Faith Forward is our new approach to what you know as High School Outreach.

Here are the key differences:

1. Student driven, not list based. Instead of schools sending us a list of seniors, students personally sign up using a simple link or QR code. This allows students to actively choose connection as part of their next chapter.

2. Powered by relationships. Each school or parish identifies Faith Forward Ambassadors such as teachers, youth ministers, or safe environment trained volunteers. These trusted adults invite students during natural moments like class, youth group, retreats, or graduation Mass to take the next step in staying connected to their faith.

3. Earlier and more intentional transition. Rather than a one time data handoff near graduation, Faith Forward helps students see staying connected to their faith as part of their launch plan for life after high school.

No. Faith Forward is 100% donor-funded and offered free to dioceses, parishes, and Catholic high schools. To learn more about Newman Connection.

Students are personally connected by name to a Catholic campus ministry or the Archdiocese for the Military (if applicable).

Students can submit the connection form at any time, and will be connected to the ministry at their updated college.

Students are connected to the Archdiocese for the Military Services, which helps connect them to a Catholic chaplain at their assigned base.

Freshman through Juniors can follow Newman Connection on social media to grow in their faith until they are ready to make college plans.

First name, last name, and email or phone number (email at a minimum) are requested from all students.

You can provide whatever email you feel most comfortable sharing. Keep in mind that if a student provides a school email and does not update it with us before graduation, we will lose contact. We encourage you to upload a personal email if possible.

Currently, when you upload a student list, we can identify duplicate students. We are working on a solution to also identify duplicates if a student encounters our form at an event.

Called is a safe environment friendly platform because:

1. Only approved Ambassadors you nominate have access to student information.
2. Adults cannot engage with students under the age of 18 one-on-one.
3. All data is protected within our servers.

Your Faith Forward Ambassadors can submit names and emails directly to their Faith Forward Dashboards. If you have an Ambassador at every high school and parish who does this, our team can create a complete list of all graduating students in your diocese for you.About Faith Forward Ambassadors

While we do encourage you to share the QR code and link to the connection form at your events, students need to understand why campus ministry matters to empower them to sign up. Ambassadors can have this intentional conversation with them, and it only takes 5-10 minutes.

No. You can have as many Faith Forward Ambassadors as you need to connect all the graduating seniors in your high schools and parishes to Faith Forward.

Faith Forward Ambassadors will have access to student names and email addresses within our Faith Forward Dashboard. They should have the ability to interact with students in a safe-environment friendly large group setting.

All Faith Forward Ambassadors must be approved by your Diocese, high school, or parish so you can confirm if they are able to interact with students. If an Ambassador will be having conversations with students directly, they should be Safe Environment trained.

If approved by the Diocese, Parents and Volunteers not connected to youth programs can share Faith Forward resources at public events, conferences, and rallies, with the support of a Safe Environment trained staff member at the parish or high school.

Ambassadors will commit to finding ways to incorporate Faith Forward into existing activities. It only takes 5-10 minutes to have a conversation with their students. The Ambassador role is intentionally light—it’s not a new job, just a point person to find ways to incorporate the conversation of Catholic Faith Communities into existing diocesan activities.

We can work with high school and parish administration to incorporate Faith Forward into existing classes.General Information

Yes, students will still be able to complete our connection form via a QR code we will provide in our Faith Forward Resource Kits.

Resources are currently being developed. We will link here when available. 

We are focusing on high school students right now. We hope to one day help connect students graduating college back to the church, and our new technology in Called will eventually allow us to do this.

Yes, we can send a report of where graduates from their diocese are attending college.