Habemus Papam! A reflection from the Vatican
By Nina Laubach, Goodfaith board member M.Div ‘24, PhD Student, Princeton Theological Seminary Amid the marbled, centuries old, grand stage of the Vatican, how can we make sense of this moment – one in which the world has welcomed Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a Chicago neighborhood boy of European and Creole descent, a Villanova Grad, a […]
Jail Ministry of Onondaga County Activity
Melissa Rovetto-Ruffner When I first learned about the jail ministry letter writing activity during the Goodfaith unboxing zoom event I was excited. My husband and I have been trying to find community service activities for our family but have found it difficult due to our schedules and ages of our children (6 and 3). When […]
Summer 2025 Preview
Our work at Goodfaith began nearly 20 years ago with service immersion experiences at the heart of what we do. While the organization has grown over the years and expanded our offerings, we are excited to continue facilitating these foundational programs. The summer will begin with a group of students from St. Peter’s Prep in […]
Transformational Service of the Family
Our family group chose the service project of making utensil packets for the local soup kitchen. We decided to make utensil packets instead of making sandwiches to allow all the kids of all ages (from toddlers to teens) to help. As we set up the table and explained the purpose, we were so happy to […]
Dear Pope Francis
Dear Pope Francis, It was just a week ago that we awoke to the devastating news of your passing. I stumbled out of bed at 5:30 AM to get my daughter off to crew practice and my son to school. Knowing how gutted I would be to read the many alerts about you, my husband […]
Goodfaith receives a TENx10 Faith and Service Grant
Goodfaith received a $25,000 grant from TENx10 to expand our efforts to bring our Next Level process to parishes around the country. We will be using these grant funds to offer our one-day Next Level Ignite opportunities for parishes, in collaboration with their diocesan leadership. These days will provide youth, adults and ministry leaders with […]
St. Joe’s Prep Sophomore Service Immersion
After facilitating a week-long service immersion experience for seniors in previous academic years, the staff at Goodfaith were asked by campus ministry leaders at St Joe’s Prep in Philadelphia to design a two-day immersion experience for Sophomores. The idea for this immersion experience was to introduce some of the concepts of Catholic Social Teaching and […]
Mentoring at the Next Level
Transform your youth ministry through meaningful mentorship.
Transformational Accompaniment
A serendipitous virtual internship during COVID lockdown blossoms into a transformational $750,000 gift, demonstrating how authentic relationships and shared values can bridge generational gaps in faith and philanthropy.
Family Matters Journey 1: Prayer and Faith Sharing
“What a joy it is to be a part of this program! The blessings are just multiplying. Thank you for all you and your team’s hard work.” -Spiritual Director for Family Matters As the season of Advent began, so did the first of our four Family Matters’ journeys – “Prayer and Faith Sharing.” We kicked off […]
Next Level Peer Learning Day
On Monday, January 20th, Goodfaith gathered our Next Level parishes for our annual Peer Learning Day, inspired by the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We were joined by the youth and mentors from three parishes – Holy Family in New Brunswick, St. Augustine of Canterbury in Kendall Park, and St. Matthias in Somerset. […]
What a Volunteer Group
“Oh. MY. GOODNESS! WHAT a volunteer group yesterday. They showed up, got straight to work, and never slowed down. They did everything I asked while maintaining a great attitude and making me laugh. I think their favorite part was disassembling/demolishing the piano. Fortunately, that is what I had asked them to do. I told everyone […]
Strengthening Congregational Ministry with Youth Initiative
Goodfaith participated in the annual gathering of the Lilly Endowment’s Strengthening Congregational Ministry with Youth Initiative (SCMYI) in November, hosted by Fuller Youth Institute in Indianapolis. SCMYI invites universities, organizations and congregations to design and test new models for ministries with middle and high school youth, ages 12 to 18. All of the grantees are […]
The Magdalene Circle Brings Together Women of Faith
The Magdalene Circle was created in 2017 to bring together women of faith, across generations and committed to collective social impact, through a sustained investment in servant leadership. We draw inspiration from St. Mary Magdalene – once discredited, now celebrated as the first person to whom the resurrected Christ appeared and proclaim the good news […]
Transformation
Transformation – in us and through us. This is more than a tagline for Goodfaith. We work to exemplify this in all we do and with all those we work with. Transformation is the personal call of Jesus to his disciples and the universal call of our Church. Through these personal, relational and communal transformations, […]
NeXt Level – Youth Protagonists Transforming Their Parish Communities
NeXt Level, Goodfaith’s latest youth initiative, transforms parishes through a process that empowers youth inspired, developed and implemented passion projects.
