Art Bamert, Jr is a 44 year old cradle Catholic who grew up in St. Louis, MO. He attended Catholic middle school and high school and then headed west to the Rockies to seek his fortune. He ended up learning how to ski, rediscovering his faith and meeting his lovely wife Donna. Art has worked with young people for over 15 years. He was a weekly volunteer at a Children's Hospital, and a counselor with a cancer camp for youth for 10 years. From 1997 -2006 he served as the Director of Youth and Family Ministries at Seven Sorrows BVM Parish in Middletown, PA. In 1998 Art and a fellow youth minister started the Catholic Youth Foundation with the intent to help bring quality Catholic resources to those who minister to teens and for Catholic youth. In 2006 he recently became the Associate Dir. of Spiritual Life at Lancaster Catholic High School. He also serves as the President for the Catholic Youth Foundation, and as the Editor- in- Chief of the online Catholic Youth Magazine, BeAttitude. Art has authored numerous articles, ministry materials, and prayers for Catholic youth. Art speaks to local, regional and national groups of youth and adults on a variety of topics as well as planing and running retreats for the Diocese and parishes. He is also a student of Catholic apologetics and loves to talk about anything to do with Christ or His Church. He is a stay-at-home Dad, mural artist and a pretty decent cook. Art has been married for 20 years to his wife Donna, a pediatric Oncology nurse. They have two children: Rebekka and Noah k and reside in the peaceful bucolic Borough of Elizabethown, PA.