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From Facebook to Saintbook

By | March 4, 2010

What’s your status? For a generation of teens that are more connected to the world and to each other than ever before, everything hinges on knowing and being known. Through Facebook pages, smart phones, Wikipedia, blogs and YouTube videos, the world is at their fingertips. How do we make prayer, Mary and the Saints accessible to teens who value immediate feedback and instant communication?

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Special Podcast: Interview with Mark Hart about His New Book “Finding Yourself in Scripture”

By | March 3, 2010

Earlier this week I sat down with our own Mark Hart to talk about Life Teen’s new book called Finding Yourself in Scripture. This is an exciting new book that will help young people better relate to individuals in the Bible. In the book Mark tells the stories of the Bible’s babysitters and rock stars, kings and queens, daydreamers and warriors, heroes and angels. This is good stuff!

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Update from Life Teen Missionaries in January

By | February 9, 2010

Some of you may have heard that we have a some Life Teen people on the ground in Haiti. But did you know that Life Teen has college-aged missionaries in Arizona, Georgia, and Germany? If you want to see what our missionaries are doing in Germany, download a PDF of their January 2010 newsletter. There are some wonderful glory stories and fantastic pictures! God is doing some pretty incredible things. Please continue to pray for Melanie, Amanda, Danielle and all of those they serve. Life Teen Germany

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Life Teen Military Ministry

By | February 5, 2010

Every wonder what happens when a military family from your parish moves to a base overseas? In 1985, the Archdiocese for the Military Services (AMS) was created by Pope John Paul II to provide the Catholic Church’s full range of pastoral ministries and spiritual services to those in the United States Armed Forces. This includes more than 220 installations in 29 countries, patients in 153 V.A. Medical Centers, and federal employees serving overseas in 134 countries. Numerically, the AMS is responsible

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Life Teen Missionaries in Haiti

By | February 3, 2010

Tomorrow two of Life Teen’s finest will travel to Port-au-Prince to serve the people of Haiti: Stephen Smith and Eric Martin. Let me introduce you all to these gentlemen and share why they’re going.

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Unshakeable Faith: Haiti Earthquake Response Life Night

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In the past few days, we have all been affected by the images and stories coming from Haiti. Undoubtedly, your teens have also been affected. Some ask why. Some are filled with compassion. Some are angry with a God who would let this happen. All wonder what they can do to help.

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Life Teen’s 2010 Theme: “Behold the Mystery”

By | December 22, 2009

In this blog, Life Teen VP Mark Hart shares the story behind this year’s spiritual theme. Scroll down for links to resources to help you parish unpack this theme. – Editor The Acts of the Apostles is one of the great gems of the Bible. Nestled – almost hidden – between the Gospels and St. Paul’s “guide to Christian living” (the epistles), St. Luke’s Acts not only offers insights into where the Church came from, but often where She is going. One particular scene in the Acts of the Apostles

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NCYC 2009 in Kansas City. Look for Life Teen!

By | November 5, 2009

We are packing boxes of goodies and resources, planning talks and arranging a whole slew of logistical details. What are we doing? We are getting ready for NCYC 2009! If you are one of the 21,000 people expected at this year’s National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC), stop by the Life Teen booth (#614-619) in the exhibit hall and say hi! We’d love to chat with you, hear how your ministry is going and pray with you. Come by and see all the goodies our store has for you as well! Randy Raus,

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Official Results of “Give It Away Now” (We did it again!)

By | October 26, 2009

On September 27, 2009, the feast day of St. Vincent de Paul, thousands of teens, Core Members, youth ministers, and parish families participated in the 2nd annual Give It Away Now project. This year we tackled the corporal work of mercy “feed the hungry” with a food drive and asked the parishes to donate their collected non-perishable food items to local St. Vincent de Paul chapters or other local organizations in need. We set a lofty goal of 400 participating parishes and 200,000 non-perishable

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Initial Results from “Give It Away Now” Food Drive

By | October 5, 2009

Our global Life Teen family has once again united to serve our communities! Parishes from all around the world are currently reporting their food drive totals and sending us pictures from their Give It Away Now – The Can It edition – Global Life Night and canned food drive. Here is a look at what we have heard so far: Total # of parishes reported: 78 Total # of food items: 101,941 Top 3 Parishes:St. Charles, Lima OH–14,978 St. Anne, Youngsville LA–6,300 St. Joseph, Cottleville, MO–6,000 As