Starting a group

Here are several online resources, originally written by the late Australian priest, Fr Hugh O’Sullivan, to assist YCW (and other) groups, their leaders and animators or chaplains.

Making Monday the best day of the week

This 12 week meeting guide is designed for new YCW, YCS and other groups.

Key sections include:

How to start a group

Study and contact stage

Forming a community

Understanding the YCW

The YCW solution

A Christian movement

Jesus in his time

Initiating a group

Review of life and action

Methods of organisation

Stories

A factory group

A group started by a priest

A parish group

A neighbourhood group

Notes for Leaders

Where it begins

What the local group means to the member

The role of the president

The notebook

Dignity and purpose

Sharing in the joy of creation

Love and friendship

How to run a general meeting