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Next-Level Efficiency:

AI Tools for Ministry Teams

A Hands-On Guide to Prompting, Ethical Guardrails, and Practical Application for Catechists and Staff
Botros YoussefMS Computer Science Senior Software Engineer

IMAGINE

What If?

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Core Takeaways

Why Ai

Turn, Talk, AI

AI TYPES, TOOLS AND EXAMPLES

Audio Creation
Vocabulary

Ai Types

Agentic

generative

Video Creation
Self-Correcting
Goal-Oriented
ChatBot

Turn, Talk

Image Creation
Autonomous Action

USE CASES

Meet Suno
Your Turn

Make your audience remember the message

Generate experiences with your content

Línea Directa
Gemini

Prayer Song (Spanish

Generate experiences with your content

chatbot

Audio generation

Persistent Widow
Prompt

Knock Knock Don’t Stop

Measure resultsand experiment

AI Use Cases

Asking for Better Answers
AI WorkFlow

Baby Voice Announcemen

Working Together

Tips & Tricks

A great title

Mix

It has a WOW effect.Very WOW

The Right Mindset
Accounts and Access

guardrails & safeguards

Guiding the AI

Know Its Knowledge

AI's internal knowledge is not live

Be Unambiguous
Check the Context

Write your prompt very clearly

Be vigilant for cultural or doctrinal bias

Require Transparency
Consistency is Key

If you define a role (e.g., "Act as a Youth Ministry Leader"), repeat that role in the follow-up prompts

Model Awareness

Ask the AI to provide its sources

Assume It's Learning
Human Review is Final

your questions and conversations may be used to improve the AI model

A person must review and approve all AI-generated content

Stay Accountable

Might flag and report suspicious or illegal activity

Protecting the Ministry

Verify Everything
Protect Sensitive Information

NEVER treat the output as fact. Always verify ...

NEVER enter any personal or sensitive information

Practice Good Stewardship
Discretion is Divine

Do not ask the AI for advice regarding a specific person's spiritual or pastoral care

Safety and Stewardship

Use the tool wisely. Do not hand over the core spiritual work.

Manage Free Limits
Respect Copyright

Be aware that most tools have a limited free tier (tokens, conversation length). To manage costs and conversation focus, always start a new chat for a new topic or project.

Assume AI-generated images or media are NOT public domain

Separate Accounts

Create a dedicated, ministry-only email(s)

Resources

Catechist on the Go Google Classroom
Catechist on the GoFacebook Group

Questions?

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Why Ai

Imagine

Core Takeaways

Turn, Talk, AI

Concept Map

I am a great subtitle, ideal for providing more context about the topic you are going to address.

A great title
A great title

Generate experiences with your content

Make your audience remember the message

A great title

A great title

A great title
A great title

Measure resultsand experiment

It is organized, hierarchicaland structured

Write a great headline

A great title
A great title

It has a WOW effect.Very WOW

Generate experiences with your content

A great title

A great title

A great title
A great title

Measure resultsand experiment

Engage and surpriseyour audience

Use Cases

Your Turn
Meet Suno

Generate experiences with your content

Make your audience remember the message

Gemini
Línea Directa

Audio generation

chatbot

Generate experiences with your content

Prayer Song (Spanish

Prompt
Línea Directa al Cielo

Measure resultsand experiment

Prayer Song (Spanish

Write a great headline

A great title
Asking for Better Answers

It has a WOW effect.Very WOW

Working Together

Tips & Tricks

Mix

A great title
The Right Mindset

It has a WOW effect.Very WOW

The Right Mindset

Concept Map

I am a great subtitle, ideal for providing more context about the topic you are going to address.

A great title
A great title

Generate experiences with your content

Make your audience remember the message

A great title

A great title

A great title
A great title

Measure resultsand experiment

It is organized, hierarchicaland structured

Write a great headline

A great title
A great title

It has a WOW effect.Very WOW

Generate experiences with your content

A great title

A great title

A great title
A great title

Measure resultsand experiment

Engage and surpriseyour audience

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Why Ai

Imagine

Core Takeaways

Turn, Talk, AI

gemini.google.com

PROMPT

Create a full lessonplan for story ofibrahim.

