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THIS Sunday

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Holy Ghost School Gym

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 10^th 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 10^th 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       (10^th 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       (10^th 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 10^th-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 9^th-12^th)

July 24-28        Real World                  

                                New Roads, Louisiana             (Must Apply: Rising 9^th-College)

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[*] 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-12^th. 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.

"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. 
 
 

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.

Children's Hospital 2011

Michael and Paige

Justin, Ben and 

We had a great time at the Annual Children's Hospital Christmas Party yesterday! We were elves  for Santa and got to interact with a lot of children who deal with life-long diseases like cystic fibrosis, endocrine disorders, birth defects, etc.. We don't have many pictures of the children here because of privacy, but we were truly graced with some absolutely beautiful faces. I asked the youth at the beginning of Advent, if Jesus were truly to come on Christmas Day, would he be happy with the world that we have created. We all knew that he wouldn't. But, I think TRULY we have worked to make our world better. May our hearts be open to receive him in 5 days. I know I will rest and wait, I invite you to do the same. Blessings. 

Leroy and Erica

Rachael and Kailey

Michael Jackson Performance!

Elves Working

Elves Working

Caroling: Linus and Luke

I am not going to lie. Today was a pretty day, the Saints were playing, and I needed rest, so when it was time to leave home and go to the Youth House for caroling, my heart wasn't totally in it. BUT, because our God is a God of a love greater than we know possible, my heart was changed.


Mr. Chip said it best. You know that scene in Charlie Brown's Christmas when Linus quotes from the Gospel of Luke:

And with those words, it all changes. We walked into one woman's home this afternoon and you could see the loneliness on her face. As we sang and prayed with her she cried and cried and I thought to myself, "Who says Jesus is not born again on Christmas Day?" In this moment we bring Christ, a baby of hope and love to a woman who needed to feel the loving embrace of our savior!


St. Theresa of Avila said, "Christ has no hands and no feet in this world but ours." Indeed, tonight, we were those hand and feet. Thank you to all the youth who joined us tonight. How bless are we to have such great love and joy that it is enough to spill over into the hearts of our community. Great is our God. 

Caroling to Shut-In

I'm not going to lie. Today was a pretty day, the Saints were playing, and I needed rest. So, when I left home to go to the Youth House for caroling, my heart wasn't totally in it. But, because our God is a God of a love greater than we know possible, he opened my heart tonight.
Mr.Chip said it best, you know that part of Charlie Brown Christmas when I think it's Linus reads from the Gospel of Luke,