Register for 22-23 High School Youth Ministry! (by Nov. 15)

Hello, we are so grateful that you are interested in getting involved with High School Youth Ministry! Here at OLG, we believe in meeting our teens where they are at while providing opportunities to encounter Jesus. We try to achieve this in a number of different ways…

In addition to HS Life Nights, which take place on Wednesdays from 7:30-9:00PM (in our Frassati Room), we also seek to advertise various Archdiocesan events, prayer opportunities, service projects and so much more. You can learn more about HS Youth Ministry on our page!

We invite you to register your child (or yourself) for High School Youth Ministry, but please know, in registering, this does not require attendance at every event. Registering is a way to get connected!

Questions? Email Jeremy Bodenschatz, Director of High School Youth Ministry.

Please REGISTER by Nov. 15th 2022 @ 5:00PM

High School Life Night

Life Nights are a weekly opportunity for High School students to join in fellowship and encounter the Lord in a deeper way. They include snacks, games, small groups, prayer time, and fellowship!

What: Life Night! When:  Wednesday, November 2nd 7:30 - 9:00 PM
Who: All high schoolers! (bring your friends) 
Where: NEW Frassati Room at OLG

Come. Bring a friend. Show up late. Leave late. Just BE THERE!(:

Questions?

Email Jeremy, director of HS Youth Ministry!

High School Life Nights

Life Nights are a weekly opportunity for High School students to join in fellowship and encounter the Lord in a deeper way. They include snacks, games, small groups, prayer time, and fellowship!

What: Life Night! When:  Wednesdays 7:30 - 9:00 PM
Who: All high schoolers! (bring your friends) 
Where: NEW Frassati Room at OLG

Come. Bring a friend. Show up late. Leave late. Just BE THERE!(:

Questions?

Email Jeremy, director of HS Youth Ministry!

Back Home to OLG, Part IV

What: A Night for HS Youth
When:  Wednesday, May 25th, 7:30-9:00pm
Who: All high schoolers! (bring your friends) 
Where: Frassati Room at OLG, and Outside  
What to expect: Take a study break, grab a spiritual boost, and root beer float. Bonfire, open gym, and an inspiring message.
What to Bring: Bring a baggie of your spare change to support the “Coins for Copybooks” campaign (buying notebooks for kids in Ghana Africa).

Stop by for a snack or stay for the entire time – we just want to see you. Bring a friend or five.

Back Home to OLG, Part II

What: A Night for HS Youth
When:  Wednesday, April 27th, 7:30-9:00pm
Who: All high schoolers! (bring your friends) 
Where: Frassati Room at OLG
What to expect: Fun, faith & fellowship (popcorn bar, surprise musician, open gym, an inspiring message from Fr. Nathan). 
RSVP: Here. (so we make sure we have enough food!)

Come. Bring a friend. Show up late. Leave late. Just BE THERE! 

Upcoming Schedule:

• April 27th, 7:30 - 9:00 PM

• May 11th, 7:30 - 9:00 PM

• May 25th, 7:30 - 9:00 PM

Contact: Kory LaCroix

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Basic Schedule for Summer LifeNights

Food

Introductions, Social, Games, Open Gym

Teaching and Prayer

Closing praise and worship

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Back Home to OLG

What: A Night for HS Youth

Where: Church - Our Lady of Grace

Who: High School Teens

When: Wednesday, March 30th, 7:30-9:00pm

Cost: Free.

Description:

Inspiration. Prayer. Click-Fil-A. Dodgeball. Fr. Kevin. Back together at OLG.

RSVP: Appreciated but not required.

Contact: Kory LaCroix

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August 15 Life Night

Sunday, August 15th 6:30-8:30pm
Our Lady of Grace, Frasatti Room
”Scars Transformed by Grace”

Our next Lifenight is this Sunday, August 15th with Fr. Kevin! Join other high school students for spikeball, open gym, ice cream sundays, prayer, an inspiring message from Fr. Kevin, and some time to hang out in our Frassatti room. Faith is better together. High School youth ministry is open to incoming 8th graders through 21’ Seniors. More information at olgparish.org/youth-ministry

How can our Blessed Mother have a face scarred? Sounds like heresy, yet here we see our Mother scarred. What does this mean about how God loves us? How does this image inform us about the compassion of Christ expressed through our Blessed Mother for us? Incredibly God loves us even scarred. And when honest with ourselves we realize we each carry scars not simply in our flesh but in our hearts and souls. Come hear about incredible love of God for us as expressed in this image of our Our Lady of Czestochowa, the Black Madana,  dating back perhaps 2,000 years.

Father Kevin Finnegan will share about Our Lady with a scarred face and how it she tenderly loves us. With a copy of this icon dating back from the late 1800’s Father Kevin will invites us to embrace more fully a life of boldness, compassion, and love.  

Yes pizza and ice cream. But more: Engaging conversation on our scars transformed by grace.

Even Jesus has scars.

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April 2021 View this email in your browser Here at OLG our  High School Youth Ministry (anyone who has been confirmed in 8th-12th grade) is meant to engage young people where they are at in their journey to respond to the ultimate call of all of our lives: the call to be an intentional disciple of God.  In all of our ministires we bring the Gospel to young people by the art of living well - and it begins and ends with Christ. There are so many places here at OLG for everyone to get involved in order to share their gifts.  Contact us today to see where God is calling you!   Greetings everyone! We have an important update about High School Youth Ministry Program at Our Lady of Grace. Until June 1st, 2021 all High School Youth Ministry will be canceled until further notice. If you have any questions please contact Sean Lavell- Pastoral Associate for Mission and Discipleship  Below is a message from the Director of HS Ministry - Veronica Whelan.  Due to several medical appointments over the last few weeks, my primary care team decided it would be best for me to go onto Family Medical leave until at least June 1st. Since 2017 - I have been receiving treatment for a chronic medical condition called Fibromyalgia, which my doctors believed I developed after the two major car accidents I was in during the winter of 2015/2016. This diagnosis came in Spring 2017 - afterwards I made a lot of changes in my life to thrive while living with Fibromyalgia. However- through the years, I was never really able to manage my symptoms no matter what I did or didn’t do.  Long story, made short - in Summer 2020 - my sisters went to their own doctors, because they were experiencing similar symptoms as myself and were expecting to receive a similar diagnosis so they could receive treatment. However they were both diagnosed with a genetic disorder called Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS). It’s a rare condition that runs in families, and after several of my own doctor’s appointments - it’s become more apparent that I have EDS, and possibly not Fibromyalgia. This is both really good and at the same time unfortunate news. Good, because I can begin receiving treatments that will really improve my life, but unfortunate, because this means that I have been treated incorrectly for the last 4 years. In light of this, my Doctors want me to take some serious time off to heal, start a whole new wellness plan, and go to a lot of doctor’s appointments. During this time, it means I won’t be doing youth and young professional ministry at Our Lady of Grace. I am not taking time off from the Our Lady of Grace community though, you are all in my thoughts and prayers!  God’s blessings and peace!  Veronica Copyright © *|CURRENT_YEAR|* *|LIST:COMPANY|*, All rights reserved. *|IFNOT:ARCHIVE_PAGE|* *|LIST:DESCRIPTION|* Our mailing address is: *|HTML:LIST_ADDRESS_HTML|* *|END:IF|* Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list *|IF:REWARDS|* *|HTML:REWARDS|* *|END:IF|*