franciscan University Youth Conferences has officially been retired. 

This year a new program is being launched call Franciscan LEAD. The program will take place the week before each youth conference and will focus on training teens in Leadership, Evangelization, And Discipleship.  This is a 5 day training that will run the week before the Youth Conference; beginning Monday and ending Friday afternoon when the participant will join with their group for the weekend youth conference.

Franciscan LEAD, the new discipleship training program offered through the Youth Outreach Office of Franciscan University, is responding to the call to raise up and train teens who will  be living witnesses to the hope that is found in Christ Jesus.  Each day participants in Franciscan LEAD will learn evangelistic skills such as developing and sharing a personal testimony, praying with a peer, how to share the gospel, and how to lead a small group faith discussion.

The skills they develop at Franciscan LEAD training will be put into effect with members of their home parishes as they rejoin their groups on Friday night to help serve and evangelize their peers throughout the weeked.  Participants will also serve the overall conference through testimonies, hospitatilty, and serving during liturgies.

The hope and prayer of Franciscan University is that the skills particpants gain through the training will not only be a benefit during the weekend, but will continued to be fostered and developed on the parish level, perhaps even planting seeds of full-time ministry or vocation.

The program will begin on Monday afternoon and end Friday afternoon. Cost for the week will be $350.00 and  does not include the weekend conference.  Franciscan LEAD is separate from Franciscan University Youth Conferences. Teens attending LEAD will rejoin their group on the weekend so will need to be counted within numbers for the group. Space is very limited and particpants will be chosen on a first-come/first served basis for qualified candidates.  Teens need to be recommended by group leaders and group leaders have to apply on behalf of teens.

If you are a teen coming to a summer youth conference and you are interested in being a part of Franciscan LEAD, talk to your group leader.  If you are a group leader interested in registering a teen for Franciscan LEAD, contact the registration office of the conference you have signed up for.  If you need additional information about Franciscan LEAD, email your questions to franciscanlead@franciscan.edu.

Please contact us at stlyouth@archstl.org to have a LEAD packet sent to you so that you can begin the registration process for your young leaders!