Totus Tuus is a week-long Catholic summer parish mission program for youth in 1st—12th grade that is dedicated to sharing the Gospel and promoting the Catholic faith through CATECHETICAL INSTRUCTION, CHRISTIAN WITNESS, VOCATIONAL DISCERNMENT, MARIAN DEVOTION, AND EUCHARISTIC WORSHIP. The program is led by a team of young adults who are trained and commissioned to serve the youth of the archdiocese throughout the summer.

1. Proclamation of the Gospel…to arouse faith.
2. Explanation… the examination of the reasons for our beliefs.
3. Christian Witness…an experience of Christian living.
4. Celebration of the Sacraments…especially Holy Eucharist and Confession.
5. Active witness of the Missionary Nature of the Catholic Church.

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1. The Eucharist
2. Marian Devotion
3. Catechetical Instruction
4. Vocation Discernment
5. Fun

• The Eucharist has pride of place in the Totus Tuus schedule, for both team members and participants.
• Prayer — the Liturgy of the Hours, the Rosary, the Angelus, and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament—provides the
  structure, but the celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is the “source and summit” of the daily
  schedule. Totus Tuus catechists will lead the young people to Jesus for a week; however, Mary will lead them
  to Jesus for a lifetime. Therefore, Totus Tuus promotes Marian devotion. Meditating on the mysteries of the
  Rosary, we come to see how Mary always leads us to her Son. Praying with her and to her, we hear her say to
  us, “Do whatever He tells you” (John 2:5).
• An authentic catechesis, rooted in an orderly and systematic explanation of God’s revelation of Himself through
  the person of Jesus Christ, provides the foundation of the program’s teaching. Totus Tuus instructs young
  people in the basic tenets of the Catholic faith to cultivate both a firm intellectual grounding and a solid
  relationship with Jesus. All of our teaching aims to help young people grow in the understanding of, strengthen
  their faith in, and, most importantly, develop an intimate friendship with Jesus Christ.
• Totus Tuus strives to foster Christian vocations by encouraging young people to begin discerning God’s call in
  their life to be married, a priest, a religious, or single. Team member’s sign a “covenant” in which they promise
  to be open to and actively discern God’s will for them. Because they are striving to live an authentic Christian
  life and are actively discerning their vocation, they can better help the youth to do the same.
• Finally, Totus Tuus demonstrates that one can be a faithful Catholic and still have fun. Morning “pump up,”
  silly skits and songs, recess, water fights in the parishes, infuse the element of fun in the program.