Support the Catholic Youth Foundation

Before the advertisement on the AmP sidebar goes away, I want to give a shout out to a worthy campaign on behalf of the Catholic Youth Foundation.

The Catholic Youth Foundation "provides scholarships to the National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC), training for youth ministers, and grants to Catholic youth ministry programs around the country."

To spice things up, CYF's director and his wife decided to climb Mt. Everest. No joke:

Bob McCarty, and his wife, Maggie, are preparing for their once-in-a-lifetime journey to Mount Everest this April. Bob and Maggie’s love of rock climbing and ministry has often crossed paths as they annually lead a wilderness retreat for adults. As in the past, the lines of personal pursuit and ministry are coming together again for the benefit of Catholic youth ministry in the United States. We are graced by their generosity especially as the trip is fully funded by them.

As we all know, even a journey of 29,035 feet is achieved through, well, lots of little steps.

That's why they're asking for lots of little pledges of $5 and $10. That's not so bad, and those add up! Especially when donors have promised to match these little donations. Which is the case here.

I'm told that Bishops Harrington and Aymond are supporting the campaign - they're both on the honor roll list of bishops who have spoken up about Notre Dame.

Anyway, please consider supporting the campaign and tell your twitter/facebook (even real life friends) about it!