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come join Sunday July 22nd at 5pm
We will be joining Fr. Jose at St. Joseph Parish in Battle Creek for their spanish Mass. We will be meeting at St. Joseph at 4:45pm in the Church. There are confessions from 4:00-4:30pm if you wish to take advantage of this amazing sacrament.
Address: Al Sabo Nature Preserve
6310 Texas Dr.
Kalamazoo, MI 49009
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Address: Ritters Frozen Custard
217 Romence Rd.
Portage, MI 49024
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YoucAT qUESTION OF THE wEEK
Question 31: What does it mean to say that God is truth?
Answer: "God is light and in him is no darkness" (1 Jn 1:5). We as Christians believe that God is truth because Jesus teaches us that when he says to Pilate, "For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth" (Jn 18:37). In addition, God's truth does not contradict the truths of science because these truths are one and the same. If these truths are conflicting, then either our understanding of God's truth or our understanding of the truths of science are wrong.
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discovering our saints
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We are centered around building a community of faith and joy. We meet 1-2 times a month and are rooted in understanding the joys of our Catholic faith. We do this by community building activities, field trips, and service opportunities. We have gone to the Basilica of St. Adalbert in Grand Rapids and hope to do other things as well including visiting a discalced convent, participating in the extraordinary form of the mass, visiting a campus student center, and much more. The goal of these field trips is to immerse our youth into parts of our Catholic faith that youth may not be familiar with. All Middle School and High School students are welcome to join. Also, if you wish to be a part of the ministry team, please contact our office.
All kids who have finished fifth grade to those who have graduated this year are welcome to join us for the following events. We will be meeting twice a month to journey through prayer and to understand more fully how our faith celebrates our Lord's Day. If you wish to join us for any of these events, please fill out and print the Permission Form 2017-2018 form for each event you wish to participate in and bring it with you. If you are in our religious education program, you do not need to fill out the Medical Release Form 2017-2018. However, if you are not, please print out the form and fill it out to bring with you.
For further information about the Youth Ministry program, contact Matthew Montgomery at 269-649-1629
How Can You Help our Youth?
Our Youth Ministry team runs on the generous support of parishioner donations. These donations help with Catholic Heart Work Camp, Retreats, and field trips to basilicas, cathedrals, convents, etc. Any value is appreciated and can be dropped off at the office.
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What we did on our hike
Last Sunday we were able to enter into God's garden. This garden was at Al Sabo Nature Preserve. As 21st century kids, we mostly experience a world controlled by man. We spend many hours in structures designed and constructed by man. We spend countless hours connected to social media on our smartphones. But we normally do not get time to unplug from all of that and enter into a world that was sculpted by God. In God's garden, we saw deer, woods, swampland, and prairie. Afterwards, we enjoyed a sweet treat at Ritter's Frozen Custard.
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What we did at the Spanish Mass
This July, we went to St. Joseph Catholic Church in Battle Creek where we participated in their spanish Mass with Fr. Jose Haro. Afterwards, we were able to talk with Fr. Jose, Fr. Max Nightingale, and a seminarian for our diocese.
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What we did at the BBQ
This past Sunday we spent the evening at the Hesslings' house for a BBQ. There we swam and ate hamburgers and hotdogs while we watched and talked about the video below by Fr. Mike Schmitz about how prayer is a battle.