Christian Leadership Institute
Week-long youth leadership training program held at the end of June.
Details for 2012:
June 24-June 30, 2012
St. Columban Center
Derby, NY
Download and print the 2011 Brochure.
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What are people saying about CLI?
"CLI has been a lifetime opportunity for me."
CLI 2010 Participant
"I can honestly say that CLI hs been the most empowering and enlightening experience of my lfie. It has allowed me to discover the gifts and talend that I already possess and build upon the ones that I am weak in."
CLI 2010 Participant
"My experience at CLI was truly life changing. It not only equipped me with the skills necessary to be a successful servant leader, it helped me develop the courage and commitment to accomplish whatever God has planned for me. I really felt like part of a family during my stay and the many close friends I made continue to guide and support me in my leadership."
CLI 2010 Participant
"CLI enabled me to connect with people my own age on a much deeper level than i ever imagined possible. I left CLI with a newfound confidence in myself and my generation, knowing that I had met a group of teens who shared the same beliefs and values."
CLI 2010 Participant
"I now know my strengths and weaknesses and made fantastic friends who will support and encourage me. CLI gave me the courage to be a leader and not wait for someone else to make a difference."
CLI 2009 Participant
"CLI helped me master my skills and become more confident. I have learned to better lead a group. My faith has been strengthened as I have come to see how God uses me as a light to other people."
CLI 2008 Participant
"CLI gives our youth not only the awareness of their abilities, but the realization that the best place to use them to their fullest is in the Church."
Rev. Jerry Kopec, Pastor of Ss. Peter & Paul, Williamsville
"Sending young people to CLI is one of the best decisions that I have made for the good of our parish’s youth ministry. They come back excited, with greater knowledge of God, the church and the liturgy. For me the most important thing was how these young people grew in self-confidence. I highly recommend CLI."
Msgr. David Lee, Pastor of Our Lady of Charity, Buffalo
"CLI has been an investment in our parish. Our young people have gained leadership skills that have made them confident, active parish leaders. Many of these teens now serve on committees, have run for Parish Council and facilitate small groups in our junior high program!"
Carolyn Grassmick, Youth Ministry Coordinator for Most Precious Blood, Angola and Blessed Mary Angela, Dunkirk
"CLI is a great learning experience for our teens, offering them skills to prepare them for the rest of their lives. They come back filled with the Spirit and excited about their faith, and want to become more involved in our own parish and the diocese."
Pat Chlebowski, Youth Ministry Coordinator, Ss. Peter & Paul, Hamburg