SED Youth Ministers 2007-2008 Planning Meeting

September 2, 2008 at St. Philip.

 

Present:; Luanne Tapia of OLPH, Lio, and Secret Sanchez of St. Benedict.; Lalo of St. Cecilia, Gloria Mayorga of St. Marg. Mary; Mary Lou Martinez of St. Philip, Daniel Roche of St. Jerome.

Maury Smith of the SED and Rich Mazzara of the Archd. Office of Youth Ministry.

Absent due to other meetings: Warren Kolenda of Holy Name, Russell and Bernedette Cantu of Santo Niño.

At the moment we do not have representation from Espada, Mission San Jose, Mission San Juan, St. Gerard.

 

NEW TIME FOR MEETING MONTHLY IS FIRST MONDAY OF MONTH 6-7 PM.

If the YM cannot make it, please send a rep to keep the communication flowing.

 

Please put these dates in your calendar now:

 

2008:   Oct. 6,    Nov. 3,    Dec 1.

 

2009 Jan 5,   Feb 2,   March 2,   April 6,    May 4,   Aug 3 is Yearly Planning Meeting.

 

The problem with the first Monday of the month is that it sneaks up on me. I put a note in my calendar on the last Monday of the month to warn me what is coming.

 

SEPT. 28, 2008. ST. JEROME YOUTH MINISTRY TEEN YOUTH RALLY.

 

TIME: 4 - 6 P.M 

WHAT: WORSHIP THROUGH MUSIC TO BEGIN THE NEW YEAR

WHEN: SUNDAY.

WHERE: STJEROME CATHOLIC CHURCH

COST: $ 5.OO ( INCLUDES REFRESHMENTS)

COME Join us to have fun with other kids.

  

MUSIC BY Breaking Free

SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY Save Us Kids.

 

Recommended by the SE Deanery Youth Ministers.

Directions to St. Jerome’s Parish

Exit East leg of 410 at Rigsby going East.

Turn left at FM 1516; at Chevron Gas Station.

About 2 miles turn right at Real Road, see small Parish sign.

If you go past the cemetery on your left, you missed Real Road.

 

Oct. 11, 2008  SED Youth Retreat given by OLLU PROP Team

 

The 2008 Youth Ministry Resource and Retreat manual's theme this year is:

Our God, the Great I Am

will help our young people know God as

creator, challenger, comforter, and friend.

The sessions are developed so that youth ministry, and catechetical leaders

may address the many salient ways we encounter God through

Scripture, sacraments, the discernment of gifts, in our family and friends,

by serving others, and in the Eucharist.

So this will serve as a good theme for confirmation candidates.

 

Check on music, it is important to have lively music as the kids are arriving, during lunch and during Mass depending on which parish we have the retreat.

 

It is very important that the individual confessions be on time at 2 pm to accommodate our priests who are often busy on Saturdays.

 

Place: the following are checking on their parish: St. Cecilia, St. Benedict, St. Jerome, OLPH.

The first one to get back to me is where we will have this retreat.

 

October, 2008  World Youth Day Program at Holy Spirit in progress.

 

Jan. 24, 2009 Mini Retreat, Mass and Social

Use the Sisters of Divine Providence this year. contat Sr Bernadette Bezner 281-627-8436

     or enauk  [email protected]

 

THEME: we have not discussed that.

 

Potential schedule: for mini-retreat with Mass and social.

Time:   1:30 pm – Registration

2:00 to 5:15 pm – Retreat team sets mini-retreat schedule.

5:30 Mass usually at most parishes.

6:30 pm Supper   

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm – Social and Dance

 

 

Feb. 7, 2009 Super Youth Spectacular, plans in progress.

 

 

Rich Mazzara from the Youth Office gave a wealth of information:

 

The Youth Office has established a Archd. Youth Council so that youth can minister to youth and advise the directors of the needs of youth today.

 

Our newspaper, Catholic Today provides a fantastic fund raiser opportunity.  The paper will give you $5.00 for each new subscription and this is renewable each year.

 

HEB has gift cards.  You get parishioners who shop at HEB to buy the cards and then 4% will go to your parish and 1% to the Archd. Youth Office. Most buy their groceries at HEB. Some parishes are raking in big bucks on this one.

 

 

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