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CYO/JCYO on Sunday

Hi everyone,

Sunday will be our last JCYO and CYO Night of 2021. Join us for a service night, which will include service projects for both the church and a local organization. Besides being there to serve on Sunday, there are two other ways you can participate:

Bring candies, snacks, Scripture cards, ornaments, lotions, candles, etc to help us make 20 goodie packs for moms whose kids belong to Our House. Someone can also donate gift bags for items to be put into; contact Sarah if you'd like to do this to make sure we don't have a ton of bags headed our way.
Adopt a homebound parishioner/family for Christmas. On Christmas Eve, the church grounds will be filled with luminaries, and together with the Pastoral Care group, we plan to send some luminaries to homebound parishioners' homes as well. Sign up to take and set up the luminaries at the parishioners' homes on Christmas Eve as a visible way for the parish to be unified during the Christmas season. Sign up will be available to parents on Sunday.

Our Core Team will be official "on break" starting tomorrow, so we need at least 5 parents to help us on Sunday in supervising the completion of our service projects. Contact Wayne or me if you can help.

CYO STUDENTS ONLY:

Check out the open registrations for these upcoming retreats:

ACYC (Archdiocesan Catholic Youth Conference) is our time to join in community with other Catholic high school students down at the beach to be reinvigorated in our walk with Jesus. This year's conference is Feb 18-20 and is $250. Registration is due Jan 15. Sign up here.
The Junior Confirmation Retreat gives students a final opportunity to reflect as a community about receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation. This retreat is always the Friday-Sunday of MLK Day weekend, so this year it will be Jan 14-16 and is $50. Registration is due December 20, and all students receiving Confirmation in January 2022 are expected to attend as a requirement for Confirmation preparation or make alternative arrangements with Sarah. Sign up here.
The Search Retreat is directed by the high school Search Team in the Cursillo-tradition and is specifically “for teens, by teens” to draw young people closer to Christ and the Catholic faith. This year's retreat is Jan 7-9 at Children's Harbor and is $100. For more information and registration forms, visit mobarch.org/searchretreat

For all three of these retreats, don't let finances be an issue. We want to help you encounter Christ in a different way, and money is a barrier that we can overcome! Scholarships are available to you. Please, just talk to me, and let's see what we can do.

Sent by Sarah Wiese on Thursday, December 9, 2021 at 12:01PM