02:00

Have you used AI before?

Your Goal: Get to know your neighbor and share your current experience with AI. Turn to the person next to you.

  • Exchange names.
  • Answer the title question: "Have you used AI before?"
  • Discuss your experience:
    • What tool have you used (e.g., ChatGPT, Midjourney, Grammarly, etc.)?
    • What is the biggest benefit you’ve seen so far in your work or personal life?
You have 2 minutes total to share. Listen closely to your partner!

By show of hands, how many have used AI tools before?

A brilliant title

With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to leave your audience in awe. You can also highlight a specific phrase or fact that will be etched in the memory of your audience and even embed external content that surprises: videos, photos, audios... Whatever you want!

A great title

We better capture visual content. Visual content is associated with cognitive and psychological mechanisms. Things enter through the eyes; the first image is the one that counts. We associate visual content with emotions.

Prompts for Trying

Gemini chatbot

A brilliant title

With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to leave your audience in awe. You can also highlight a specific phrase or piece of information that will be etched in your audience's memory and even embed external content that surprises: videos, photos, audios... Whatever you want!

Check the Context

Always be vigilant for cultural or doctrinal bias. If you ask for a sacred story (like the story of Abraham), the AI might pull from the largest dataset (like a non-Christian one). Double-check the source and the tone.

Create a song for my son to stop making me walk in long trails and have mercy on my old age.

PROMPT

Require Transparency

Ask the AI to provide its sources (this is called RAG in technical terms). Trust the answer more when the AI is referencing specific, verifiable resources.

Asking for Better Answers

  • Specify the AI's Role (Persona)
  • Be Very Detailed
  • Define the Output Format
  • Try Your Language Instead of English

Accounts and Access

  • Create an Email for AI Work
  • Free vs semi-free vs paid.

what will i learn today

  • AI Tools & Categories
  • Use Cases Across Ministries
  • Guardrails and Safeguards
  • Resources for Next Steps

‘All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any’

— 1 Corinthians 6:12 (NKJV)

Respect Copyright

Assume AI-generated images or media are NOT public domain. Use only licensed or clearly stated public-use media to avoid intellectual property or copyright issues.

Write a great headline

Interactivity and animation can be your best allies when creating tables, infographics, or charts that help provide context to the information and simplify the data to present it to your audience. We are visual beings and find it easier to 'read' images than to readwritten text.

‘Your content is liked, but it engages much more if it is interactive’

A brilliant title

With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to leave your audience speechless. You can also highlight a specific phrase or fact that will be etched in your audience's memory and even embed external content that surprises: videos, photos, audio...Whatever you want!

Here you can include a relevant fact to highlight

chatbot (Conversational)

  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Google Gemini (Google)
  • Microsoft Copilot
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • Grok (xAI)

Asking for Better Answers

  • Specify the AI's Role (Persona)
  • Be Very Detailed
  • Define the Output Format
  • Try Your Language Instead of English

Separate Accounts

Create a dedicated, ministry-only email for signing up for various AI platforms. This helps manage limited free tiers and keeps your main ministry inbox secure and organized.

A great title

We better capture visual content. Visual content is associated with cognitive and psychological mechanisms. Things enter through the eyes; the first image is the one that counts. We associate visual content with emotions.

A great title

Write a great text by clicking on Text in the left sidebar. Note: the fonts, size, and color should suit the theme you are addressing.

A brilliant title

With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to leave your audience in awe. You can also highlight a specific phrase or piece of information that will be etched in your audience's memory and even embed external content that surprises: videos, photos, audios... Whatever you want!

A brilliant title

With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to leave your audience speechless. You can also highlight a specific phrase or fact that will be etched in your audience's memory and even embed external content that surprises: videos, photos, audio...Whatever you want!

