Like the rest of the world, when we heard that Pope Benedict would be resigning (okay, really abdicating) his position as pope, we knew we needed to help our teens and middle schoolers understand the importance of this moment in the Church’s history. Young people will be hearing countless messages about the Church in the coming weeks. Some of that information will be accurate, but much of it will likely be opinion and misunderstanding about what is really happening in our Church. We’ve created
Every four months I get to do something amazing along with the rest of our Life Teen staff: We put together and ship Life Support boxes to over 1300 parishes worldwide. It is an incredible experience watching the blessings and fruits of prayer, hard work, and a great team come together in these boxes. I also have a lot of fun thinking about how parishes are going to implement the resources we send, and waiting to hear some glory stories back in the months that follow. Of course, some of the
Every few months, the Life Teen staff gets together to send out a big box a treats to youth ministers around the world. Yes, it’s the famous Life Support and Edge Support boxes that have been helping resource parishes for close to two decades. We wanted to give you an insiders look into what one of these days looks like for the Life Teen staff. We hope you enjoy.
For more information, check out our page for Give It Away Now: The “Oh Baby” Edition For the past three years, the Life Teen family has come together for a global Life Night / Edge Night and Service Project. Each year we set a goal for our parishes to reach, and every year you exceed the goal! As a Life Teen staff, we are humbled and amazed at the impact we can have when we work together. Let’s look at what god has done: 2008 – Clothing Drive. The goal was to donate 50,000 lbs of donated
Change can be difficult, especially change to the celebration of Mass. Changes to the Mass we are accustomed to can be unsettling, but it is also an amazing opportunity to pray Mass with new eyes and ears. instead of just automatically responding without thinking, these changes to the Roman Missal challenge us to really listen and think about the words we say in Mass. The question is, will we take this opportunity to dive into the beauty and mystery of the holy Mass, or just see the changes to the Roman Missal as an inconvenience, or worse, a detriment to prayer?
Greetings from Life Teen! We pray that your summer is being blessed with fruitful and joyful ministry. We are writing because as of July 12, 2011 we have not yet received about half of the renewals for Life Support and/or Edge Support for the 2011/2012 subscription year. You should have received a renewal invoice from us in early June. If you did not receive this mailing, please download the renewal form and send it in along with payment to renew your subscription. In order to maintain online
Summer is almost here! Which means fall will be here before you know it. In the life of a youth minister, there are so many things to think about and plan for. As you begin to think about your fall planning, there are two dates that should be highlighted on your calendar. The first is September 25, 2011. This is the date of our fourth annual Give It Away Now Global Life Night. You can read all about the project in the Spotlight magazine in this box. The second date is November 27, 2011. This
In September 2008, Life Teen hosted the first global Life Night. As one family we donated more than 450,000 pounds of clothing to charity. In September 2009, we moved from clothing to food and were able to donate more than 200,000 food items to local food pantries and soup kitchens. This year we are at it again. This time we are joining together to “give drink to the thirsty” (another corporal work of mercy). We are asking all our Life Teen parishes to do the same Life Night and Edge Night on the same night – September 26, 2010. This time we are collecting change (and bills) to help bring clean drinking water to villages in Africa.