Advocate Formation

At its core, One Call exists to engage, empower, and support young people in their growth and development as pastoral musicians. To accomplish this critical work, our summer institute employs an exceptional team of educators, musicians, and ministers to work with youth participants. However, we recognize that the adults who have the greatest opportunity to impact the lives of young people are those who work in parish and campus ministry.  

New this year, we a providing adults who are mentors and advocates of young pastoral musicians a virtual option to experience One Call. We will be offering digital access to our full group sessions that cover a range of liturgical, ministerial and spiritual formation topics. This opportunity will be available for all who are interested, and will be especially beneficial for mentors and advocates who have youth & college-aged participants attending the program live. These shared learning experiences will help the advocates promote the inclusion and empowerment of the youth participants as they return to their parishes or campuses.

While our program will be primarily virtual for advocates we understand that some adults may need to travel with their young people in order for the students to be able to participate in One Call. In these cases the advocate will be able to stay on campus and participate in full-group sessions in-person for the week.

2023 young adults & advocates

 
 

Virtual Programming

Specific session topics will be announced at a later date, but below is a summary of the type of content you can expect. Presentations will be recorded live and then published for viewing throughout the week and will be available through the remainder of 2024.

LITURGICAL FORMATION 

Liturgical formation sessions provide an opportunity for participants of the College and Youth Tracks to learn together. Each session breaks open and explores a key component necessary to our understanding of the liturgical life of the church. The topics offered change each year. Topics offered in the past include “The Foundations of Ritual Music,” “The Three Judgements: Pastoral, Musical, Liturgical,” “Holistic Approaches to Liturgy Planning,” and “Understanding Models of the Church.”

SPIRITUAL FORMATION

Spiritual formation programming offers participants of the College and Youth Tracks opportunities to examine their own spiritual life. Each session includes a conference, given by a different presenter, that explores an aspect of spirituality. Following the conference, participants continue to discuss and explore in small peer groups. 

LITURGICAL LEADERSHIP SEQUENCE

This sequence of daily sessions gives college participants a chance to focus on the knowledge and leadership required for effective liturgies. The topics covered include essential liturgical documents (i.e. “General Instruction of the Roman Missal,” Sacrosanctum Concilium, “Sing to the Lord,” etc.), the liturgical year, the structure of the Mass, approaches to liturgical planning, Adoration and Exposition, and more. 

MINISTERIAL LEADERSHIP SEQUENCE

During This sequence of daily sessions college participants focus on the knowledge and leadership required for effective ministry. The topics covered include recruiting and training volunteers, effective communication, interpersonal relationships, leadership style, strategic planning and coordination, dynamics of working as a team, and more. 

prayer

Prayer is of central importance to our time together. All participants and team members gather for Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer each day. Our week ends with Mass on Sunday morning. While we are unable to live-stream our prayers we will provide access to a resource page that includes digital access to our worship-aids for the week.

End of Week Concert

At the end of the week our youth and college participants put on a concert. This concert will be recorded and shared on Sunday June 30th as a video premiere on One Call’s social media accounts. Airing the concert after the students return home allows them to watch the concert with their family, friends and parish communities.

Pricing

Virtual Only - $100

  • Send 1 youth participant - $50 off

  • Send 2 or more youth participants - Free

In-Person - $650

  • Requires 1 or more youth or college participants

  • If attending in-person you will be require to provide documentation of safe-environment training

  • Includes housing in a temperature controlled building with a private bedroom & private bathroom, meals, and optional participation in all full-group sessions

T-Shirt - $15

  • Optional for all advocate participants

  • Shipping available for an additional $7

 

Interest form

Please complete and submit the form below if you are interested in receiving more information about the One Call summer institute. (Note: this form is not an application.)