Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Monday, January 23, 2012

Spring 2012 Calendar


Holy Ghost Youth Group
Spring Calendar 2012
PAST EVENTS

January 12      Diocesan Youth Board    6:00 PM      Catholic Life Center, BR    (DYB Members)

January 16      MLK: Service Day       8:30 AM     Saxon Youth House           (High School Youth Only)

January 18      Leadership 22                 7:00 PM      Saxon Youth House           (Leadership 22 Team)   
   
January 22      PSR[*]                           10:45 AM    Saxon Youth House

January 22      High School Meeting       6:00 PM      Saxon Youth House           (High School Youth Only)

January 29      PSR                               10:45 AM    Saxon Youth House


January 29      Service Opportunity        9:30-12:30   Church Hall: Break down/set up for 100 Year and First Reconciliation Retreat

January 29      Dodge Ball                     6:00PM       Holy Ghost School Gym      (Open to All Youth)

February 5      PSR                              10:45AM     Saxon Youth House  
  
February 5     No Meeting-- Super Bowl!!!

February 7      Confirmation Parent Mtg[†] 12:15 PM     Chapel                               (Parents of 10th Graders)

February 8      Leadership 22                7:00 PM      Saxon Youth House            (Leadership 22 Team)

February 9      Confirmation Parent Mtg      12:15 or 6 PM Chapel                            (Parents of 10th Graders)

February 12    PSR                              10:45 AM     Saxon Youth House    
    
February 12    Junior High Meeting       6:00 PM       Saxon Youth House         (Junior High School Youth)

January 12      Diocesan Youth Board   6:00 PM      Catholic Life Center, BR       (DYB Members) 
     
February 24    Lent: Service Day       8:30 AM      Saxon Youth House             (High School Youth)    CANCELLED!!!

February 26    PSR                              10:45 AM    Saxon Youth House 

February 26    Dodge Ball                    6:00 PM       Holy Ghost School Gym       (Open to All Youth)

March 4          PSR                              10:45 AM    Saxon Youth House


March 6          Parent Confirmation Mtg 12:30 PM    Church (make-up meeting)

March 7          Leadership 22               7:00 PM       Saxon Youth House              (Leadership 22 Team) 


March 8         Parent Confirmation Mtg 6:30 PM    Church (make-up meeting)
   
March 10        Abbey Youth Fest       8:00 AM      St. Joseph’s Abbey, Covington (Open to All Youth)
March 11       Family Day               9:30AM     Holy Ghost Catholic Church   (Open to All Youth, Adults and Children) 

March 15       Diocesan Youth Board   6:00 PM      Catholic Life Center, BR        (DYB Members Only)
   
March 24       Regional Rally            9:00 AM       St. Thomas Aquinas              (Open to All Youth)
  
April 12          Easter: Service Day   8:30 AM       Saxon Youth House      (Open to High School Youth)
 
April 15         Rite of Enrollment       11:30 MASS at Holy Ghost Church
April 16          Confirmation Class #1  7:00 PM        Holy Ghost Church       (10th Grade)
April 11          Leadership 22              7:00 PM        Saxon Youth House              (Leadership 22 Team)
April 19          Diocesan Youth Board    6:00         Catholic Life Center, BR    (DYB Only)
April 19-22     STA Play (go see our Youth Group Perform)
April 22          Leadership 22  6:00 PM       Saxon Youth House         (Leadership 22 Team)
April 26-29     St. Paul's Play (go see members of the Youth Group Perform)

 
April 27-29     Holy Ghost Fair    All Weekend    Holy Ghost Grounds


April 30         Confirmation Class #2 7:00 PM      Holy Ghost Church       (10th Grade)

May 5             Leadership 22 End of the Year Party   Miller's Home (Leadership 22 Team)

May 7            Confirmation Class #3 7:00 PM       Holy Ghost Church       (10th Grade)

May 20           Dodge Ball                 6:00PM       Holy Ghost Gym                      (Open to All Youth)


Summer Events:
June 2-9           Catholic Leadership Institute   
                                St. Louis University       (Must Apply: Rising 10th-College Freshman)

June 25-29       Vacation Bible School                                   
                                Holy Ghost Church and Grounds

July 14-15        Diocese Youth Board Retreat  (Only Applies to DYB Members)

July 16-20        Notre Dame Vision               
                                South Bend Indiana                 (Must Apply: Rising 9th-12th)

July 24-28        Real World                  
                                New Roads, Louisiana             (Must Apply: Rising 9th-College)




[*] All PSR formation periods apply to students enrolled in the Parish School of Religion (those who do not receive formation at a Catholic School) in grades 6th-12th. This formation is required and foundational for the Sacrament of Confirmation.
[†] There are 3 options for this meeting: parents need attend only 1 of the 3 meetings.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

"Content of THEIR Character"

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." 
– Martin Luther King, I Have a Dream Quote

Heritage Manor Nursing Home
 Martin Luther King dreamed that one day  our children 
would be 
judged by"the content of their character."  Often, though, we don't challenge our young people to develop and display that character. Our young people LOVE to do something that matters, that develops their character. I pray that God gives us the strength to challenge and push our young people every day. Thank you to the young people who woke up early on Monday and proved that indeed they want to be judged by nothing less than the "content of their character."  May we all seek to follow in their footsteps. 
 
 



Thursday, January 5, 2012

MLK Service Day

January 16, you can take a "day off" or make your day matter. Meet us at the Saxon Youth House at 8:30 and give back to your community. We will giving our time and energy to the "shut-in" and needy in our community.
Make your matter, matter.