50% of people raised Catholic decide to leave the faith later in life, and despite how hard we try, it can be difficult not to fall victim to that statistic. But we must try.
Being in middle school is difficult, and raising middle-schoolers is stressful. However, it is also beautiful to watch your children as they begin to really discern who they are, who they want to become, and what they want to accomplish in life.
The Mission-Retreat is for St. Paul, in Ellicott City. The retreat will be from Thursday October 11 to Sunday October 14 at Summit Lake. Thomas Quintin will be the director of the retreat and John Sniezek will be the co-director of the retreat.
Retreat is Thursday, July 26 (team starts in the morning, retreatants arrive in the late afternoon). We return to the 12:45 mass followed by a reception on Sunday, July 29. TEENS ACT CONTACT: John Migliore Cell Phone 240-818-1723 The O’Dwyer Retreat House recognizes and ignites the divine spark in youth and young adults. Located 20 miles north of Baltimore, the Retreat House is a perfect place for today’s youth to “Come Apart and Rest Awhile.” 15523 York Road Sparks, MD 21152 Phone 1: (410) 666-2400 Phone 2: (410) 472-2400 Fax: (410) 472-3281
ACTS is Growing!! Come Support St. Francis! We are happy to announce the St. Louis Men's Fall Retreat Team will be having a Commissioning Mass at 11 am this coming Sunday, July 22, at St. Francis Parish in Fulton. This Commissioning Mass is being held at St. Francis as a way to introduce ACTS to the parishioners of St. Francis. It is our hope that half of the retreatants for the upcoming fall retreats will be from our brothers and sisters at St. Francis, and the other half from St. Louis.
Faith Fest MD 2018 at the Equestrian Center, Bel Air MD. A day of Food, Fun, Family and Faith from 2:30-7 PM. The Josh Blakesly Band, The Ike Ndolo Band and others perform on Main Stage. FREE children’s activities including rock climbing, face painting, zip lining, petting zoo and more! Tents with adoration, confession, faith activities. Closing Mass with Archbishop Lori on the mainstage finishing with Fireworks!
CLARKSVILLE – Middle school years can be among the most challenging of a young person’s life. “We are at this awkward stage of trying to discover ourselves and, making it even harder, trying to discover the Lord in ourselves,” said Mary Gutelius, a 13-year-old seventh-grader at Dunloggin Middle School and a parishioner of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, both in Ellicott City. “When in middle school, you really are getting to that stage in life where it is essential to be given the information needed to understand God and what it really means to be one of his followers.” Mark Hollcraft, eastern regional director with NET Ministries, offers energetic opening remarks at the “Rise Up” retreat for middle school students at St. Louis Church in Clarksville May 12. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff) Gutelius was among nearly 200 young adolescents who gathered at St. Louis School in Clarksville May 12 to grow in their faith at the first middle-school youth day sponsored by the Archdiocese of Baltimore in more than a decade. The event was designed to conquer three tasks: to highlight the necessity for middle school ministry, to present a clear message of the Gospel and to allow the middle-schoolers to experience the creativity and diversity of their larger archdiocesan church family. “Rise Up!” was the day’s theme, in reference to the viral video of the song by the same name sung by the Cardinal Shehan School Choir from Baltimore. The choir kicked off the event with a live rendition of the song.