Catholic Youth Ministry Wollongong’s (CYMW) mission is to serve the youth and young adults of the Illawarra, Macarthur, Shoalhaven and Southern Highlands region.
Our vision is that all young people will encounter the love and mercy of the Father through Jesus Christ, be accompanied by a community of believers, and be equipped to share that encounter with others by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Whether you are at school, university, starting your career or anywhere in between, there are many ways to explore or deepen your faith, connect with others and experience the joy of following Jesus.
Young adults
Summit Nights are unique nights of formation, engaging conversations, powerful fellowship and spiritual renewal. Whether you’re seeking deeper understand or simply craving a vibrant community of like-minded young adults, Summit Nights are for you. Each nigh features a special guest speaker who will expertly share insights on a relevant topic.
A holy hour of Eucharist Adoration on the third Wednesday of each month at two locations, Rosemeadow and Unanderra, rotating each month. We gather at 6.30pm in these beautiful and sacred spaces before heading out for a bite to eat.
High schoolers
Coming soon…
Youth and young adult leaders
If you are a youth and young adult leader in your community, we would love to connect with you. CYMW seeks to support leaders at local level, connecting them with other youth leaders in the diocese and providing ongoing opportunities for formation and training. If you currently lead a youth or young adult group or are looking to build one in your community. Get in touch! (see below)
Jubilee Year 2025 youth pilgrimages
The 2025 Jubilee year (themed Pilgrims of Hope) calls us to set out on a journey and to cross boundaries. When we travel, we do not change place physically, but we change ourselves. Pilgrimage is an experience of conversion, of transforming one’s very being to conform it to the holiness of God.
To help us embark on this journey as pilgrims of hope, there will be four opportunities in 2025 to go on pilgrimage, two here in the diocese and two beyond our boundaries as well as multiple opportunities throughout the year to visit the designated sites of pilgrimage in the diocese.
Check out our calendar below to find all of the exciting youth and young adults events and groups happening around the Diocese of Wollongong! We hope to see you there!
All youth & young adult ministries
Other youth ministries
UOW Catholic Society
Thursday Mass at 12:30pm
pin_drop Clubs Meeting Room, Building 11, Level 1A (next to Pulse) [During semester]
St Therese Immaculate Conception (STIC) Young Adults
A group of young adults from the parishes of St Therese West Wollongong and Immaculate Conception Unanderra keen to grow in faith, fellowship and service. For more infomation please contact [email protected] or [email protected]
Jesus Youth is an international association within the Catholic Church with a focus on evangelising young people and nurturing their missionary initiatives.
Groups of young people across the diocese, living the Society's mission through helping the disadvantaged, visiting prisoners and the elderly, helping with emergency visitation and deepening their spirituality and friendships.
Account means the account held at your financial institution from which we are authorised to arrange for funds to be debited.
Agreement means this Direct Debit Request Service Agreement between you and us, including the direct debit request.
Business day means a day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or a listed public holiday.
Debit day means the day that payment is due.
Debit payment means a particular transaction where a debit is made, according to your direct debit request.
Direct debit request means the Direct Debit Request between us and you.
Us and we and our means the Catholic Development Fund.
You means the customer(s) who signed the direct debit request. Your financial institution is the financial institution where you hold the account that you have authorised us to arrange to debit.
Debiting your account
By submitting a direct debit request, you have authorised us to arrange for funds to be debited from your account according to the agreement we have with you.
We will only arrange for funds to be debited from your account:
As authorised in the direct debit request; if the debit day falls on a day that is not a business day, we may direct your financial institution to debit your account on the following or previous business day. If you are unsure about which day your account has or will be debited, please check with your financial
Changes by you
If you wish to stop or defer a debit payment you must write to us at least 5 business days before the next debit day.
This notice should be given to us in the first instance.
Your obligations
It is your responsibility to ensure that there are sufficient clear funds available in your account to allow a debit payment to be made.
If there are insufficient clear funds available in your account to meet a debit payment:
you or your account may be charged a fee and/or interest by your financial institution;
you or your account may be charged a fee to reimburse us for charges we have incurred for the failed transaction;
you must arrange for the payment to be made by another method
Please check your account statement to verify that the amounts debited from your account are correct.
Dispute
If you believe that there has been an error in debiting your account you should call us on (02) 4222 2444 and confirm the details in writing with us as soon as possible so that we can resolve your query quickly.
Accounts
You should check:
with your financial institution whether direct debiting is available from your accounts offered by financial
your account details which you have provided to us are correct by checking them against a recent account statement; and
with your financial institution before completing the direct debit request if you have any queries about how to complete the direct debit
Warning: if the account number you have quoted is incorrect, you may be charged a fee to reimburse our costs in correcting any deductions from:
an account you do not have authority to operate; or
an account you do not
Confidentiality
We will keep any information (including your account details) in your direct debit request confidential.
We will make reasonable efforts to keep any such information that we have about you secure and to ensure that any of our employees or agents who have access to information about you, do not make any unauthorised use, modification, reproduction or disclosure of that information.
However, we may use your contact details to provide information about the fund. Should you wish this not to be the case, please advise the fund in writing.
Disclosure statement
The Catholic Development Fund, Diocese of Wollongong (the Fund) is required by law to make the following disclosure: The Fund is not prudentially supervised by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority nor has it been examined or approved by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. An investor in the Fund will not receive the benefit of the financial claims scheme or the depositor protection provisions in the Banking Act 1959 (Cth). Investments in the Fund are intended to be a means for investors to support the charitable, religious and education works of the Diocese of Wollongong and for whom the consideration of profit are not of primary relevance in the investment decision. The investments that the Fund offers are not subject to the usual protections for investors under the Corporations Act (Cth) or regulation by Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Investors may be unable to get some or all of their money back when the investor expects or at all and any investment of the Fund are not comparable to investments with banks, finance companies or fund managers. The Fund’s identification statement may be viewed at www.cdfwollongong.org.au or by contacting the Fund. The Fund does not hold an Australian Financial Services Licence.
Our diocesan logo is theologically rich and very succinct. As a hand, it depicts our mission as a diocese and as individuals within the diocese, of bearing (bringing, carrying) Christ’s love to one another and to the world around us. In this, we are the hand of Jesus Christ, and we are offering ourselves to him so that he might work through us.
We can be the bearers of his love only as a response to his call and in the strength of his grace. We are reminded of this in two ways—through the symbol of the dove (the Holy Spirit) also present in the logo, and by the incorporation of the cross that segments the logo. The presence of the cross is a reminder that bearing the love of Christ will inevitably cost us if we live it authentically. However, in the way that the Cross is the portent of redemption and life—an echo of the tree of life in the book of Genesis—so becoming bearers of the love of Christ will also bring us to life.
The four fingers of the hand also represent the four regions of our diocese. The first is bluerepresenting the beautiful water of the Shoalhaven. The second is a blue and green combination representing the waters and escarpment of the Illawarra. The third is greendepicting the hills and plains of the Macarthur. The fourth is dark green illustrating the forests of the Southern Highlands.
