Gr 9-12: Life Teen

 

LIFE TEEN is an international Catholic youth program started in Mesa, Arizona in 1985 providing faith enriching activities to teens grades 9-12.  Our Columbia program started in early 1996, and serves the youth of St. Thomas More Newman Center.  Learn more about LIFE TEEN at www.lifeteen.com

 

Mission and Goals for LIFE TEEN:

 

Mass: Every Sunday at 5:30pm the St. Thomas More hosts a liturgy designed to reach teenagers, although all Catholics are welcome.  At the LIFE TEEN mass the music and homily are focused on the youth to help them grow spiritually.  Also, teens serve as mass ministers and are encouraged to sit together to foster a sense of community in our Church.

Email Beth  if you have any questions, concerns, comments or would like to be put on the parents' email list.


Sunday Sunday Sunday:  The Bible Geek, Mark Hart, prepares you for the upcoming Sunday Catholic Mass readings. Don't show up to Mass unprepared! Pray through the readings, listen to this podcast, pay attention at Mass, and get ready to grow that much closer to Christ. The Sunday Sunday Sunday podcast  is brought to you by your friends at LifeTeen.com.

 Life Nights: Every Sunday following the LIFE TEEN Mass at St. Thomas More.  Each week there is a different topic/theme to help the teens experience God.  Topics can be educational (Lent, The Reformation) on an issue (Moral Decision Making) spiritual (praise and worship) or sometimes just social (Trivia Challenge).  The goal of each night is to deepen spirituality and knowledge of the Church and to grow in relationship with Jesus while developing a faith community among peers.  Teens are welcome to attend a Life Night even if they did not attend the 5:30pm Mass.


Retreats: Throughout the year teens are given opportunities for retreats to deepen their spirituality and make new friends.  Each retreat has a different theme, and each creates moments of renewed spirituality.  These are times the teens are able to establish their identity in Christ and in the Church.



            

                                             
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