Regions & Executive
CCYMN members are Canadian Catholic diocesan/eparchial youth ministry leaders who have been designated as such by their local bishops. The Executive is determined by CCYMN members and includes one representative from each region plus one representing Eastern Catholic Churches (i.e. eastern rite churches).
CCYMN Executive:
Michelle Braden
Chairperson
Western Representative
Youth Ministry Coordinator - Archdiocese of Regina
Isabel Correa
Vice-Chair
Quebec Representative
Director of Mission Jeunesse - Youth Ministry, Archdiocese of Montreal
Ben Lukow
Member at Large
Ontario Representative
Program Manager, Vocations, Evangelization and Youth Office, Diocese of Peterborough
Laurie Friesen
Secretary
Eastern Churches Representative
Youth and Campus Ministry Director, Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon
Atlantic Region Representative -
Mary Helen Moes
Past Chairperson, Treasurer
Terms & Definitions:
Dioceses and Archdioceses are ecclesiastical jurisdictions under the leadership of a Bishop or an Archbishop.
Eparchies and Archeparchies are ecclesiastical jurisdictions under the leadership of a Bishop or an Archbishop of an Eastern Catholic Church, also called Eparch or Archeparch.
The Military Ordinariate is the non-territorial diocese serving members of the Canadian Armed Forces.
Regions are geographical designations that follow those of the Canadian bishops: West (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut); Ontario; Quebec; and Atlantic (Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island).
CCYMN Executive:
Michelle Braden
Chairperson
Western Representative
Youth Ministry Coordinator - Archdiocese of Regina
Isabel Correa
Vice-Chair
Quebec Representative
Director of Mission Jeunesse - Youth Ministry, Archdiocese of Montreal
Ben Lukow
Member at Large
Ontario Representative
Program Manager, Vocations, Evangelization and Youth Office, Diocese of Peterborough
Laurie Friesen
Secretary
Eastern Churches Representative
Youth and Campus Ministry Director, Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon
Atlantic Region Representative -
Mary Helen Moes
Past Chairperson, Treasurer
Terms & Definitions:
Dioceses and Archdioceses are ecclesiastical jurisdictions under the leadership of a Bishop or an Archbishop.
Eparchies and Archeparchies are ecclesiastical jurisdictions under the leadership of a Bishop or an Archbishop of an Eastern Catholic Church, also called Eparch or Archeparch.
The Military Ordinariate is the non-territorial diocese serving members of the Canadian Armed Forces.
Regions are geographical designations that follow those of the Canadian bishops: West (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut); Ontario; Quebec; and Atlantic (Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island).
