High School Youth Ministry

2008-2009 Executive Officers

Tri-Presidents: Tommy Cody, Tori O'Dea, & Sean O'Neil (seniors)

Vice Presidents: Celeste Hoelzl & Jackie Hojnacki (juniors)

Secretary: Sara Shaughnessy (junior)

Recording Secretary: Patrick Farley (freshman)

PR Manager: Greg Oliveras (senior)

Chairmen, Youth Mentoring Programs: Chris Dehn, Marc Nazareth, & Margaret Smith

Senior Class Reps: Caroline Belger, Nick Botticelli, Mike Cavalea, & Hollis Kennedy

Junior Class Reps: Grace House & Kimmi Sakamoto

Sophmore Class Reps: Lauren Cody, Ryan Hanavan, & Jesse Socci

Freshmen Class Reps: Chris Cavalea & Matt Martinelli

Join us for the following programs!

**HS Youth Group General Meeting**
Tuesday, January 6th; 7:00 - 8:00 pm; OLF Rectory Conference Room

**March for Life - Teen Pilgrimage**
January 21st - 22nd; Washington, DC

Our Diocese of Bridgeport is sponsoring a mini-retreat & pilgrimage to Washington, DC on January 21^st & 22^nd to pray & petition our government to protect human life! The group will leave by bus at 8:00 am on the 21^st and return at 11:30 pm on the 22^nd. The cost is $100 which includes transportation, one night hotel stay, most meals as well as evening prayer vigil, youth rally & Mass for life, fantastic musicians, inspiring reflections and the March to the Capital & Supreme Court. Teens will need to plan on missing 2 full days of school for this program. For details & to sign up, contact Sharon Lynn at OLFYouthGroup@aol.com or at 762-9080 by Tuesday, January 13^th.

**Mackenzie Trec (Teens Really Encountering Christ) Retreat**
March 7 - 8, 2009; 10:00 am Sat. - 5:00 pm Sun; Seton-Neumann Center in Danbury

Save the date for this exciting weekend! (Teen Team Members will be at the Center on Friday, March 6th from 6:00 pm onward.... More details will be forthcoming.)

**2009 Mission Outreach Trip to our Nation's Capital**
June 21st - June 28th; Washington, DC

The high school youth group will travel by Amtrak train to Washington, DC where we’ll be helping the needy & poor. We’ll work in soup kitchens, inner-city children’s camps, elderly homes and more. Plus, we’ll visit the National Basilica-Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Smithsonian, Monuments. More details are forthcoming.

***Contact Sharon Lynn in the Religious Education Office for details & questions at 762-9080, ext. 23 or at OLFYouthGroup@aol.com***

The High School Youth Group is a continuation of our Catholic education. Our teens are challenged every day with an array of choices about how to live their lives. This group offers teens an age-appropriate faith community where they come together to pray, worship, learn, support one another, and have fun. Also, there is focus on extending our teens' faith formation through various spiritual, service, and social activities. A variety of programs encourage involvement in parish and youth liturgies, the Mackenzie Trec (Teens Really Encountering Christ) retreat program, involvement in outreach and service activities for the needy on local, inner-city, and foreign mission levels, participation in national and regional conferences, diocesan events, social activities, and more. It is through active participation in youth ministry that our teens live out their lives by coming to know Jesus and make Him known to others.

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