Work Camp 2019
Saturday, June 23 - Friday, June 28Wise County, VA (Homebase: Norton Elem/Middle)
Early Bird Reg. Deadline: Monday, April 22nd
Early Bird Registration Cost: $155
Final Reg. Deadline: Friday, May 10th
Regular Registration Cost: $230
Spots Are Relatively Limited and Depend on Amount of Adult Help We Have Committed!
The Diocesan Work Camp is a week-long camp experience for high schoolers (incoming 9th through graduated 12th grade) to serve our brothers and sisters in need by making their homes safer, warmer, drier, and greener while also having the opportunity to grow in our Catholic faith. We'll be helping a large handful of residences and building relationships in the Wise County area by day, and enjoying time for social and spiritual opportunities at our base camp, in the evenings! If you enjoy service trips, or if you've never been on one and always thought it would be cool to learn how to use fancy tools properly and help others, you don't want to miss this trip! Get the full details and sign up below:
Steubenville ATL 2019
July 11-14, 2019 | Atlanta, GAFor All Rising Freshmen through Graduating Seniors
Registration Deadline: Thursday, June 6th
Registration Cost: $215
Was DYC an awesome experience? Missed DYC and wish you could have come? Join us for our signature conference-style summer event! There will be top of the line speakers, music from Ike & Emily, prayer, Mass, adoration, booths to check out, tons of priests, sisters, brothers, and seminarians, many THOUSANDS of high schoolers from all over the region! We leave on Thursday the 11th, take part in a to-be-determined event around Atlanta on Friday as a diocesan group, with the conference itself starting Friday night through Sunday. We'll be back in Richmond on Sunday night!
For some more detailed info, videos, & to sign up, see below:
Contemplative,
Self-Guided Stations of the Cross
Friday, April 12th | Anytime between 7:30-8:30pSt. Michael Sanctuary
Sponsored by Youth Ministry
Come walk and experience the Stations anew with a unique Stations of the Cross, sponsored by the Youth Ministry Office. The stations will feature images from the Via Dolorosa, the traditional path that Jesus Himself took through Jerusalem on his way to be sacrificed. This self-guided, quiet, candle-lit meditative experience will take place around our own stations in the outer circle of the parish worship space. Each station will feature some interesting facts and pictures from each actual station in Jerusalem. Live this final stretch of the Lenten Season by immersing yourself in prayer, as you learn more about Jesus' actual journey to the cross without ever having to buy a plane ticket! We hope you'll join us!
Young Vincentians
Looking for Interest!As a joint effort between St. Vincent dePaul and Youth Ministry here at St. Michael, we are looking to start a youth service chapter called Young Vincentians. Come service with us. The goal is to put together a few service project a year, have a few organization meetings, and keep connected with the main St. Vincent dePaul ministry throughout the year. If you sign up, it will simply mean you are interested in getting on our contact list. We will reach out when we have the first meeting in April/May and beyond. Click below to learn more about Young Vincentians and get on our contact list!
Summer Save the Dates!
It may only be the gloomy early days of spring, but we have to start thinking summer... especially with opportunities that have sign ups in April & May. While we have plenty going on each spring & summer, below is a calendar of some of the major trip dates, so that you can have them on the calendar and be ready! Expect to start seeing signups appear in the next edition of our Life Teen Flocknote and on our website in the first week of April.Diocesan Work Camp - June 22-28
Steubenville Atlanta - July 11-14
Middle School Camp (Counselors) - July 15-19
Vacation Bible School (Leaders/Help) - July 15-19
White Water Rafting Retreat - July 22-23
**Also look for service opportunities happening at The Doorways, Reinhart Guest House, and St. Elizabeth's-- Dates soon to follow!
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