Here you can include a relevant fact to highlight

chatbot (Conversational)

  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Google Gemini (Google)
  • Microsoft Copilot
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • Grok (xAI)

Stay Accountable

Be aware that some providers (like Anthropic) have policies to flag and report suspicious or illegal activity to authorities. Always keep your ministry use lawful and above reproach.

02:00

Have you used AI before?

Your Goal: Get to know your neighbor and share your current experience with AI. Turn to the person next to you.

  • Exchange names.
  • Answer the title question: "Have you used AI before?"
  • Discuss your experience:
    • What have you used (e.g., ChatGPT, Midjourney, Grammarly, etc.)?
    • What is the biggest benefit you’ve seen so far in your work or personal life?
You have 2 minutes total to share. Listen closely to your partner!

By show of hands, how many have used AI tools before?

An assistant That can do:

  • Content Creation and Adaptation for Catechesis
  • Instant and Accurate Theological Research
  • Homily and Sermon Preparation Support
  • Automating Administrative and Communication Tasks
  • Enhanced Digital Evangelization and Outreach

The Task (or Instruction)WHAT

prompt Defninition

The action the AI must take (e.g., Write, Summarize, Compare, Debug).

A prompt is the input you give to an Artificial Intelligence (AI) model—like a chatbot or an image generator—to tell it exactly what you want it to do. It is essentially your set of instructions or a question that guides the AI to generate a specific and relevant response.

The ContextWHY and WHO

The background information, audience, and the persona the AI should adopt (e.g., You are a marketing analyst writing for the CEO).

prompt Pillars

  • The Task (What)
  • The Context (Who/Why)
  • The Format (How)

The Format (or Constraint)HOW

The rules for the output (e.g., Use a table, Keep it under 200 words, Use a professional tone).

An assistant That can

  • Content Creation and Adaptation for Catechesis
  • Instant and Accurate Theological Research
  • Homily and Sermon Preparation Support
  • Automating Administrative and Communication Tasks
  • Enhanced Digital Evangelization and Outreach

A great title

Remember to add animation! Capture your audience's attention with your content and choose the ideal effect by selecting the element and clicking on the Animation icon, which appears right above.

what will i learn today

  • AI Tools & Categories
  • Use Cases Across Ministries
  • Guardrails and Safeguards
  • Resources for Next Steps

‘All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any’

— 1 Corinthians 6:12 (NKJV)

A brilliant title

With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to leave your audience speechless. You can also highlight a specific phrase or fact that will be etched in your audience's memory and even embed external content that surprises: videos, photos, audio...Whatever you want!

Here you can include a relevant fact to highlight

An assistant That can

  • Content Creation and Adaptation for Catechesis
  • Instant and Accurate Theological Research
  • Homily and Sermon Preparation Support
  • Automating Administrative and Communication Tasks
  • Enhanced Digital Evangelization and Outreach

Audio Creation

generative AI

Video Creation

Generative AI is a type of AI that creates brand new, original content—such as text, images, code, or music—in response to a human prompt

Image Creation

Chatbots (Text & Language)

A brilliant title

With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to leave your audience speechless. You can also highlight a specific phrase or piece of information that will be etched in your audience's memory, and even embed external content that surprises: videos, photos, audio... Whatever you want!

A great title

Write a great text by clicking on Text in the left sidebar. Note: the fonts, size, and color should suit the theme you are addressing.

Working Together

  • Embrace the Conversation
  • Refine Incrementally
  • Ask for Step-by-Step Reasoning
  • Use the Prompt from Chatbot to Work with Others

A brilliant title

With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to leave your audience in awe. You can also highlight a specific phrase or fact that will be etched in the memory of your audience and even embed external content that surprises: videos, photos, audios... Whatever you want!

Here you can include a relevant fact to highlight

Protect Sensitive Information

NEVER enter any personal or sensitive information: Full names, complete addresses, dates of birth, bank accounts, passwords, or SSNs. This information is often used to train the model.

Self-Driving Car

Agentic ai

AI that can take a goal and figure out the steps to achieve it, acting on its own and fixing mistakes along the way.

