On Thursday, September 24 at 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM we will have our Middle School Youth Ministry Kick-Off at the Saint Pius X Athletic Fields. This is a night of games and activities centered around water. This will include: slip-n-slide kickball, water balloon slingshot target practice, and a giant water balloon fight. During this event we will serve pizza, chips, and ice cream for dinner. To bring: a mask, a water bottle, and a towel (the towel will be used as a place to sit for dinner as well as to dry off afterwards). To wear: since slip-n-slides will be involved, students must wear clothes that cover their torso and bottoms. For girls this could be a one-piece bathing suit and athletic shorts; and for boys, swim trunks and a t-shirt or board shirt. 

COVID 19 Safety: Students will be expected to wear masks for the duration of the event, aside from eating dinner. For dinner pizza will be served to the teens so as not to form a line. Each of the games/races allow for social distancing. Additionally, each teen will use their own blanket or towel to sit on for dinner. This gives them the ability to visualize where six feet ends when taking off their mask to eat. Please monitor your child's health and if they display signs of illness, please keep them home. 

Please register by filling out our annual emergency release form.
 

On Saturday, October 3 from 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM the Middle School Youth Ministry will be hosting an outdoor day retreat at Ferrettie-Baugo Creek County Park. We will dive into what it means that God is love and discuss how to integrate that into our lives. This retreat will be held outdoors, under a pavilion. It will include canoeing, hiking, talks, prayer, Confession, and Sunday Vigil Mass. Each kid should bring their own water bottle and a back up mask. Cost is $10 per child. 

COVID 19 Safety: Students will be expected to wear masks for the duration of the event except when eating. Lunch and snacks will be individually wrapped. Each of the activities will allow for social distancing. Additionally students will not be permitted to be in physical contact with other students. Please monitor your child's health and if they display signs of illness, please keep them home. 

Registration is limited to the first 50 students that sign up and will close on Monday, September 27. Please register here. 
 

Thursday night youth groups from 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM. At each youth group the students will listen to a short talk, discuss it in small groups, pray together, and play a large group game. Due to COVID 19 restrictions we will not be serving meals at youth ministry this year. The kids will be given an individually packaged snack when they arrive and individually wrapped ice cream bar or popsicle before they leave. We do have a lot of fun at youth group; we then harness that energy so that it is directed towards our faith. Our topics for this semester revolve around the liturgy. We will be discussing how to enter into the liturgy at a time when the liturgy looks different from usual. Our dates are: 

October 15: What is the Liturgy? 
October 29: The Right Time and Place
November 12: What is the Mass?
December 3: The Liturgical Year & Advent
December 17: The Eucharist & the Incarnation

Please sign up here!