Exploring your religious practice: Why you pray and act the way you do, and why it works Held Tuesday, March 11, 2008 @ The Upstairs Restaurant Diocesan Young Adult Ministry Special Event for those in their 20’s and 30’s, single or with national speaker & author Mike Hayes Our Speaker: Mike Hayes Thirty-something Mike Hayes is the Managing Editor of BustedHalo.com (a website for Catholic young adults through the Paulists). Mike co-founded BustedHalo.com with Fr. Brett Hoover,CSP, in December 2001. In addition to his work at BustedHalo, Mike serves as the President of the board of directors for the National Catholic Young Adult Ministry Association. A frequent speaker on ministering to young adults, Mike is the author of Googling God: The Religious Landscape of People in their 20s and 30s with Paulist Press. In 2002, Mike received a Catholic Press Association Award for his article "Transformation and the 20's and 30's Crowd" that appeared in Share the Word magazine. Before working in ministry, Mike produced radio talk shows at WFAN and WOR in New York and also covered major league baseball for NPR and WOR. Mike and his wife, Marion, are residents of Queens, New York. Mike Hayes speaks to a group of young adults in an event sponsored by the OY&YAM 3/11/08.   Mike shows Matt and Bonnie a few online resources that have been popular with young adults, like www.bustedhalo.com, which he edits and co-created for Paulist Young Adult Ministries in New York City   Mike poses with Office of Youth & Young Adult Ministry Staff; Faye Abbondanza, Associate Director and Cindee Case, Director   Mike autographed a copy of his book, "Googling God," for Marcy.        To read an excerpt of his book, visit: http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/GooglingGodbyMikeHayes.htm Return to Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry