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Overview
Our sessions (classes) for all teens (Gr. 8-12) will be held on Sundays throughout the school year:
-12:00 noon-1:30pm at St. Irene (Parish Hall, after Mass)
-5:00-6:30pm at Holy Family (Lower Hall of St. Bernard Church)
Teens should be registered for a specific location/time, and may make one-time changes by notifying Tony in advance.
Teens who miss a session are expected to complete the Home Faith Reflection (make up work) by viewing the missed video content and completing the online form.Registered families will be sent links to subscribe to a digital calendar for the location(s) at which they are registered.
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Adult Leader Opportunities
Adults interested in helping as leaders should please reach out to Tony by email. Specific roles we are actively looking to join our faith formation teams include:
Discussion Leader for Sunday Teen Faith Formation Sessions
Hall Monitor for Sunday Formation SessionsFor the Christmas Tree Pick Up Event (Sat. Jan. 4 with planning meetings Oct-Jan), we are looking for volunteers for the following roles on the Steering Committee:Routing Leader- good computer skills and data management/organization needed
Marketing/Communication - coordinates all the advertising and communications for the event
Registration Coordinator - must have excellent people skills ("customer service"), attention to detail, and availability in late December through the event on January 4. Above-average computer skills are helpful.
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Presentation from May 2024
Future plans for Youth Ministry, Teen Faith Formation, and Confirmation Preparation in the Concord-Carlisle Catholic Collaborative.
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The Invitation Trailer
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The Invitation (Fall 2024)
The Invitation Videos and Home Faith Reflection Online Forms
Initially, teens in all grades will use the YDisicple Series: The Invitation:
a 4-Part Series on Discipleship, including those who are preparing to receive the sacrament of Confirmation in the spring of 2025. -
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Known: Experiencing God in Prayer
Teens in the Discipleship Year of Teen Faith Formation use Formed.org's YDisicple Series Known: Experiencing God in Prayer, in the winter and spring. Please use the link below to access the links for the Home Faith Reflections and videos.
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The Search begins
In the fall of 2023, our first series was The Search Begins, hosted by Chris Stefanick, which is on the Formed platform. This excellent series will address basic questions about faith and engage all participants to ask important questions about our faith.
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Stations of the Cross
Teens in High School Faith Formation experienced a prayer service of the Stations of the Cross, lead by our Peer Ministers, on Sunday, March 24, 2024. For those teens who missed that session, they are expected to complete a Home Faith Reflection by experiencing the Stations of the Cross another way: two options are linked below, from Formed, though other options are available as suggested on the Home Faith Reflection (make up) online form.
Stations Home Faith Reflection for March 24, 2024 Session
The Way of the Cross, Traditional Stations from St. Alphonsus Liguori
The Passion According to St. Luke on Formed -
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Teen-Adult Orientation and Informational Meeting - September 2023
In the video above, Coordinator of Youth Ministry Tony shares our vision for Youth Ministry, High School Faith Formation, and Confirmation Preparation for the Concord-Carlisle Catholic Collaborative.
