November...in review

November was a busy month for the Youth at St. Mark we kicked off the month at the ACCY High School Youth Convention. For those of you haven't attended before, Convention is a gathering of hundreds of high school students from parishes all over the Archdiocese. There were amazing key-note speakers, some fascinating workshops, and Mass was said byArchbishopBurnett.

The next weekend found a few our youth sorting donations and preparing dinner for some of our local homeless families at Providenc Hospitality House. It was a fun and truly fruitful experience. I hope that more people will come the next time we go. Stay tuned for details on our next visit.

In mid-November a few hard working indiviuals helped the St. Vincent de Paul Society put together and deliver food baskets for Thanksgiving. I was told that we provided a lot of help and that things went a lot faster because we were there.

A special thanks to: Anna, Catherine, Ranna, Grace, Rachel, Peter, Paul, Cosette, Rebekah, Laura, Nate, and Ashley.

This was a very full very busy month. I hope that everyone has a great holiday season and don't forget we have a St. Vincet de Paul service project on Saturday, Dec. 16th, from 7:00am to 11:am. I hope to see many of you there. Until then this is your friendly youth minister wishing good health and spirits during this Advent season.

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Welcome to the St. Mark Youth L.I.F.E. Blog. This blog is run by your friendly St. Mark Youth Minister, Janet, and was created to be a medium for sharing information and ideas. Primarily this will serve as a way to offer a current schedule of events and activities, complete with up to date changes and plenty of reminders. As the blog grows there will be weekly reflections, articles of interst, and links to other cool Catholic blogs and web sites.

I want to encourage everyone to share their thoughts and questions by posting responses to the posts. Also, if anyone finds something that should be added email it to me and I'll look in to posting it. My hope is that this resource will be very useful and that the youth of st. Mark will visit it and contribute to it often.

Your Friendly Youth Minister,
Janet

UP COMING L.I.F.E. EVENTS

1. Thursday, November 30th: Dr. Tom Curran will be speaking in the St. Mark School Gym. Topic: Theology of the Person

2. Sunday, December 3rd: L.I.F.E. Event-This event will be our High School Christmas celebration. We will doing a traditional Mexican Posada, complete with a prayer service, dinner, and a pinata. Please come and join our celebration and invite your friends.

3. Saturday, December 9th: Service Project at Providence Hospitality House. Join us as we serve those less fortunate than ourselves at the Providnece Hospitality House emergency shelter.

4. Saturday, December 16th: St. Vincent de Paul Service Project. Come help the St. Vincent de Paul Society put together their Christmas food baskets.