Students and parents
Bulletin insert
A ready-to-use graphic for your parish bulletin. No edits needed.
Download InsertFaith Forward Resource Library
Resources to help you invite every senior.
You already know these students. These ready-to-use resources help you reach them and their families.
Everything here is free. Donors who support Newman Connection make that possible.
Ambassador resources
Everything you need to invite a senior.
Made for the people in your parish or school who know these students. Pick the group you are reaching.
To share with students
Educate and invite high school seniors getting ready to leave home.
Print them, post them, or share them online.
Students
Student poster
A letter-size poster with a large QR code. Print it and post it where seniors will see it.
Download PosterStudents
Classroom presentation
Slides for a classroom visit.
Coming soonSocial graphics for students
Post these on your parish or school pages. Tap a graphic to open the full-size image.
Captions for student graphics (3 options)
Option 1
High school seniors, you’ve probably thought about where you’re going next. Now think about who you’re going with.
Finding your Catholic community can be one of the best parts of a new chapter. Faith Forward helps students connect with Catholic communities where they can make friends, find support, attend Mass, pray together, and continue growing in their relationship with Christ.
Wherever you’re headed next, there’s a Catholic community waiting to meet you.
Join the Faith Forward Movement: https://bit.ly/faith-forward-movement-nc
Option 2
New school? New city? New chapter?
Add one more thing to your to-do list: find your Catholic community.
You shouldn’t have to wait until you arrive to figure out where you’ll go to Mass or who you’ll meet. Faith Forward helps connect students with Catholic communities in their next chapter so they can start building those relationships from day one.
Your next chapter is coming. Your Catholic community can be part of it.
Join the Faith Forward Movement: https://bit.ly/faith-forward-movement-nc
Option 3
Leaving one Catholic community doesn’t mean leaving a Catholic community behind.
As you head into your next chapter, Faith Forward can help you find the people who will pray with you, laugh with you, challenge you, and walk with you in your faith.
College and life transitions come with plenty of changes. Your relationship with Christ and your place in a Catholic community don’t have to be two of them.
Take your faith forward: https://bit.ly/faith-forward-movement-nc
To share with parents
Inform the parents of graduating seniors.
Share these with the families you serve.
Parents
Parent letter
A letter that explains the program to families.
Coming soonSocial graphics for parents
Post these where families will see them. Tap a graphic to open the full-size image.
Captions for parent graphics (3 options)
Option 1
A student’s Catholic community shouldn’t have to end just because their address changes.
Faith Forward is helping students make the next connection — from high school to college, from college to a career, or from one community to another. We’re proud to be part of a movement making sure young Catholics know there is a place for them wherever their next chapter takes them.
Help us keep students connected to a Catholic community. Join the Faith Forward Movement: https://bit.ly/faith-forward-movement-nc
Option 2
Parents spend so much time preparing their children for what comes next — applications, decisions, packing lists, schedules, and everything in between.
One more thing belongs on that list: finding their Catholic community.
The Faith Forward Movement helps students get connected to a Catholic community before they step into their next chapter, giving them a place to find friendship, support, and a faith community of their own.
Help your student take their faith with them. Join the Faith Forward Movement: https://bit.ly/faith-forward-movement-nc
Option 3
Sending your child into a new chapter comes with plenty of questions. One question worth asking is: Who will help them live their faith there?
A Catholic community can make a lasting difference during times of transition. Through the Faith Forward Movement, students can get connected to a Catholic community at their next school or in their next city.
We want every young Catholic to know they have somewhere to turn when they take that next step.
Join the Faith Forward Movement: https://bit.ly/faith-forward-movement-nc
For high school and parish ambassadors
Help your school or parish invite its seniors.
Tools and ideas for the people who lead Faith Forward at your school or parish.
Parishes
Pulpit and bulletin announcements
Two ready-to-use announcements: one for the pulpit and one for your bulletin or Flocknote. Adjust them for your parish.
Download AnnouncementsParishes
Sample homily
A sample homily on passing the gift of faith to the next generation. Your pastor can adjust it as he sees fit.
Download HomilyParishes
Student blessing
A prayer to bless your graduating seniors at Mass.
