With more than twenty years of youth ministry experience, Ela Milewska has been blessed to minister to and with communities in a variety of environments.  She has served as a director of religious education, parish director of youth ministry, and diocesan director of youth ministry.  In 1999, Ela joined Cultivation Ministries, a nationally recognized youth ministry training and consulting organization based in the Chicago area.  While working on her doctorate in catechesis at the Catholic University of America, she also worked as the coordinator for the National Initiative on Adolescent Catechesis—a collaborative project of NFCYM, NCEA, and NCCL. She has spoken across the United States and internationally. In 2016, she became a National Youth Ministry Award recipient. Ela began serving the Archdiocese of New York as the director of the Office of Youth Ministry in September of 2015.  

Favorite Scripture Passages: 
John 10: 10 - "I came that you may have life and have it in abundance."
Romans 15: 13 - " May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope." 

Favorite Saint: 
Anthony of Padua

Favorite Season:
Carolina Basketball Season and Spring

Dream Place to Visit:
Australia or New Zealand

Song You Dance To When No One is Looking:
Dancing Queen