February Events and Information

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February 2021
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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!
 
LifeNight on 2/3/2021 from 7:30-9PM
LifeNight on 2/10/2021 from 7:30-9PM
Peer Ministry Meeting on 2/14/2020 from 6-7:30PM
Ash Wednesday on 2/17/2021

LifeNight's are a mixture of faith and fun, and are open to everyone who is in high school! Each LifeNight has a fun game, a testimony or teaching about a different topic of our faith, discussion, and closing prayer.

At LifeNights you will be able to talk about a variety of issues and experiences with friends and young adult leaders so that together you can grow in faith and discover how a relationship with God will help you have the best life possible! This is an incredible time to connect with friends and God in the midst of our busy lives. Check out our calendar for the 2020/2021 School Year! 

LifeNight on 2/3/2021 from 7:30-9PM
The goal of One Moment is to educate teens on the issues of poverty and homelessness within their communities, while broadening their perspective on the dignity and place of the poor. 

LifeNight on 2/10/2021 from 7:30-9PM
The goal of this Life Night gives both teens and their families an opportunity to break open the season of Lent, specifically the theme of sacrifice. It also challenges the teens and families to create a Lenten prayer plan. THIS is also our Mardi Gras Party as well! We will be playing some fun games as well!

Ash Wednesday times 
Masses: 6:15am, 9:00am school/livestream (not open), 11:00am, 5:30pm, 7:00pm
Ashes for seniors drive through 12:30-2:00pm
The Bible in a Year Podcast with Fr. Mike Schmitz
In The Bible in a Year podcast, Fr. Mike Schmitz walks you through the entire Bible in 365 episodes, providing commentary, reflection, and prayer along the way. Unlike any other Bible podcast, Ascension’s Bible in a Year podcast follows a reading plan inspired by The Great Adventure Bible Timeline, a ground-breaking approach to understanding salvation history developed by renowned Catholic Bible teacher, Jeff Cavins. With this podcast, you won’t just read the Bible in a year, you’ll finally understand how all the pieces of the Bible fit together to tell an amazing story that continues in your life today! The Bible in a Year with Fr. Mike Schmitz is currently the #1 podcast in the nation! See more here...

O Come Let Us Adore Him
We are very excited to share with you that the weekend of January 16-17, during all Masses, we will be inviting all members of the OLG community to prayerfully consider signing up for a weekly Holy Hour in the Adoration Chapel. During Masses, we will focus on the truth of the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.

During Christmas, we celebrated Emmanuel, meaning “God with us.” God is truly with us in the Eucharist, the Blessed Sacrament. Come, let us give Him all praise, honor, glory and thanksgiving through a weekly Holy Hour in Adoration! Please join us in praying for an increase in devotion to Jesus, Truly Present in the Blessed Sacrament. See more here....

Giving Trees - Thank You!
Our theme as a parish this past year has been “JOY,” and we have seen that truly embraced this Advent and Christmas season. A beautiful example of this is the response to the 2020 Giving Tree.

We are so grateful for all of you who brought in gifts, cash, and gift cards to help those in need! We were able to collect almost 50 gifts for residents of Haven Housing and teens at Mary’s Place, 40 baby items for Abria, and 501 pairs of socks for residents of the Minneapolis VA Home. In addition to these gifts, parishioners generously contributed over $11,775 in cash and gift cards, which will benefit JPII Catholic School, and our sister parishes of St. Joseph’s in Ghana and San Max in Honduras. A big thank you to all who participated! Our neighbors’ lives are easier thanks to your generosity.
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LifeNight Online - One Home

The goal of One Home is to discuss immigration and remind teens that we are all foreigners on a journey to our final home, heaven.

LifeNight's are a mixture of faith and fun, and are open to everyone who is in high school! Each LifeNight has a fun game, a testimony or teaching about a different topic of our faith, discussion, and closing prayer.

At LifeNights you will be able to talk about a variety of issues and experiences with friends and young adult leaders so that together you can grow in faith and discover how a relationship with God will help you have the best life possible! This is an incredible time to connect with friends and God in the midst of our busy lives. Check out our calendar for the 2019/2020 School Year! 

Can’t make our LifeNights on Wednesday night? Don’t worry! We have another option!

On our Wednesday night LifeNights we will record our teaching and prayer of the night. Then on the following Thursday evening we will watch the video together over zoom, and have our SG online! Make sure you register here, because each week I’ll send out the ZOOM code to registered families.

Our Online LifeNights has resources, activities, and links to help our youth take that next step in faith right now, at home, or on the go!

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One Home LifeNight Wrap-up!

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January 2021
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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!
 
Last night was ABSOLUTLY wonderful! Thank you so much for an open and honest discussion about how God is calling us all to welcome the "stranger" in our midst. Talking with all of you reminded me about how big each of your hearts is!  Next week is our FINAL installment of our LifeNight Series. The last one is called One Moment - The goal of One Moment is to educate us all on the issues of poverty and homelessness within our communities, while broadening our perspective on the dignity and place of the poor.

Last night we said this prayer before adoration AND my challenge for all of us is to say this each day this week! 
 

