{"id":211856,"date":"2026-06-05T20:17:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/211856\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T20:17:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:17:13","slug":"youth-ministers-honored-at-annual-appreciation-mass-and-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/211856\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Ministers Honored at Annual Appreciation Mass and Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By CatholicPhilly Staff \u2022 Posted June 5, 2026 <\/p>\n<p>Youth ministers from across the Archdiocese of Philadelphia gathered May 30 at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul for the Office for Ministry with Youth\u2019s fourth annual Ministers\u2019 Appreciation Mass and Dinner. Archbishop Nelson J. P\u00e9rez celebrated Mass.<\/p>\n<p>The evening continued with a reception and dinner recognizing those who serve in youth ministry. Guests networked, participated in prize drawings and were honored for their efforts to accompany and form teens in the Catholic faith.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-227139 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MASS_ARCHBISHOP_20260530_182350-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Archbishop Nelson J. P\u00e9rez poses with youth ministers from across the Archdiocese of Philadelphia during the Office for Ministry with Youth\u2019s fourth annual Ministers\u2019 Appreciation Mass and Dinner May 30 at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. The event honored those serving in youth ministry throughout the archdiocese. (Courtesy photo)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By CatholicPhilly Staff \u2022 Posted June 5, 2026 Youth ministers from across the Archdiocese of Philadelphia gathered May&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[26911,69,71,70,92899],"class_list":["post-211856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-office-for-ministry-with-youth","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-youth-minister"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}