Christ Leads, We Accompany.
Accompany Podcast is a ministry resource produced by the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry (NFCYM) that shines a light on the people, parishes, and organizations living out the Church’s call to accompaniment.
Hosted by Bro Rhy (Rhyan Ramirez), each episode invites listeners into honest, hope-filled conversations about what it means to walk with others in faith. From parish teams re-imagining youth and family ministry to national partners developing new models of formation and outreach.
Through stories, strategies, and spiritual insight, Accompany Podcast helps leaders cultivate cultures of encounter, empathy, and mission.
Whether you’re a parish staff member, youth minister, volunteer, or pastoral leader, you’ll find inspiration and practical tools to help your community grow as an accompaniment-centered parish. One step, one story, and one relationship at a time.
Rhyan “Bro Rhy” Ramirez is a national Catholic speaker, confirmation catechist, and Accompaniment Project coach. With more than twenty years in ministry and a background in mental health and emotional-intelligence education, Bro Rhy brings a uniquely pastoral and practical approach to helping leaders create cultures of belonging and authentic accompaniment.
As a coach for the NFCYM Accompaniment Project, he walks alongside parish teams across the country as they develop the vision, skills, and systems needed to become truly accompaniment-centered communities. Bro Rhy combines theology, psychology, and storytelling to inspire renewal in parish life. He and his wife, Danielle, live in Greenville, South Carolina, where they continue to serve the Church and community through faith, formation, and leadership.
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Pastoral Juvenil Hispana Coordinator,
Diocese of Austin
Diocesan Member
"NFCYM has accompanied me in reaching out to like minded professionals to better provide service (ministry) to adolescents. NFCYM has allowed me to network and grow professionally.
'Youth as Protagonists' has been essential to Pastoral Juvenil Hispana in the Diocese of Austin."
Youth Minister, St. Christopher Church
Associate Member
"The various resources have helped me keep our program exciting and vibrant. NFCYM has provided me with shared information via webinars, workshops, conferences, outreach, and opportunities that are very informative to help make my ministry successful.
NFCYM is an open forum for me to seek material, guidance and support in keeping the youth ministry program successful."