Download BlessingWe send the ambassador letter and the student list spreadsheet to you directly.
Social graphics for schools and parishes
Graphics for Graduation Masses and Senior Send-Offs. Tap a graphic to open the full-size image.
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Captions for Graduation Mass graphics (2 options)
Option 1
Graduation is more than a milestone. It’s a sending.
Today, we celebrate the seniors who have been part of our Catholic community and send them into whatever comes next with our prayers and support. We hope they carry the friendships and faith they’ve built here into their next chapter.
Through Faith Forward, they can also find a Catholic community waiting to welcome them wherever they go next.
Help students stay connected to a Catholic community: https://bit.ly/faith-forward-movement-nc
Option 2
There’s something especially meaningful about celebrating a student’s graduation surrounded by their Catholic community.
These are the people who have shared Mass, prayer, laughter, service, and countless moments along the way. Now, as our graduates head into new schools, cities, and careers, we want to help them find that same kind of community again.
That’s what Faith Forward is all about: helping young Catholics stay connected wherever God leads them next.
Join the Faith Forward Movement: https://bit.ly/faith-forward-movement-nc
Captions for Senior Send-Off graphics (3 options)
Option 1
To our seniors: we’re not just saying goodbye. We’re sending you forward. 🎓
You’ve been part of this Catholic community, and we hope the friendships, faith, and memories you’ve made here stay with you wherever you go.
Through the Faith Forward Movement, you can take one more step by getting connected to your next Catholic community before you arrive.
Wherever you’re headed, we’re praying there’s a community ready to welcome you.
Join the Faith Forward Movement: https://bit.ly/faith-forward-movement-nc
Option 2
To the seniors heading out into their next chapter: your time here may be ending, but your Catholic community journey isn’t.
We’re grateful for every Mass, conversation, friendship, service project, and moment of faith we’ve shared with you. Now we get to send you forward with the hope that you’ll find another community where you can be known, supported, and encouraged in your faith.
Faith Forward can help you make that connection.
Take your faith with you. Join the Faith Forward Movement: https://bit.ly/faith-forward-movement-nc
Option 3
Every good Catholic community knows how to welcome people in. It should also know how to send them well.
As our seniors head toward their next schools, cities, and chapters, we’re sending them with our prayers — and helping them find the Catholic community that will welcome them next.
The Faith Forward Movement makes that transition intentional, connecting students from the Catholic community they know today to the one they’ll need tomorrow.
Help us send more students Faith Forward: https://bit.ly/faith-forward-movement-nc
To share with adults who work with seniors
Explain Faith Forward to any adult.
Share these with the adults who work with seniors.
All adults
Informational flyer
A one-page flyer that explains Faith Forward and its three steps, with the key dates for the school year. Share it with the adults who work with seniors.
Download FlyerEveryone
Faith Forward fact sheet
A two-page summary of what Faith Forward is and how parents and partners can take part.
Download Fact SheetGeneral social graphics
For any audience. Tap a graphic to open the full-size image.
Captions for general graphics (2 options)
Option 1
Faith is meant to be lived in community.
That’s why we’re joining the Faith Forward Movement — a nationwide effort to help students find Catholic community during some of life’s biggest transitions. Whether they’re heading to college, moving for a job, or starting somewhere completely new, students deserve to know there are people ready to welcome them.
Let’s help make sure no student has to search for a Catholic community alone. Join the Faith Forward Movement: https://bit.ly/faith-forward-movement-nc
Option 2
A new chapter can bring a lot of unknowns. One thing we want to make less uncertain: where a student can find Catholic community.
Through Faith Forward, Catholic communities across the country are working together to connect young people with their next Catholic home — a place for friendship, prayer, Mass, and growing closer to Christ.
We’re excited to be part of this movement and invite you to be part of it, too: https://bit.ly/faith-forward-movement-nc
Captions for College Decision Day graphics (3 options)
Option 1
The college decision is made! 🎓 Now comes the fun part: getting ready for everything that’s ahead.
As students celebrate their new school, we’re encouraging them to make one more connection before they arrive: their Catholic community.
Through the Faith Forward Movement, students can find Catholic community at their next school and start building connections before day one.