Personal Assistant

Warehouse Automation and Coordination

why Do we need ai?

  • Reaching the Modern Learner
  • Making Ministry Essential, Not Administrative
  • Broadening the Digital Tent for Evangelization
  • Strengthening the Foundation with Speed and Accuracy

AI is not a replacement for human ministry; it is a tool to amplify the Church's mission today

prompt

The Task (or Instruction)WHAT

A prompt is the input you give to an Artificial Intelligence (AI) model—like a chatbot or an image generator—to tell it exactly what you want it to do. It is essentially your set of instructions or a question that guides the AI to generate a specific and relevant response.

The ContextWHY and WHO

The Format (or Constraint)HOW

Write a great headline

Interactivity and animation can be your best allies when creating tables, infographics, or charts that help provide context to the information and simplify the data to present it to your audience. We are visual beings and find it easier to 'read' images than to readwritten text.

‘Your content is liked, but it engages much more if it is interactive’

The Task (or Instruction)WHAT

prompt Defninition

The action the AI must take (e.g., Write, Summarize, Compare, Debug).

A prompt is the input you give to an Artificial Intelligence (AI) model—like a chatbot or an image generator—to tell it exactly what you want it to do. It is essentially your set of instructions or a question that guides the AI to generate a specific and relevant response.

The ContextWHY and WHO

The background information, audience, and the persona the AI should adopt (e.g., You are a marketing analyst writing for the CEO).

prompt Pillars

  • The Task (What)
  • The Context (Who/Why)
  • The Format (How)

The Format (or Constraint)HOW

The rules for the output (e.g., Use a table, Keep it under 200 words, Use a professional tone).

why Do we need ai?

  • AI is a constant wave of change.
  • Our young people and new families are AI users.
  • Time is valuable, so let's use AI to work smarter and faster.
  • To adapt our ministry to a digital world

AI is not a replacement for human ministry; it is a tool to amplify the Church's mission today

Discretion is Divine

Do not ask the AI for advice regarding a specific person's spiritual or pastoral care. AI is a research tool; spiritual discernment requires human connection and the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

A great title

Do you need more reasons to create dynamic content? Well: 90% of the information we absorb comes to us through sight, and we also retain 42% more information when thecontent moves.

A great title

Do you need more reasons to create dynamic content? Well: 90% of the information we absorb comes to us through sight, and we also retain 42% more information when thecontent moves.

A brilliant title

With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to leave your audience in awe. You can also highlight a specific phrase or fact that will be etched in the memory of your audience and even embed external content that surprises: videos, photos, audios... Whatever you want!

Know Its Knowledge

Remember that the AI's internal knowledge is not live. Be aware of its training cutoff date (e.g., when it last "read" the internet). If you need current info, use a tool with real-time search.

02:00

Have you used AI before?

Your Goal: Get to know your neighbor and share your current experience with AI. Turn to the person next to you.

  • Exchange names.
  • Answer the title question: "Have you used AI before?"
  • Discuss your experience:
    • What have you used (e.g., ChatGPT, Midjourney, Grammarly, etc.)?
    • What is the biggest benefit you’ve seen so far in your work or personal life?
You have 2 minutes total to share. Listen closely to your partner!

By show of hands, how many have used AI tools before?

Manage Free Limits

Be aware that most tools have a limited free tier (tokens, conversation length). To manage costs and conversation focus, always start a new chat for a new topic or project.

A great title

Remember to add animation! Capture your audience's attention with your content and choose the ideal effect by selecting the element and clicking on the Animation icon, which appears right above.

Assume It's Learning

Remember that your questions and conversations may be used to improve the AI model. Do not share proprietary, highly sensitive ministry strategies or internal documents.

Be Unambiguous

Write your prompt very clearly so the AI cannot interpret it in a way you didn't intend. Precision prevents accidental error or offense.

A great title

  • Plan the structure of your communication.
  • Prioritize it and give visual weight to the main points.
  • Define secondary messages with interactivity.
  • Establish a flow through the content.
  • Measure the results.

