Hello everyone!
If you are receiving this newsletter that means your child is in St. Joseph's youth ministry! We are Sam Shepard and McKenzie Neu, parishioners from St. Joseph's and your youth ministers! We are so excited to serve as part of this beautiful community.
High school youth nights are called Journey and middle school youth nights are called Ignite. These will be times for growth, fun, and fellowship. Read for more information on the activities coming up.
We will be sending weekly newsletters to keep you up to date on the fun and exciting things we have going on. We can't wait to meet each of you and your youth!
Thank you and God Bless!
-Sam and McKenzie
Advent Penance Services
We have been talking in Ignite about how to live a moral life. This has given many of them the desire to go to Confession. With the coming season, Confession is made more readily available, so consider taking your middle school or high school youth to Confession to prepare for Advent! Even though it can be scary to go, it is a beautiful sacrament through which God offers us mercy and forgiveness! If you would like to attend, here are the dates and times of all penance services in the area. Hope you find this helpful!December 5 6:30pm St. Mary – College Station
December 6 7:00pm St. Mary - Caldwell
December 7 7:00pm St. Francis - Franklin
December 12 7:00pm St. Mary - Bremond
December 13 7:00pm St. Thomas Aquinas College Sta
December 14 7:00pm St. Mary - Hearne
December 15 7:00pm Sta. Teresa - Bryan
December 21 10:00am and 6:00pm at Christ the Good Shepherd Chapel St. Joseph and St. Anthony – Bryan
Sign Ups for DCYC are Open!
DCYC is a youth conference held every year in Waco through the Diocese of Austin. We will be taking a group of high school youth to this conference on February 2nd-4th. Sign ups will be available until January 7th, but spots are limited! Sign up using the form below as soon as you can to guarantee that you will be able to attend this amazing conference!
Our Next Video!
In this video, Taylor talks about Advent, one of his favorite seasons in the Church year. It’s a time of hope, waiting, and expecting as we anticipate the Lord to come. We’re celebrating the Lord in a new way into our hearts this Christmas and preparing for His Second Coming.Journey nights:
Journey is a safe and fun place for youth from 9th-12th grade to grow in their faith. We do this through talks, testimonies, games, dramas, skits, activities, and small groups. We meet Sunday nights after the 5:30 mass, where we have dinner and social time and end at 8:30 pm. Please join us! We would love to have you!Journey is every Sunday 6:30-8:30 pm in the Gym at the St. Joseph Secondary Campus.
Last Week: Last week we talked about the Last Four things and the start of the Advent season!
This Week: This week we will do part 2 of our Advent sessions as well as celebrate all the students who participated in Confirmation.
Ignite Nights:
Ignite is a safe and fun place for youth in grades 6th-8th to grow in their faith. We meet Sunday nights after the 5:30 mass in the St. Joseph's Secondary School Gym and end at 8:30 pm. We start the youth nights with dinner and social time, and then go into games, talks, small group, and other activities to help the youth grow in their faith. Please join us! We would love to have you!
Ignite meets on Sundays from 6:30-8:30 pm in the Gym at the St. Joseph Secondary Campus.
Last Week: We had a volunteer from 40 Days for Life come and speak on the moral life and the abortion issue.
Next Week: The talk last week brought up a lot of great points and questions, so we will be diving more in depth to answer these questions. We will also be talking about the story of Christmas and some of the controversy behind it.
Upcoming Dates
Next Youth RCIC Session:
December 6th 6:30-8:00 pm
Confirmation Mass
December 10th 10 am
If you have registered this year for confirmation, don't forget to attend this session! Both the youth and the sponsor and/or parent will need to attend. The Day of Reflection will be held in the Parish Activity Center and will also include a rehearsal. Please contact Debra Borski at debra@ablazeyouth.org if you have any questions.
DCYC sign ups are open for high school!
February 2nd-4th
Forms due by January 7th
Nice to meet you!
If you have any questions or concerns please don't hesitate to contact us.
Sam Shepard
High School Youth Minister
sam@ablazeyouth.org
979-485-9910
ext. 710
McKenzie Neu
Middle School Youth Minister
mckenzie@ablazeyouth.org
940-485-9910
ext. 711
Quote of the week:
"The centurion said in reply,
Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof; only say the word and my servant will be healed."
Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof; only say the word and my servant will be healed."