Congratulations on your decision! Now let’s get you connected.
Join the Faith Forward Movement: https://bit.ly/faith-forward-movement-nc
Option 2
National College Decision Day is a big one. After months of applications, visits, waiting, and wondering, students finally know where they’re headed.
Now there’s another important connection to make.
Your college will be more than classrooms and a degree. It can also be a place where your faith comes alive and friendships grow. Faith Forward helps Catholic students find that community before they arrive.
Made your college decision? Make your Faith Forward connection, too: https://bit.ly/faith-forward-movement-nc
Option 3
Decision Day is here! 🎓
Today, we’re celebrating students who have chosen their next school and are getting ready for a brand-new chapter. We also want to make sure their faith has a place in that chapter from the very beginning.
The Faith Forward Movement connects students with Catholic communities at their next school so they can find friendship, belonging, and opportunities to grow closer to Christ.
The school is chosen. Now find your Catholic community.
Join the Faith Forward Movement: https://bit.ly/faith-forward-movement-nc
Diocesan resources
Share Faith Forward across your diocese.
For diocesan leaders to pass along to the parishes and Catholic high schools you serve.
Schools and parishes in an endorsed diocese
Newsletter announcement
Ready-made text to paste into your diocesan newsletter. Edit it to fit your voice.
Get the TextEveryone
Faith Forward fact sheet
A two-page summary of what Faith Forward is and how parents and partners can take part.
Download Fact SheetPrinted · Diocesan leaders
Connection cards
Request printed connection cards for your diocese. Our team will confirm what you need.
Request Printed CardsFaith Forward Rally graphics for dioceses
Share these to promote the Faith Forward Rally. Tap a graphic to open the full-size image.
Captions for Rally graphics (4 options)
Option 1
Your student’s next chapter is coming. Make sure their faith goes with them.
We’re inviting all Catholic high school juniors and seniors to join us for @NewmanConnection’s Faith Forward Rally 2027 — a day designed to help young Catholics strengthen their faith, build friendships, and see that they have a place in the Church wherever life takes them next.
📅 April 17, 2027
📍 Grapevine, TX
As parents, we spend so much time preparing our kids for college and adulthood. Let’s help them prepare spiritually, too.
Learn more about the Faith Forward Rally: bit.ly/ff-rally-27
#FaithForwardRally #NewmanConnection
Option 2
You can help prepare your child for what comes next—but you can’t walk into every chapter with them.
You can help make sure they know they’re never walking alone. ❤️
The @NewmanConnection Faith Forward Rally is a chance for Catholic juniors and seniors to come together, grow in their faith, make Catholic friends, and discover the community waiting for them beyond high school.
Join us in Grapevine, TX, on Saturday, April 17, 2027, and give your teen a faith-filled send-off into their next chapter. Learn more: bit.ly/ff-rally-27
#FaithForwardRally #NewmanConnection
Option 3
One of the greatest gifts we can give our kids is a Catholic community they can carry with them.
This April, we're inviting Catholic juniors and seniors to join us at @NewmanConnection’s Faith Forward Rally 2027 in Grapevine, TX — a day of faith, worship, friendship, prayer, and encouragement as they prepare for life beyond high school.
Because wherever your child goes next, they should know where they belong.
Learn more about the Rally happening in April 2027: bit.ly/ff-rally-27
#FaithForwardRally #NewmanConnection
Option 4
You’ve spent years helping your child grow in faith. Now comes the exciting part: helping them learn to carry it for themselves.
The Faith Forward Rally 2027 is a chance for Catholic juniors and seniors to worship, pray, make friends, and be encouraged as they prepare for life beyond high school.
April 17, 2027 | Grapevine, TX
Their faith journey is just beginning. Learn more: bit.ly/ff-rally-27
#FaithForwardRally #NewmanConnection
Printed resources
Want printed copies? Ask our team.
Printed resources are free. We confirm what you need on a short call, then ship it to you.
- Ambassador letter
- Faith Forward flyers
- Connection cards
Need something that is not listed? Email info@newmanconnection.org and we will point you to the right person.
Never let a student walk alone.