The rally registration fee is $50. Early Registration deadline is February 6, 2026.  The registration fee goes up to $60 after the February 6, 2026, deadline. Final deadline is February 13, 2026.  Individual parishes/schools may charge additional fees for transportation, breakfast, and administrative costs.

We provide lunch and dinner.  If someone in your group has dietary restrictions, we will only be able to accommodate a vegetarian choice. You may want to bring your own food.  Youth will also participate in a wide variety of onsite service projects benefiting the archdiocesan community and their own parishes.  The items needed will be sent to the parishes and schools at a later date.

View a Step-by-Step Guide for the Registration Process

• February 6, 2026 - Early Registration deadline. (Fee increases to $60/person for new spots added to your group after this date.)
• February 13, 2026 - Final deadline (No new registrations can be added)
• February 18, 2026 - All group member registrations must be completed (completion of the Permission Slip/Consent and Liability form).

All activities and sessions, Saturday entertainment, T-shirt, lunch, and dinner. Those registering after the February 13, 2026, deadline are not guaranteed a T-shirt. 

Yes, all chaperones receive the same benefits as the youth participants.

The youth may want to bring a few dollars for Mass Offering, souvenirs merchandise and extra snacks which will be sold by the host parish to benefit their youth programs.

Registration fees are non-refundable.  However, substitutions may be made.  If the rally is canceled, participant may be refunded their full or partial registration.

The Key Leader can make substitutions at any time by modifying their group registration.

Key Leaders cannot remove group members once they have been added. Please reach out to OACE to have a group member removed.

Please note that Chaperone Modifications cannot be made after February 11, 2026. This is to provide enough time to ensure that all chaperones are current on their safe environment training.

Sixth through eighth graders are invited to attend the rally!  The Archdiocesan Junior High Youth Rally is developmentally appropriate for early adolescents.  Participants younger than sixth grade and older than eighth grade will not be permitted to attend the Archdiocesan Junior High Youth Rally.

Individuals must be at least 21 years or older and have been cleared through the Safe Environment/CMG Safe Haven Program to be considered a chaperone for the Archdiocesan Junior High Youth Rally.  There must be at least one adult for every six junior high youth in attendance. Please review all Chaperone Policies and Procedures found in the Office of Adolescent Catechesis and Evangelization Archdiocesan Handbook.

catholic-youth-ministry-handbook-4th-edition.pdf (archgh.org) 

Rally check-in will begin at 10:00 a.m.  Only Parish/school contacts need to come to the registration table to receive the rally materials for their parish group. For those who have turned in their paperwork and are not making substitutions, registration is quick and painless.  Please make sure that you do not arrive earlier than the set time.  This will allow our team to complete set-up and rehearsals.

T-shirts will be given to the parish contact at the registration table. Most people like to wear their T-shirt over their clothes for the day.

We provide lunch and dinner. If someone in your group has dietary restrictions, we will only be able to accommodate a vegetarian choice. You may want to bring your own food. Youth will also participate in a wide variety of onsite service projects benefiting the archdiocesan community and their own parishes. The items needed will be sent to the parishes and schools at a later date.

Option 1 - Add group members during your initial registration.

• When completing the key leader registration there will be a page titled "Add Group Member."
• You must click the "Add Group member" button for each person you want to add. This means for a group of 20 people you will complete this process 20 times.
• When adding a member, you will have the option to add a name and email for them. This will trigger them to receive an email requesting them to complete their digital permission slip, consent, and liability form.

Option 2 - Add members by modifying your registration.

• if you do not have participant information at the time of registration you can add it latter by modifying your group registration.
• Click on the "Modify Registration" button in the site header and log into your registration.
• Navigate to the "Add Group member" page and add or modify the members of your group.

View a Step-by-Step Guide for Adding/Modifying Group Members

We recommend that you add the spots for your expected group size at the time of key leader registration.

This ensures you have the spots that you need and allows you to avoid late registration fees. Any spots added to your group after key deadlines will be subject to the higher rate.

You can add additional spots at any time, however, to remove spots from your group you will need to contact the OACE staff at oaceevents@archgh.org. 

• A Permission Slip and Liability Form is needed for all Youth participants and should be submitted by their parent/guardian.
• All Adult Participants (Key Leader and Chaperones) need to have a Medical Consent and Liability form.

The most likely cause of this is that one of the required emails was not entered correctly (misspelled or in the wrong format).

This does not mean that the form was not received, just that the automated flow sending the email was not triggered.

Email the JHYR team to see if the form was completed. Please provide the following information:

• Key Leader Name
• Parish Name
• Participant Name
• Date the form was submitted

All youth and adult forms will collect using a digital form.

• A key leader is able to modify their registration and add participants to their group. They will have the option to add a name and email address; the email address will be a parent email for youth participants and 
• When the key leader adds an email address the parent/participant will receive an email with a unique link to complete their form.
• This from will update the participant's information in the Swoogo group registration.

When you receive a new form, you should immediately download a copy for your records. The Jr High Youth Rally Team will also receive a digital copy and will have access to them during the event.

It is highly recommended that you print several copies of these forms, one set to leave at the parish and one set to have with the key leader throughout the event.

Additionally, if you are arranging group travel (Bus or carpool) a copy of each from should be with the driver/designated leader in each vehicle.

The most likely cause of this is that one of the required emails was not entered correctly (misspelled or in the wrong format).

This does not mean that the form was not received, just that the automated flow sending the email was not triggered.

Email the JHYR team to see if the form was completed. Please provide the following information:

• Key Leader Name
• Parish Name
• Participant Name
• Date the form was submitted