NCYC 2019
November 21-24
Indianapolis, Indiana

NCYC, the National Catholic Youth Conference, is a biennial celebration of the young Church sponsored by the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry. This event gathers together over 23,000 Catholic High School youth (grades 9-12) and their adult leaders from across the nation. Check out www.nfcym.org/ncyc1 for information about the conference. The Office of Faith Formation at the Diocese of Davenport organizes and brings one of the largest groups to every NCYC.

We are Blessed that you are joining us on this pilgrimage!
Contact Barb Butterworth with any questions.

The cost for this pilgrimage is $535 per person.
The fee is based on lodging with quad occupancy and in limited cases, triple occupancy. Double and single occupancy rooms for adults may be available for an additional charge.  

Included in the fee: 

• Transportation (motor coach bus – to/from Indianapolis and to/from hotel/convention center)
• Lodging (3 nights at Indianapolis Marriott East and Delta Hotels by Marriott Indianapolis East
• Conference registration fee
• Breakfast each morning at the hotel
• Diocesan t-shirt
• General programming costs (supplies, Diocesan staff assistance, etc.)

Invite Your Youth to Lead the Way at NCYC - Youth Ambassador Registrations Now Open!              
The Youth Ambassador program allows for more participation in NCYC by young people from across the country. These youth leaders will provide a welcoming presence and assist with specific tasks at mega sessions and workshop breakouts at NCYC. Review this flyer for more information. A link to the NCYC 2019 Ambassador registration form can be found below in "Forms & Documents". The deadline to submit this form is September 15th.  
 

ALL NCYC chaperones are urged to attend a preparation program. These gatherings foster community among adults from different parishes and hear together about our procedures at our hotels and downtown during NCYC. We'll also be exploring how we best accompoanying our youth throughout the NCYC experience.

Six Preparation Gatherings are scheduled, and for convenience, one is scheduled in each deanery. However, chaperones may attend any Gathering that is most convenient for them. All that is asked is that each chaperone - or the group leader - contact the Gathering's host to them know they're attending. 

Here's the schedule:

• Sunday, September 29, 3-5 PM – IOWA CITY DEANERY at St. James parish, 602 W 2^nd St., Washington, IA, host is Mary Sue Marek.

• Thursday, October 3, 6:30-8:30 PM – DAVENPORT DEANERY at St. John Vianney, 4097 18^th St., Bettendorf, host is Jan Stevensen.

• Monday, October 7, 6:30-8:30 PM – CLINTON DEANERY at Jesus Christ, Prince of Peace, 1105 LaMetta Wynn Dr., Clinton, host is Brenda Bertram.

• Tuesday, October 22, 6:30-8:30 PM – KEOKUK DEANERY at Rolling Hall across from Sacred Heart church, 2210 Avenue I, Ft. Madison, host is Alicia Lundstrum.

• Sunday, October 27, 3-5 PM – OTTUMWA DEANERY at St. Mary, 3100 W Madison Ave., Fairfield, hose is Jean Dorothy.

• Tuesday, October 29, 6:30-8:30 PM – GRINNELL DEANERY, location and host still being determined.
   

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Help your group get the most out of the NCYC experience by preparing them around the NCYC theme. Below you will find three preparation sessions. Each one covers one aspect of this year's NCYC theme "Blessed. Broken. Given." You'll find a full 60-90 minute program that will help your group build community, grow spiritually, and begin your plgrimage to NCYC. Check them out!

Along with the prep sessions, you'll also find the Participant Journal. The first section corresponds to the three preparation sessions, the second section is to be used during NCYC itself, and the third section contains resources for returning home. There's also a section for note taking. It's well worth a look, and hopefully you'll want to provide this to your group to help them have a complete NCYC experience.

Notes about the Participant Journal:

• Two versions of the journal are available: one version (NCYC Complete) contains pages that correspond to the three prep sessions below as well as the NCYC specific pages, and the other version (NCYC Specific) does not include the prep sessions.
• After printing, folding, and binding, the journal ends up in a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" format. 
• Both versions are available below as a pdf and as a Publisher document (sorry, the document is not available in Word).
• Both documents are set to print in proper order as a booklet. 
• Because of its size and the challenge of binding it effectively, the O.F.F. can furnish with you with professionally printed and bound copies of the NCYC Complete version for $7 each, and the NCYC Specific version for $6.25 each. We will place an order for these every Wednesday afternoon up to November 13. To order your copies, simply email Barb bu Wednesday noon each week.
• You will be contacted when your journals are ready and arrangements for delivery willbe made at that time.
• The amount of your order will be added to one of your NCYC invoices. 

• Prep Session 1: Blessed
• Prep Session 2: Broken
• Prep Session 3: Given
• NCYC Complete Participant Journal (pdf)
• NCYC Complete Participant Journal - editable (Publisher)
• NCYC Specific Participant Journal (pdf)
• NCYC Specific Participant Journal - editable (pdf)

An invoice will be provided for all payments with the exception of the January Deposit.