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Inaugural Golf Classic
Consolidated Construction Group,
St. John's Mercy Medical Group and Paddy O's present the
Catholic Youth Apostolate
Inaugural Golf Classic
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 12 noon registration
$125 per person includes Four-person Scramble - Cart - Lunch - Cocktails - Dinner Buffet - Silent Auction
Please call George Kerry at 314.792.7568 to register or for more information.
Score a Touchdown for Youth!
The Catholic Youth Apostolate is again embarking on our fall fund-raiser, “Score a Touchdown for Youth”. It’s an easy and fun game for the fall and a great fund-raiser for the Catholic Youth Apostolate.
Here’s how it works. Each registered participant will receive a “Score a Touchdown for Youth ” certificate with the names of three National Football Conference Teams. This certificate is valid for the season and the three teams named on your certificate become your participating teams for the entire 17 week football season.
Each week of the regular season, beginning on Thursday and ending the following Monday, our Football committee will total up the number of points each National Football Conference Team scores during games played that week. The holder of the certificate with the three teams that scored the highest combined total number of points for that week will be awarded $ 50.00. The holder of the certificate with the three teams who scored the fewest combined total number of points for that week will be awarded $25.00.
Donor Update: Because You Are THERE!
Our BE THERE campaign is underway and we thank those who have already made a donation!
BECAUSE YOU ARE THERE…
Brief comments from teens about Project Life 2006:
- “It was fun and it definitely made my faith strong again.”
- “It shows me how other people’s lives really are and how mine is great! Also to humble myself b/c Jesus did for us.”
- “It made reconciliation and adoration more meaningful for me.”
- “I grew in my faith and I realized how hard it can be to be homeless.”
- “Made me realize how little I think of the 60% who have nothing and how quick I am to judge them.”
- “The Hunger Banquet was amazing. I was in the 3rd group. It really put into perspective how much I should be thankful. I wish more people could experience this!”
- “It made a diff. b/c I plan on going back to 2 of the places.”
- “I was weak in my faith, but now I can feel the Lord in me now.”
- “Indescribable. It was like awesome because it made me realize that I don’t need to have everything to survive.”
- “It showed me how God can be with me more.”
- “It really opened my eyes to what poverty is like and certain areas of the city.”
- “I was very far from Jesus when I came. I am now considerably closer. I needed this guys, thanks.”
BE THERE: LIGHT THE WAY
During this Advent Season, the OYM invites you to LIGHT THE WAY for young people. Yes, we invite you to BE THERE through making a gift of a donation to our ministry. Your donation will help us to:
- Continue to evangelize young people through REAP retreats
- Offer R&R (Resource and Renewal) Sessions for youth ministers and core members
- Empower more young people to serve their brothers and sisters through Project Life
- Connect people with one another through resources on our Website
- Host two spirit-filled Steubenville St. Louis/Mid-America Youth Conferences this summer
- Assist youth minsters by establishing a Scholarship Fund
…and much more!
BE THERE - LIGHT THE WAY
Our BE THERE - LIGHT THE WAY Campaign is under way!
This year the OYM is particulary excited about the campaign. We hope to establish a new fund: a Youth Minister Scholarship Fund! In years past we have received requests to assist youth ministers with their continued education and formation, but we just haven’t had the funds to do so. We want to support our youth ministers by helping them continue their education, formation, and training in theology and youth ministry.
WE NEED YOUR HELP to raise $20,000 to do this! Please prayerfully consider a donation to the OYM to help establish this fund and/or to help with other events, programs, and services. Check out this article for more information.
Help Katrina Victims
Have you been watching your TV wondering what you can do to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina? Now is your chance. Many families are relocating to St. Louis MO. As you know most refugees are left with nothing but the clothes on their backs. In cooperation with the Archdiocesan Education Office we are sponsoring an “adopt a family” program. As families enroll their children in schools, principals will be in touch with the Office Of Youth Ministry to inform us of any families in need.
Maybe your youth group, your family, your co-workers, your friends, would like to adopt a family that is in much need of our assistance. Please contact Liz Buncher if you are interested in helping with the project via e-mail lizbuncher@archstl.org or phone 314-633-2503.
Appealing to Your Heart
Did you know that the Annual Catholic Appeal directly supports the Office of Youth Ministry and REAP Team? Did you know that this support enables us to minister to teens through such events as REAP retreats, Project Life, and the Steubenville Youth Conference?
There have been many concerns within the Archdiocese: restructuring of parishes, St. Stanislaus, and those who have suffered from abuse by priests. With these changes and concerns, the Archdiocese is certainly aware of many who experience pain and grief during this time of transition.
Well, this year the donations for the Appeal have not flowed in quite as quickly as previous years.
Good News
We have GOOD NEWS to share with you! Our Steubenville St. Louis Mid-America conference sold out within 2 weeks. This is 1/5 of the time it took last year - 10 weeks. Over half of the 2,050 participants are from the St. Louis area this year!
Project Life registration will open March 1st and we anticipate another sold out event for 100 teens to experience a community service week this coming June. Throughout the week the teens will experience how their service changes their heart more than those they serve.
Be There: Light the Way
This year, 16 archdiocesan parishes enrolled in a youth ministry training program.
One hundred and twenty young people served the needy through a weeklong service project. And 2,100 traveled to Springfield, Mo., for a weekend youth conference.
Those activities were made possible through the archdiocesan Office of Youth Ministry, which is embarking on its third annual “Be There: Light the Way” fund-raising campaign.
This year’s goal is $70,000, according to Sister M. Consolata Crews, FSGM, acting director of the Youth Ministry Office. The campaign will conclude in Spring 2005.
Donations will go toward staffing and services that the office provides. This past year, the office provided services to about 20,000 youths and others involved in youth ministry, said Sister Consolata.
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