Pilgrimage Prayer

 

Lord, You who called Your servant Abraham

out of the town of Ur and who watched over

him during all his wanderings; You who guided

the Jewish people through the desert in their

journey to the Promised Land; You who guided

the Holy Family on their passage to Egypt; we

beseech You to watch over Your children.

 

Be for us,

a companion on our journey

the guide on our intersections

the strengthening during fatigue

the fortress in danger

the resource on our itinerary

the shadow in our heat

the light in our darkness

the consolation during dejection

and the power of our intention.

We ask this through Christ our Lord, Amen.
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LifeNight - One Home

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The goal of One Home is to discuss immigration and remind teens that we are all foreigners on a journey to our final home, heaven.

LifeNight's are a mixture of faith and fun, and are open to everyone who is in high school! Each LifeNight has a fun game, a testimony or teaching about a different topic of our faith, discussion, and closing prayer.

At LifeNights you will be able to talk about a variety of issues and experiences with friends and young adult leaders so that together you can grow in faith and discover how a relationship with God will help you have the best life possible! This is an incredible time to connect with friends and God in the midst of our busy lives. Check out our calendar for the 2019/2020 School Year! 

Can’t make our LifeNights on Wednesday night? Don’t worry! We have another option!

On our Wednesday night LifeNights we will record our teaching and prayer of the night. Then on the following Thursday evening we will watch the video together over zoom, and have our SG online! Make sure you register here, because each week I’ll send out the ZOOM code to registered families.

Our Online LifeNights has resources, activities, and links to help our youth take that next step in faith right now, at home, or on the go!

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HighSchool Evening Lock-in

What: An evening lock-in 

Where: Our Lady of Grace 

When: January 22nd starting at 6PM and ending at 10PM   

Join the OLG HS Youth Group for an evening of fun and faith with an Evening Lock-in!

We’re bringing unlimited fun and games right to OLG. Challenge friends. Conquer games. Do it all.

Activities include 

Board games, Giant rainbow parachute, a movie, Adoration, and outside bonfire!  

LifeNight Online - One Heart

The goal of One Heart is to help teens understand the dangers and dehumanizing qualities of euthanasia, the death penalty, and abortion, actions that stop the human heart.

LifeNight's are a mixture of faith and fun, and are open to everyone who is in high school! Each LifeNight has a fun game, a testimony or teaching about a different topic of our faith, discussion, and closing prayer.

At LifeNights you will be able to talk about a variety of issues and experiences with friends and young adult leaders so that together you can grow in faith and discover how a relationship with God will help you have the best life possible! This is an incredible time to connect with friends and God in the midst of our busy lives. Check out our calendar for the 2019/2020 School Year! 

Can’t make our LifeNights on Wednesday night? Don’t worry! We have another option!

On our Wednesday night LifeNights we will record our teaching and prayer of the night. Then on the following Thursday evening we will watch the video together over zoom, and have our SG online! Make sure you register here, because each week I’ll send out the ZOOM code to registered families.

Our Online LifeNights has resources, activities, and links to help our youth take that next step in faith right now, at home, or on the go!

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LifeNight Online - One Choice

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The goal of One Choice is to help teens understand their, and every person’s, inherent worth, and encourage them to conform their hearts to God’s heart, enabling their words and actions to reflect the dignity of the human person.

LifeNight's are a mixture of faith and fun, and are open to everyone who is in high school! Each LifeNight has a fun game, a testimony or teaching about a different topic of our faith, discussion, and closing prayer.

At LifeNights you will be able to talk about a variety of issues and experiences with friends and young adult leaders so that together you can grow in faith and discover how a relationship with God will help you have the best life possible! This is an incredible time to connect with friends and God in the midst of our busy lives. Check out our calendar for the 2019/2020 School Year! 

Can’t make our LifeNights on Wednesday night? Don’t worry! We have another option!

On our Wednesday night LifeNights we will record our teaching and prayer of the night. Then on the following Thursday evening we will watch the video together over zoom, and have our SG online! Make sure you register here, because each week I’ll send out the ZOOM code to registered families.

Our Online LifeNights has resources, activities, and links to help our youth take that next step in faith right now, at home, or on the go!

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LifeNight - One Choice

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The goal of One Choice is to help teens understand their, and every person’s, inherent worth, and encourage them to conform their hearts to God’s heart, enabling their words and actions to reflect the dignity of the human person.

LifeNight's are a mixture of faith and fun, and are open to everyone who is in high school! Each LifeNight has a fun game, a testimony or teaching about a different topic of our faith, discussion, and closing prayer.

At LifeNights you will be able to talk about a variety of issues and experiences with friends and young adult leaders so that together you can grow in faith and discover how a relationship with God will help you have the best life possible! This is an incredible time to connect with friends and God in the midst of our busy lives. Check out our calendar for the 2019/2020 School Year! 

Can’t make our LifeNights on Wednesday night? Don’t worry! We have another option!

On our Wednesday night LifeNights we will record our teaching and prayer of the night. Then on the following Thursday evening we will watch the video together over zoom, and have our SG online! Make sure you register here, because each week I’ll send out the ZOOM code to registered families.

Our Online LifeNights has resources, activities, and links to help our youth take that next step in faith right now, at home, or on the go!

Online LifeNight Encounter (2).jpg