Applications Now Open
Become a Missionary
If you feel the Lord stirring something in you — hold onto that. A two-year parish residency awaits.
The Call
Not a program leader. A multiplier.
DCM missionaries are placed in a real parish for a two-year residency in the Youth Ministry Incubator. Your primary work is not running a program — it is forming the leaders who will carry discipleship forward long after you depart, walking with families, and drawing teens into a living relationship with Jesus Christ.
DCM’s model is built on encounter → discipleship → mission. You serve under the pastor’s vision, inside a real parish with real constraints, doing patient, relational work whose full fruit may only be visible after your residency ends. It is demanding. It is also one of the most consequential things a young Catholic can do with two years.
Life on Mission
How you’ll invest your time — the 50/30/20 model
50% Forming Adult Leaders
Recruiting, mentoring, and spiritually forming a Core Team of young adults who will sustain the ministry after you leave.
30% Direct Youth Ministry
Small groups, retreats, discipleship nights, and relational ministry — joyful, Christ-centered encounters with teens.
20% Engaging Parents
Accompanying parents and strengthening the domestic church as the primary place of discipleship.
What DCM Provides
You are formed, mentored, and protected.
- Structured mentorship from nationally recognized leaders, with regular coaching and formation
- Spiritual formation rooted in the theology of accompaniment
- A protected role: pastors commit in writing to guard your time within the 50/30/20 model
- Parish infrastructure: workspace, technology, and housing arrangements defined before you arrive
- A safeguarding environment with clear boundaries, training, and support
Ready to take the first step?
The application is an act of discernment, not a commitment. Start the conversation.