Journey To Emmaus: A High School Youth Ministry Curriculum

This resource was created by the Office of Youth, Campus, and Young Adult Ministries for the Catholic Diocese of Arlington in order to help parishes incorporate catechesis into their comprehensive youth ministry programs in accord with the guidelines of the USCCB.

Journey to Emmaus follows a spiral curriculum, revisiting each doctrinal element over the course of eight semesters. The systematic nature of the curriculum is strengthened by each session's reference to the “Golden Threads.” These are the foundational reality of our faith to which this doctrine is tied.

The original version is a text-based curriculum for use within a weekly youth ministry program and covers all material that should be taught to young people during their high school years. The materials are password-protected and may be provided to parishes in the Diocese of Arlington free of charge. Leaders outside the diocese can purchase access to the original version by contacting the Office of Youth, Campus, & Young Adult Ministries at 703-841-2559 or email to youthministry@arlingtondiocese.org.

Recently we have created a “video version” for each of these topics with the aim of fostering small group discussions in a variety of youth ministry settings. The video version is free of charge to anybody that wants to use it.