CYO Region 1: Welcome

Welcome to the web site for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia's Catholic Youth Organization's Region 1. Our Region consists of foureen parishes located in Northeast Philadelphia, and as of Fall 2010, Cheltenham, Pennsylvania.

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia's Catholic Youth Organization is a component of the Office for Catholic Education.

The CYO program at the regional and parish level is staffed entirely by volunteers giving their time to help the children of our parishes learn fair play, teamwork, and sportsmanship as well as our Catholic principles.

The Coordinator of Athletic Ministry for Region One is John Doherty. John can be reached by E-mail at john@doherty7.com  

Our Region strives to follow the Archdiocese's Mission Statement, which states:

CYO Sports is one component of a parish's comprehensive youth ministry program which enables the partnership of parents, coaches, priests, religious, teachers and adult leaders to manage and support a sports program that allows youth to grow in their relationship with God and come to better understand themselves and the Catholc Faith.

Such a program:

• employs a healthy and enjoyable competition to promote the sharing of gospel values among parents, athletes and coaches.
• assists parish leadership in nourishing the emotional, spriritual, social and physical needs of young people.
• encourages young people to appreciate the gifts that they possess, and challenges them to share these gifts with their community.
• allows youth to witness the life of Christian Discipleship and in their coaches and adult leaders.
• encourages youth to become responsibile members of their faith community.

Thanks for visiting our site, and we hope you enjoy your visit. Please come back often!

The Parishes of Region I:

Christ the King; Maternity BVM; Our Lady of Calvary; Presentation BVM; Resurrection; St. Anselm; St. Cecilia; St. Christopher; St. Dominic; St. Jerome; St. Katherine; St. Martha; St. Martin; St. Matthew; and St. Timothy.  

     We ask our visitors to please ask for God's blessings to be upon our Soldiers, Sailors, Police Officers and Firefighters, and all of those who risk their lives that others may live!

     Please be sure to say a prayer for their safety and for God's presence with their loved ones.

     A newly-formatted CYO Roster, for use in all sports, is now available.  The Roster is in Word format and should be used for all teams.

     To access the roster click on the link below, or select "Handouts" from the menu on the left-hand side of the homepage of our site. 

     We hope you find the Region's site helpful and informative and we thank you for visiting!  If there is something you feel would be a positive addition to the site, please take a moment to let us know.  We want this site to be an asset to the Region and in this technical day and age, we want to be sure to take advantage of the opportunity to spread the word about Region 1 through the web!

      Please send your suggestions or comments to: stbernardcyo@aol.com and we thank you for your continued support!  God Bless!