Katarina Youth Ministry
"What a fool I am ,O God, to chase after other things when you are enough."
Katarina Marie Goitz
Jan17,1994 - June24,2019
"What a fool I am ,O God, to chase after other things when you are enough."
Katarina Marie Goitz
Jan17,1994 - June24,2019
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Blossom Heath Inn
24800 Jefferson Ave
St Clair Shores MI
6pm Live Music, Cocktails and Appetizers
630 Dinner, Open Bar, Speaker, special Dessert, followed by Raffle, Silent and Live Auction
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Scholarship awards for Young Adult Retreatants throughout the Galveston-Houston Archdiocese (2025)
We sent Michigan High school students to Notre Dame Vision-- a lively summer experience designed to help participants to discover and renew God's call in their lives. This summer experience was very crucial to the development of Katarina's faith!
In 2023, we provided funding for a Notre Dame ECHO Youth Minister's Program and curriculum in Meadville PA. They started with 8 of the youth on a mission trip to a Catholic Heart Work Camp in Michigan. "Six of the 8 kids told us they did not want to be there. By the 4th day of the trip all the boys were rushing to the stage for praise and worship and we were able to dig deeper and deeper during our breakout sessions. One of our kids had not gone to confession in years and went and shared how much it changed him. This momentum has carried into this year and our programs are stronger than ever. We are hoping to take the kids back on mission trip and we have many families with financial difficulties that want to send their kids."
We have continued to fund this ministry in 2024 and 2025 and it has grown exponentially with surrounding parishes wishing to attend the weekly discussions of faith and summer programs.
Provided funding for the curriculum and books for confirmation and high school programs for Christ the King Parish in Ann Arbor, MI, and for the middle school Edge program for Our Lady Star of The Sea Catholic School (2024-25), Grosse Pointe, MI.
Training support for young Hispanic adults from St Anne's Church in Detroit to travel to New York to learn about Theology of the Body, Corazon Puro, in order to bring the program to Detroit youth.
Helped a young adult ministry program for sharing faith at the Waterloo Iowa Catholic Parishes by providing funding for them to attend a 5 day faith enrichment program at the SEEK FOCUS conference (Fellowship of Catholic University Students) along with almost 20,000 young people in attendance
Provided funding for Ann Arbor high school youth discerning the priesthood and seeking to do missionary work with Renewal Ministries
Supported Holy Family Parish, Galveston, TX, fundraising efforts to allow 22 students to attend Brave the Wilderness Youth summer camp and retreat for middle school and high school students.
Annual Life Teen support in their efforts to develop on-going curriculum to assist Youth Ministers in teaching the faith
Provided funding for Young Life summer camp Scholarships for Athletes
Supported annual fund raising efforts to provide scholarships for Michigan chapter of FCA athletes wishing to attend faith-based summer athletic camps
Funded 16 (2024, St Louis) and 20 (2025, Salt Lake City) seminarians to attend 5 day SEEK FOCUS conference, seminarian pathway, to better train them to reach our youth and young adults
The Katarina Goitz Foundation for Youth and Young Adult Ministry is a nonprofit (501c3) dedicated to carrying on Katarina's mission of teaching and inspiring young people about the joy of Jesus' message of love, by providing them with opportunities to know God.
We support youth ministers in their faith formation by providing funding for training and materials for their youth groups, retreats, conferences and continuing education.
We support youth and young adults by providing funding for retreats, summer camps, regular faith-based discussions, and other experiences where they may encounter the Lord.
With clear examples of how Katarina lived, we strive to be centered in the Eucharistic heart of Jesus, to bring young people to know Christ, and to inspire and serve like Him.
Help provide young people with opportunities to know God through youth ministry programs, retreats, summer camps, and youth ministry training
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