A brilliant title

With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to leave your audience speechless. You can also highlight a specific phrase or piece of information that will be etched in your audience's memory, and even embed external content that surprises: videos, photos, audio... Whatever you want!

The Right Mindset

  • Be Patient
  • If You Are Stuck, Ask It
  • Fact-Check Everything

Practice Good Stewardship

Use the tool wisely. Guide it with examples, resources, or PDFs, but do not hand over the core spiritual work. Avoid over-reliance.

A great title

Visual content is a cross-cutting, universal language, like music. We are able to understand images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.

what will i learn today

  • AI Types, Tools and Examples
  • Use Cases Across Ministries
  • Guardrails and Safeguards
  • Resources for Next Steps

‘All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any’

— 1 Corinthians 6:12 (NKJV)

why Do we need ai?

  • Reaching the Modern Learner
  • Making Ministry Essential, Not Administrative
  • Broadening the Digital Tent for Evangelization
  • Strengthening the Foundation with Speed and Accuracy

AI is not a replacement for human ministry; it is a tool to amplify the Church's mission today

A great title

Visual content is a cross-cutting, universal language, like music. We are able to understand images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.

02:00

Using generative ai

The Goal: Prime your brain for the coming demonstrations! Partner Up: Turn to your neighbor. Briefly share your favorite generative AI example you've seen so far (image, song, lesson, video). The Task: Brainstorm ONE creative and practical idea for how Generative AI could immediately help your specific ministry (e.g., event flyer, small game idea, lesson summary). Lock it in! Hold onto that idea. As we watch the next few slides (the demos), your goal is to observe how the presenter uses the tool to see if you can build your locked-in idea when you get home!

Would you like to share your idea? ?

Consistency is Key

If you define a role (e.g., "Act as a Youth Ministry Leader"), repeat that role in the follow-up prompts within that same conversation thread.

A great title

  • Plan the structure of your communication.
  • Prioritize it and give visual weight to the main points.
  • Define secondary messages with interactivity.
  • Establish a flow through the content.
  • Measure the results.

A brilliant title

With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to leave your audience in awe. You can also highlight a specific phrase or fact that will be etched in the memory of your audience and even embed external content that surprises: videos, photos, audios... Whatever you want!

Here you can include a relevant fact to highlight

Verify Everything

NEVER treat the output as fact. Always verify names, dates, Scripture references, and core Catholic teaching against official, trusted Church sources.

Working Together

  • Embrace the Conversation
  • Refine Incrementally
  • Ask for Step-by-Step Reasoning
  • Use the Prompt from Chatbot to Work with Others

The Right Mindset

  • Be Patient
  • If You Are Stuck, Ask It
  • Fact-Check Everything

Human Review is Final

A person must review and approve all AI-generated content before it is shared. The AI is a helper, not the final authority.

Accounts and Access

  • Create an Email for AI WorkIf You Are Stuck, Ask It
  • some platforms limit free usage

why Do we need ai?

  • AI is a constant wave of change.
  • Our young people and new families are AI users.
  • Time is valuable, so let's use AI to work smarter and faster.
  • To adapt our ministry to a digital world

AI is not a replacement for human ministry; it is a tool to amplify the Church's mission today

what will i learn today

  • AI Types, Tools and Examples
  • Use Cases Across Ministries
  • Guardrails and Safeguards
  • Resources for Next Steps

‘All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any’

— 1 Corinthians 6:12 (NKJV)

02:00

Have you used AI before?

Your Goal: Get to know your neighbor and share your current experience with AI. Turn to the person next to you.

  • Exchange names.
  • Answer the title question: "Have you used AI before?"
  • Discuss your experience:
    • What tool have you used (e.g., ChatGPT, Midjourney, Grammarly, etc.)?
    • What is the biggest benefit you’ve seen so far in your work or personal life?
You have 2 minutes total to share. Listen closely to your partner!

By show of hands, how many have used AI tools before?