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Saint
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High School Youth Group
– Wednesdays 7-9pm The
focus of this group is essentially community building, connecting teens with
peers in our parish community.
Students in 9th-12th grade come together to hang
out, play games, talk, and pray. It is
a drop in group, so anyone is welcome any week they can make it. We provide snacks and drinks, and order pizza
for the group. A suggested $2 donation
to help cover the pizza is asked each meeting. We keep release forms on file so you only
need to complete this form once. ------------------Coming
Soon----------------- Hershey Park Trip, Saturday
August 21st Our
annual middle school and high school Hershey Park Trip is our last hooray for
the summer. Our teens will spend one
of their last days of freedom in style as they enjoyed rollercoasters, games,
and a killer waterpark. Click here for the
flier/permission form for the event. High School Soup Kitchen
Servers, 2nd Friday Every
second Friday of the month a small group of our high schoolers server dinner
at the Frederick Community Action Agency’s Soup Kitchen. The time commitment is minimal, just
5-7pm. This is a great way to give
back to the community and hang out with some of your friends. If you are interested in getting involved,
just contact Brian for details. -------------------Recent
Events------------------- Youth Pilgrimage, The annual Palm Saturday Youth Pilgrimage in High School Chastity
Rally, March 7th – Our
annual high school chastity rally brought in Paul George to speak to hundreds
of youth and parents. This event,
planned by our regional parishes, focuses on the importance of living the
life of discipleship in our relationships… both for teens and for adults!. Youth Rally for Life,
Thurs Jan 21st – St. Peter’s Libertytown Middle
and high school youth and their families joined together in prayer on the eve
of the March for Life in High School Lock-in,
December 5th Our
high schoolers once again teamed up with youth from
Our annual middle school and high
school Hershey Park Trip was our last hooray for the summer. Our teens spent their last day of freedom
in style as they enjoyed rollercoasters, games, and a killer waterpark. Click here for
pictures from the event. iServe, July 20-21 Our
annual community service lock-in up in Encounter 2009, July
12-17 This
week of service gathered together about 300 Catholic youth from around the
area, in Click here
for pictures from Encounter. Click here for the video slideshow from Encounter. High School Spring
Retreat, June 19-21 Our
annual High School Spring Retreat was the weekend of June 19-21st.
This is a great chance at the end of the year to reconnect with old friends
and make new ones was held at Camp Highroad in Middleburg VA. This year we
ran the retreat together with St. Rose of Lima Parish in First Annual Youth
Ministry Awards Night, Saturday May 9th Our
teens give generously of their time and talents and we took time to thank
them for their contribution at this first annual Awards Night! We recognized all of our youth who have
volunteered in the last year in any of our ministries and also out in the
community. We also presented awards to
youth who have provided exemplary service to the community. Archdiocese
of The annual Archdiocese of
Baltimore Youth Pilgrimage was Palm Saturday, April 4th. This event drew hundreds of young people
from all over the state (including a great crew from our parish!) to walk the
streets of March 1st,
7:30-9:30, St. Peter’s Libertytown Our annual regional high
school chastity rally was 1 March from 7:15-9pm at St. Peter’s in
Libertytown. Our speaker, Michael Walsh, challenged and motivated our
teens as he made a case for chastity in the real world. High
School Lock-in, Feb 27-28, Our annual High School Lock-in
this year brought together our youth with those from World Religion Forum, Saturday Nov 15th, 4-8pm The Interfaith Youth Corps of Frederick (a group
of teens of different religious backgrounds who come together to promote understanding
and dialog among youth from all faith traditions) is sponsored a forum in
which religious leaders and youth from a number of different faiths gathered
to discuss the similarities and differences among our faiths. The event
was held at the Islamic Society of Frederick and brought together about 40
teens from around
Our last hooray of the summer before the start of
school was a trip up to
This
year we had a group of 8 high schoolers join together with about 80 youth
from all over our region to serve the poor and underprivileged of
This
week of service gathered together about 300 Catholic youth from around the
area, in Washington DC, including a group of 14 from Saint Katharine’s
We stayed at the University of Maryland and during the day we went out to
work in a variety of sites including soup kitchens, day camps for inner city
children, nursing homes, working with the disabled, and many more. In the evenings there were speakers,
performers, and opportunities to reflect on our experiences during the
week. Click here
for pictures from Encounter. Click here for the video slideshow from Encounter. High School Spring Retreat. June 27-29th Our
Spring Retreat was the weekend of June 27th-29th.
This was a great chance at the end of the year to reconnect with old friends
and make new ones as go off for a weekend of relaxing and reflecting. Click here for the pictures from the event. You can
also check out the video slideshow by clicking here. The annual Palm Saturday Youth Pilgrimage in High School Lock-in,
December 7th-8th We began our lock-in this year with Mass for our
celebration of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and then spent the
night playing games, watching movies, just hanging out, and getting next to
no sleep. It was great to have the
youth from Confirmation
Celebration, October 28th
Click here for pictures from the Mass! skdyouth@saintdrexel.org
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