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Sacred Heart, Saint Ann's and Saint
Mary's
Youth Group
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Mission Statement
Youth Ministry is a comprehensive
ministry that is to, with, by and for young people of the
parish. The ministry will encourage participation, growth, empower the
youth at Sacred Heart, Saint Ann’s and Saint Mary’s to fully commit to
active participation in the faith community.
The Youth Ministry will
incorporate Advocacy, Catechesis, Community Life, Evangelization,
Justice and Service, Leadership Development, Pastoral Care, Prayer and
Worship to form strong faith filled Catholic Youth within the larger
Sacred Heart, Saint Ann’s and Saint Mary’s Community.
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Faith, Fun, Food, and Friends
The Youth of Sacred Heart, Saint Ann’s and Saint Mary’s meet
Mondays from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. to break bread, pray, socialize, and
learn together. The objective of the group is to enable our young
people to grow and develop personal relationship with God. We as a
parish need to foster a welcoming atmosphere that offers these young
people the opportunities to discover and share their gifts.
The Diocese of Rochester encourages us
·To
empower young people to live as disciples of Jesus Christ in the world
today.
·To draw young people to
responsible participation in the life, mission and work of the Catholic
Faith Community
·To foster the total personal and spiritual growth of each young
person
Spiritual
Activities
Grant, Lord, to all students, to know what is worth knowing, to love
what is worth loving, to praise what delights you most, to value what is
precious in your sight and to reject what is evil in your eyes. Grant
them true discernment to distinguish between different things. Above
all, may they search out and do what is most pleasing to you, through
Jesus Christ our Lord. (Thomas a Kempis)
These activities include:
·Diocesan Retreats
(Link to DOR)
·National
Catholic Youth Convention
·Youth Masses at Sacred Heart
·Spirit Alive Retreat at Sacred Heart
Liturgical
Ministry
Our youth participate in these
ministries:
·Lectors,
Eucharistic Ministers, Altar Servers, Ushers, Sacristan, Cantors,
Instrumentalists
Service To Others
“There are three stages in the work of God: impossible,
difficult, done.”
(James Hudson Taylor)
·Salvation Army Soup Kitchen
Our young people
work the first Sunday of every month. Michelle Cuddy is
the group leader
for this project.
·Habitat for Humanity
The youth help built area homes for low-income people
·Operation Christmas
Child
During the
Christmas season the youth collect games, toys, school supplies, candy
and personal hygiene items.
The items are then
boxed grouping them for boys or girls ages 2-4, 5-9, or 10-14 and mailed
to
third-world countries.
For more
information go to
www.samaritanpurse.org/occ
·Beggar's
Night
The Monday before
Halloween the youth go door-to-door collecting canned goods for area
food
pantries
·Souper Bowl of Caring
On Super Bowl
Sunday the youth collect money after the Masses for local food pantries
(Link)
·Buddy
Walk
·Crop Walk
The youth along with
all the Churches in the Auburn area participate in this walk to raise
money to eradicate hunger
locally & nationally
·Pauley House
Youth take responsibility for
the 2nd week of the month keeping the clothes in the house
bagged &
stacked
·Helping Parishioners
Parishioners ask for help with yard work, walking pets,
etc
·School Kits
·Nursing Homes
Help with social activities at Auburn Nursing Home
·Migrant Worker project
Youth collect
toiletry items, flip flops, clothing to be distributed to the Migrant
while they are
here working
Social Activities
“Lord, make me see your glory in every
place.”
(Michelangelo)
These include:
·White Water Rafting on the Leigh High River in Pennsylvania
·Movie Nights
·Lock-ins
·Bowling
·Attending Sporting Events
Doubleday Baseball
SU Basketball
Syracuse Crunch Hockey
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