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3:30 PM to 4:45 PM
The goal of this Edge Night is to help the youth
understand that the Church is made up of both
visible and invisible aspects and that both aspects
make up a whole Church community.
6:15 PM to 8:30 PM
The goal of Exorcist is to challenge the teenagers’ understanding of Jesus as Healer. They will be encouraged to evaluate the faith they have in their prayers and relationship with Jesus as more than empty platitudes,
but as efficacious and powerful petitions.
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7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
ADULTS & TEENS Core Team get together for fellowship and planning.
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6:15 PM to 8:30 PM
The goal of Criminal is to present teenagers with the image of Jesus as a condemned criminal and challenges them to recognize that Christian persecution is still very real and often a part of following Christ.
FIESTA "Blessing of the Hands"
Scholarship Recipients, Elyse Villanueva, Brianna Mendez, Alyson Lippincott, Prebble Hare, and Nicholas Garza
Youth Ministry Volunteers helping out for the Women's Guild Scholarship Luncheon
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TEEN ACTS 2015
COVECREST 2015
Building Teen Leaders for our future Church & Community Leaders
Register for Faith Formation classes: Elementary, Middle School & High School online or by printing our form, found here.
We can now also accept payment for classes and retreats online:
The whole goal of St. Mark Youth Ministry is to lead teens and their families to a life-long, personal relationship with a real person – Jesus Christ. Every task of our ministry, every lesson, event, retreat, service and all of our activities and conversations point to and flow through the Eucharist the source and summit of our faith, and in our model Blessed Mother Mary.
This is what we are about.
We plant seeds one day that will grow.
We water seeds already planted knowing that they hold future promise.
We lay foundations that will need further development.
We provide yeast that produces effects far beyond our capabilities.
We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that.
This enables us to do something, and do it very, very well.
It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for the Lord’s grace to enter and do the rest.
We may never see the end results, but that is the difference between the Master Builders and the worker.
We are workers not Master Builders…ministers, not Messiahs.
We are prophets of a future that is not our own.
Archbishop Oscar Romero martyred in El Salvador, March 24, 1980
Mon - Thur: 9 am - 5 pm
Fri: 8 am - 4 pm
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Saturday 5:00pm
Sunday 8:00am, 10:00am,
12:00pm, 2:00pm (Spanish)
5:00pm Youth Mass
What better way to explain what YOU can get out of being a Core Member/Catechist but to quote some of our past members.
As catechists, we have a “first row seat” in the growth of our Holy Catholic Church. The opportunity to witness the development of a child’s faith is the greatest reward; we are blessed.
Catechist/Core Member/Volunteer
"It is not difficult or time consuming to help with the EDGE, and yet your impact is so important. At a time when our young people are bombarded with many, many messages that pull them away from God and the Church, it is critical for them to have role models and caring adults to guide them back to a holy path."
Catechist/Core Member/Volunteer
Being on Core provides discussion points not only to share with the middle schoolers in your group, but with family members as well.
It was good to be a part of the development and formation of the youth in my group, and watch as they came to understand how the Church wants what is best for them overall.
Catechist/Core Member/Volunteer
EDGE allows us to express our faith and guide kids in transition. It also allows us to learn more about our faith from the perspective of a child.
Catechist/Core Member/Volunteer
"Our youth today, and especially the teens, are starved for more information about their faith, the Catholic church doctrine and the bible. Simple answers won't due anymore. They want questions answered and to be able to have deep discussions. Our programs at St. Mark's offers those platforms. For me, the most rewarding thing is to watch the freshman that we guide in Theology of the Body grow in to beautiful, spiritual young men and women and to see them reach out to their fellow teens without help from the adults"
Catechist/Core Member/Volunteer
Maybe YOU would like to volunteer your time helping our Youth Ministry grow. Click Here to download form and sign up for Adult Core Member/Catechist. We hope to see you soon!
If you would like to be part of a life changing event become a prayer partner for a teen! Email us at bmireles@stmarkevangelist.com
