Mike Polnaszek

"Serving with NET Ministries has been such a blessing so far. The formation and training we went through back in September was beyond anything I could have hoped for. The environment and community was so powerful and very effective. I was also fortunate enough to be selected to travel along the west coast of the country, and seeing all of the mountains and scenery has just been phenomenal. But neither of those things come close to the blessing it has been to not only be ministering to the youth we meet on retreat, but also to the people we run into in our everyday adventures."  -- Mike Polnaszek


NET Ministries challenges young Catholics to love Christ and embrace the life of the Church. Every August, 175 young Catholics aged 18-28 leave behind their jobs, school, family, and friends to devote nine months to serving with the National Evangelization Teams (NET).

Divided into 16 teams, they travel across the U.S. for nine months to share the Gospel with young people and their families. Since 1981, NET teams have led over 32,000 retreats and ministered to more than 2 million young Catholics.

NET Ministries fulfills its mission by:

• Proclaiming the Gospel of Christ through a personal witness of faith
• Inviting young people to live for Christ
• Forming young people in Christian character through the study and practice of their faith
• Equipping youth workers and young adults with the ministry skills needed for evangelization

NET Ministries is under the ecclesiastical vigilance of the Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. NET is a nonprofit organization incorporated in the state of Minnesota funded through individual donations, program fees and grants and is governed by a national board of directors.

www.netusa.org