"No one can be in the lead who is unwilling to remain in the background, and no one can govern with safety who does not know how to obey. No one is truly happy who is aware of an unclean conscience."
Imitation of Christ, Book One, Chapter Twenty
Inspiring the Young with the Ideal of Holiness
Our Apostolates
Categories
- All Souls (1)
- Angels (1)
- assignments (15)
- Bishops (2)
- Ciszek (1)
- Conscience (1)
- DayStar (2)
- Director (140)
- Encyclical (1)
- Houselander (9)
- Imitation of Christ (124)
- mentor (6)
- mount carmel (119)
- patroness (5)
- Pope John Paul II (1)
- Pope Leo XIII (1)
- Prayer (9)
- reading (16)
- Revelation (1)
- Rosary (2)
- Sheets (1)
- St. Catherine (3)
- St. Edith Stein (6)
- St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (3)
- St. John of the Cross (17)
- St. Joseph (3)
- St. Michael Hotline (3)
- St. Michael Hotline prayers (2)
- St. Teresa (30)
- St. Therese (76)
- WAY Christmas Novena (9)
- WAY Pentecost Novena (6)
- WAY prayers (9)
- zfun (1)
WAY's Great Books - These titles have proven to be invaluable to our spiritual formation
- The Dialogue by Catherine of Siena
- The Soul of Elizabeth Seton
- Mrs. Seton by Joseph Dirvin published by Sisters of Charity
- The Life by Teresa of Avila
- Story of a Soul by Therese of Lisieux
- Essays on Woman by Edith Stein
- The Secret Diary of Elizabeth Leseur
- My Spirit Rejoices by Elizabeth Leseur
- Handmaid of the Lord by Andrienne von Speyr
- True Devotion to the Holy Spirit by Luis Martinez
- The Sanctifier by Luis Martinez
- The Reed of God by Caryll Houselander
- Passion of the Infant Christ (also published as Wood of the Cradle, Wood of the Cross) by Caryll Houselander
Our Mission
To promote the spiritual well being of children and youth and to provide spiritual formation and moral support for women who are called to work in a variety of ministries dedicated to this end, whether as mothers, teachers and catechists, youth ministers, social workers or as relatives, godparents and friends. W.A.Y. recognizes that such women have their own particular spiritual needs and therefore seek to foster a helpful pattern of personal and communal spiritual practice as well as a philosophy of Christian formation that will be especially helpful in work with children and youth.
He came to save
Who We Are
The Women's Apostolate to Youth (WAY) is an inter-generational lay Association of Christ's Faithful for Catholic women in the Diocese of Arlington. We take as our heavenly patroness and model of spiritual maternity the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Incarnate Love. Our spiritual mentors are Saints Teresa of Avila, Catherine of Siena, Elizabeth Ann Seton, Therese of Lisieux, St. Edith Stein-- holy women whose lives and works offer perennially valid inspiration and guidance to women seeking an authentically Catholic and feminine form of spiritual practice.