Category Archives: Sacraments

Life Night

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Goal for the Life Night: The goal for this LIFE Night is to help teens be more engaged in the celebration of Liturgy by increasing their understanding of the smaller details of the Mass as well as the ways they can be more actively involved in the celebration. Life Night at a Glance: One of the most important roles we have as youth ministers and CORE members is to help our teens fall in love with Christ in the celebration of Mass. That no matter where our teens go after they graduate, they would

Life Night

Save the Date

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Goal for the Life Night:
 To help teens realize see the greater purpose of dating, and recognize that dating is an opportunity to honor Christ in the other person. The night encourages teens to overcome the pressures and temptations to disregard their call to chastity by offering more pure, more creative ideas through which teens can spend time together. Life Night at a Glance: Teenagers are getting into the dating scene. That scene is a hyper-sexual interpretation of what society says dates

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Family Traits

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Goal for the Life Night: Building on the first Night, the goal of this Night is to show how the Church itself is the first Sacrament. Teens will come to a greater understanding that through the Church, the very Life of God flows into our lives giving us the grace we need to follow Christ and participate with Him in the building of His Kingdom and the ongoing work of redemption, and ultimately to be with Him for all eternity. Life Night at a Glance: The evening begins with a game show entitled “What

Life Night

Dinner Time

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Goal for the Life Night: The goal of this Night is to reveal the Liturgy as the image of our destiny – full communion with God in heaven for all eternity. Life Night at a Glance: This Night gives the teenagers a chance to examine how important the Liturgy is in their lives. They will start with a pizza dinner served by the CORE Members in which the teens will all lead a toast at their table and take a Mass Quiz. The teaching will lead into small family groups in which the teens will assess how they

Life Night

3 Way Calling

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Goal for the Life Night: The goal of this Night is to draw the teens into a deeper understanding of God’s plan for marriage, and how that plan images His very life and love for us. Life Night at a Glance: This is the Night of wedded bliss. So to speak. Teens will take part in a few games at the beginning which drive home the point that a big part of love is knowing about the other person. During a skit, teens witness different points of view on the same wedding and vows. After breaking into small

Life Night

Road Work Ahead

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Goal of the Life Night: The goal is to give the teens the broad understanding of what a Sacrament is and the incredible power available to us in each individual Sacrament. Life Night at a Glance: Many Catholic teens don’t really know what sacraments are or understand what they are all about. But, the Catechism clearly states “the Church affirms that for believers the sacraments of the New Covenant are necessary for salvation” (CCC#1129). The sacraments are central to our life of grace. They are

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Merge

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Goal of the Life Night: To bring the teens to a deeper understanding of the three Sacraments of Initiation and the permanent change affected bythese Sacrament. Life Night at a Glance: Teens generally take the Sacraments of Initiation for granted. They are seen as the “hoops” they must jump through in order to become a full member of the Church, as if God’s Family is some type of social club. Not true! The Sacraments of Initiation lay the foundation of our “MERGING” into the Divine Life and into

Life Night

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Goal of the Life Night: The goal is to lead the teens to a fuller understanding of the two Sacraments of Healing, with a specific focus on Reconciliation and preparing them to receive the graces of this Sacrament. Life Night at a Glance: The night opens with an emergency room scene, where a teen caught in mortal sin suffers from an eternally life-threatening wound and must be rushed to the hospital for immediate care. The skit is a humorous look at the obstacles that prevent us from seeking the

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Cross Walk

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Goal of the Life Night: The goal is to break open the significance of the Mass, both entire and in all its parts, and to help teens come to a deeper understanding of “why we do what we do” at each unique point of the celebration. Life Night at a Glance: This LIFE Night has a mix of everything. The teenagers start by playing a fun game and are interrupted and quickly brought to a serious recreation of the passion of Christ. They will come to understand the connection between Christ’s death and

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Super Size Sacrifice

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Goal of the Life Night: To help teens embrace the mystery of Christ’s true presence in the Eucharist as an invitation to the love banquet of Heaven. Life Night at a Glance: Super Size it! Name a more popular phrase when you walk into a fast-food joint. Our society is obsessed with “bigger”. And there is no better example of our fascination with conscious excess than that of the super size! Even though no analogy will ever be perfect in illustrating the change that takes place in transubstantiation,