Totus Tuus Missionaries
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What is Totus Tuus?
The Archdiocese of Kingston Youth Office & Vocations Office started a new initiative in Summer 2017 for youth of the archdiocese: Totus Tuus (Latin for Totally Yours). Totus Tuus is a faith-based summer camp. It was such a success we are offering it again this Summer! A team of four trained young adults from our archdiocese will travel to each deanery, sharing the faith through catechetical instruction, daily Mass, music, themed activities, and games!
➢ The grade school program, for children entering grades 1-6, runs Monday-Friday from 9am –2:30pm (With an option of extended day care). The Intermediate/High School program for Grades 7-12 runs Sunday – Thursday from 7 pm – 9 pm.
➢ We partner with the Archdiocese of Toronto’s Totus Tuus program, so our team will be trained with the Toronto missionaries.
Totus Tuus Missionaries➢ Totus Tuus Missionaries are post-secondary education students and seminarians, who will be returning to full-time studies in September 2020. They may also be young leaders who have recently completed post-secondary education. Missionaries are hired based on:
1. Their love for the faith
2. Commitment to spiritual growth
3. Ability to make the Catholic faith "real" for children and youth
4. Previous experience and an understanding of parish ministry
5. Confident persons who are able to work well as part of a team
6. Willingness to travel weekly from parish to parish offering a day and evening program to youth
7. Comfortable speaking to large groups.
➢ Missionaries are paid minimum wage for 40 hours a week. They are paid for the 4 weeks of training and 4 weeks of camp.How to Become A Missionary
➢ We are inviting and taking application for our missionaries this year. If you are interested in becoming a Totus Tuus Missionary for the summer of 2020, please read the following to ensure that you qualify:- You must be between 18 – 30 years of age.
- You must be available from June 7- July 31, 2020.
- Note dates of meetings / retreats / work in section below.
- Missionaries must also attend an orientation session on May 19, 2020 in Toronto. (Transportation available)
➢ Archdiocesan Screening will have to be completed including an interview, and submission of a high-risk vulnerable sector police check. If you have already completed this for a parish ministry in a parish in our archdiocese, we would just need to get a declaration signed and screening info forwarded to the archdiocese.Application Link
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Important Dates
Here are some important dates for the upcoming year of Totus Tuus. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us.
- Missionary Orientation: May 12
- Walking Pilgrimage: June 11-17
- Training Week 1: July 18-23
- Training Week 2: June 25-30
- Training/Prep Week: July 4-7 (Commissioning Mass on July 7th
- Camp Week 1: July 9-14
- Camp Week 2: July 16-21
- Camp Week 3: July 23-28
- Camp Week 4: July 30-August 4
- Missionary closing Retreat: August 19-20
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Transportation & Accommodations
➢ Missionaries will be billeted during their weeks of camp at parishioner’s homes. The two female team members will billet together, and the two males will billet together. There may be times when the entire team is hosted by one family.
➢ Host homes will provide breakfast for team members.
➢ Volunteers in the parish will coordinate lunch and dinner for the team during their stay at the parish. ➢ Ideally, one team member will drive the team from site to site. They will be reimbursed mileage and gas.
Other Details
➢ Each camp site will have a parish coordinator for the team leader / team to liaison with.
➢ There will be parish volunteers (high school students and adults) to help the team during camp programming (depending on numbers)
➢ The extended day care after the grade school program will be supervised by volunteers and not the missionary team.
➢ Sometimes the evening camp won’t be run in a parish (depends on numbers) – you will know ahead of time which weeks this will happen.
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Any questions please contact:
totustuus@archkingston.ca
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