Category Archives: Life Night

Life Night

Playing House: Cohabitation

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Goal of this Life Night This night will emphasize the foundational nature of chastity to our vocation and provide the Church’s teaching on cohabitation. It will challenge the teens to find freedom in being obedient to that teaching, and stress the need to protect the Sacrament of matrimony. About this Life Night The night will begin with a game between a guy and a girl modeled after “Family Feud.” This fun and interactive game exposes teens to some humorous conceptions of marital relations

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Persona Christi: Priesthood

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Goal of this Life Night The goal of this night is to define and affirm the priesthood and help the teens to discern their vocation. It will also affirm any young men who feel they may have a calling to the priesthood and encourage them to continue to explore that calling. About this Life Night The first thing you will need to do when planning this night is to ask your priest(s) ahead of time to be a part of the night. Be sure to go over any of the specific roles he will have for the night so

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Mission Academy: Living the Missionary Call

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Goal of this Life Night The goal of this Life Night is to teach teens what it means to be missionary, to raise awareness of Life Teen Missions, and to invite and empower the teens to be missionary in their own lives. About this Life Night When teens hear the word “missionary,” they may think of someone who gives up the comforts of life to travel to a far-off land to serve others and talk about Jesus. They may think of the “mission field” as some place foreign, a place that is full

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The Call: God’s Call to Each of Us

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Goal of this Life Night The goal for this Life Night is to help teens understand that a vocation is different from a job or a career; it is a specific and unique call from God that is to be lived out. This night will offer examples of each of the four traditionally recognized vocations: marriage, committed single life, consecrated life, and ordained. About this Life Night making choices is part of everyday life. Outfits are chosen, jobs are chosen, friends are chosen, but to be called to something

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The Bridegroom Says Come: Consecrated Life

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Goal of this Life Night The goal of this Life Night is to introduce the vocation of consecrated life as a person giving up earthly marriage for marriage with God. It will connect this special relationship with the ability to hear God’s voice, and challenge teens to learn from aspects of the consecrated life, especially in the realm of prayer. About this Life Night This night should emphasize that when a person discerns entering religious life he or she is not “giving up” marriage. Instead,

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Give It Away Now: Shelter the Homeless

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Goal of this Life Night This night will help teens recognize the face of Christ in persons who are home- less. It focuses less on the “why” of homelessness and more on the “who.” The ultimate goal of this night is to challenge teens to donate items for their local homeless shelter and to make an ongoing donation of their time in service to those in poverty in their community. About this Life Night This is our fifth annual “give It Away Now” Life Night. In 2008 we collected 300,000

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Kicking Up Dust: The Diaconate

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Goal of this Life Night This night will encourage and empower teenagers to live lives of humble servanthood with joy in imitation of the diaconate. It will also provide the teens with concrete ways to serve in their homes, schools, and at church. About this Night The beauty of being a deacon is not to have a certain title in the Church, but to exemplify what it means to be a servant of others. Teens can live out this call in their every day lives. The Life Night this week begins with the Life

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Hopeful Anticipation: Advent

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Goal of this Life Night The teens will examine how the hopeful anticipation of the season of Advent compares to their own feelings regarding their hopes and dreams for the future. They will be encouraged not to wish to speed time up or “fast-forward” into their future, but to enjoy the time of anticipation as a gift from god that helps prepare us for the future and reminds us to prepare for the coming of Christ. About this Life Night Every year it seems that “preparation” for Christmas begins

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What You Want: Marriage

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Goal of this Life Night This night will help teens understand God’s plan for marriage and the role this sacrament plays in building up the Church. It will challenge teens to think about what kind of marriage they want to have, as well as what they will bring to their marriage rather than what they will “get” from it. About this Life Night This night is about the vocation of marriage. It will address questions like: What is marriage? Why would you want to get married? What do you get verse

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Rosetta Stone: Vocation Today

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Goal of this Life Night The goal of this night is to close out the semester on vocation by re-emphasizing our universal vocation. The universal call to holiness is the most important vocation the teens can discover. It is only in living out holiness in our daily lives that we discover God’s greater and larger plan for us. About this Life Night Tonight will be the capstone of everything discussed during the Vocation Semester. The teens should leave feeling empowered and eager to live out