Life Teen Mission Statement
“Life Teen is an international Catholic movement that serves the Church by providing resources and faith experiences that help lead teens closer to Christ. This is accomplished through a vibrant Eucharistic spirituality and by creating opportunities for teens to grow in their faith.”
What is Life Teen?
Life Teen is a Catholic youth ministry program that began in 1985 at St. Timothy’s Catholic Church in Mesa, Arizona. There are now over 1,600 parishes around the world that have adopted the Life Teen program, which is geared towards high school teens in grades 9-12.
Life Teen began here in at Holy Family Parish in 2001 and has continued with great success since then on Sunday nights. In the Life Teen philosophy teens are recognized as a sub-culture; the Mass and the entire program are designed to address the specific needs of teens today. This new vision of teen ministry allows the teen to immerse him or herself in the life of the parish and on a larger scale, of the Church. Life Teen provides our teens with a “Catholic Identity”.
Summer Semester, 2012
June 9th Life Teen Parish Picnic
June 16th Life Teen, Fathers Day (No Life Teen)
June 23rd Life Teen (Win it All, Step 2 “Discover your Mission”)
June 26th – 28th Leadership Retreat
June 30th Life Teen (Win it All, Step 3 “Make your mess a Message”)
July 7th Life Teen (Win it All, Step 4 “Find your Passion”) Practice for Gilmary retreat night / Steubie prep
July 11th – 14th Steubenville Conference
July, 18th Mass at Gillie Lake
July, 19th Movie Night 8:00pm.
July 21st Life Teen (Totally Family Celebration)
July, 16th Movie Night
July, 24th Holy Hour 7-8pm
July, 22nd – 27th Summer Confirmation
July, 28th Life Teen Senior Send off
August, 2nd Movie Night
August, 4th Life Teen (Alumni Night)
August, 11th Life Teen Finalize Mission Trip (Step 5. “Remain Fearless”)
Aug. 12th 16th Mission Trip
August, 18th Life Teen
August, 25th (Step 6. “Commit to Loving”)
September, 1st Life Teen (Step 7. “Never give up”)
(Step 8. “Life everyday as if it were your last”)
September, 8th Life Teen Kick Off
September, 15th Life Teen
September, 22nd Life Teen
September, 29th Life Teen
“I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” Romans 12:1-2
“Young people of America and the World, listen to what Christ the redeemer, is saying to you.”
Blessed Pope John Paul II