Totus Tuus is a Catholic youth program dedicated to sharing the Gospel and promoting the Catholic faith through catechesis, evangelization, Christian witness, and Eucharistic worship. Our week-long Parish Summer Catechetical Program assists parents and parishes in the evangelizing and catechizing of their youth by supplementing the work they are already doing. 

Totus Tuus, a Latin phrase meaning "totally yours," was the motto of Pope John Paul II. Taken from St. Louis de Montfort's True Devotion to Mary, it signifies our desire to give ourselves entirely to Jesus Christ through Mary. It also expresses our effort to give our all to every young person we encounter. Through the teams' example of joy and service, the youth see that these men and women are ON FIRE with the Catholic faith and long for the same thing in their lives.

The Method

Totus Tuus calls upon college students and seminarians to carry this mission to every young person they encounter in the parish program. These young men and women are hired for their energy, enthusiasm, love for the faith, commitment to spiritual growth, ability to work with a team, and desire to work with youth.

Parish teachers are grouped into teams of four, each consisting of two men and two women, are are invited to a different parish every week for seven weeks, where they conduct a week-long "parish mission," teaching and inspiring the parish's 1st through 12th grade youth.

Thank you to Mary Waite for the pictures.

From left to right: Erin, Jacob, and Ashlyn at work with the students.

Daily Mass, in which the students read, serve, and sing is an essential part of Totus Tuus. There are also confessions each day.

The dedicated team of junior and senior high school students who helped with the program.

 

 

Ashtin Klepper teaching

Erin Hammeke teaching.