Wednesday, May 18, 2011

St. Basil Life Teen Parent News -- May 2011 Edition

1. Life Teen in the past month

  • We had life nights on marriage, divorce, and the love of Good Friday this spring semester.
  • We had life nights on Pornography and another one to wrap up our Vocations semester on how important it is to involve God in our life decisions.
  • We had a senior send-off where we gave thanks to our outstanding senior class and honored Blessed Pope John Paul II on the day of his beatification.
2. Life Teen in the next month
  • May 22 - 8th grade Preview night for 8th graders AND their parents. Teens in the Parish Center; Parents in the Family Life Center, both from 6:45-8 p.m.
  • May 31 - Ultimate Frisbee. Current high schoolers and college students home for the summer are invited as we challenge youth groups from other parishes.
  • Every Wednesday -- Oratory discussion group. Faith and Fun for high schoolers as we look at how the Faith is relevant to our lives today.
  • Sign up for Servants for Christ -- Local service project for high schoolers AND college age young adults. Sign up at www.basilteen.com.

3. A few victories for God - God is winning, one victory at a time.

We have more seniors attending Catholic colleges in the Fall than ever before!
We had 10 juniors attend training to be Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion to serve the parish in that capacity.
We have some young men and women considering calls to the priesthood and religious life.

4. Parent website of the month - www.catholic.com

Learn the Faith. Defend the Faith.

5. Please support our teens with prayer and through the monthly Life Teen envelope. Our ministry of leading teens closer to Christ can't be accomplished without your help and generosity!