Here at Perth, nine young volunteers come together to embark on this mission to bring hope to students. Youth Mission Team Australia (YMT) is a non-profit, charity organisation and one of the leading Catholic Youth Ministries in the country. Focused on the critical areas of faith and character development in Australian teenagers, YMT has helped to pioneer a new style of peer to peer youth outreach
, being the first of its kind to originate in Australia in 1986. YMT has head quarters based in Wollongong, New South Wales, and operates four ministry teams throughout Australia based in:
Sydney
Perth
Melbourne
Wollongong
Teams are equipped to travel to locations other than their immediate cities, thereby meaning that schools in Tasmania, Adelaide and regional parts of New South Wales, Western Australia and Victoria are able to engage with programs the team runs. Team members commit to live a radical, common life style of prayer, simplicity and mission for one year at a time. They share a house together, begin and end each day with prayer at 6am and 10pm, attend daily Mass, spend time each day in worship and personal prayer time and are pastorally and spiritually mentored throughout the year. Team members also spend two days a week in the regular workforce and pool their wages to cover their basic living expenses, leaving themselves an allowance of just $25 a week. Wednesday to Sunday is then available for full time ministry.
