Quotes from Teens:
- “Exciting and I loved it! Very over-whelming!”
- “It changed the way I look at life”
- “I thought it was a billion times better than I thought it was gonna be. I was extremely glad I went.”
- “Definitely coming back next year!!”
What is Source & Summit?
For more info - www.sourceandsummitretreat.org
Details
When & Where
April 24-26, 2009
Andrean High School
5959 Broadway
Merrillville, IN 46410
Cost
The cost is $35 (checks made payable to St. John the Evangelist) which includes lunch & dinner on Saturday, snacks throughout the weekend and the official Source & Summit t-shirt. If financial assistance is necessary, please contact PJ Anderson at (219) 365-5678 ext. 263 or by email at panderson@stjohnparish.org
Permission Slips
Contact Michelle Krukowski at michelle@stjosephyouth.net to register. (Online individual registration is possible through the St. John Evangelist website, but St. Joseph Parish will be registering as a group in order to better keep track of chaperone’s needed and teens attending. Please register through Michelle and not through the St. John website. Thank you!)
Notes from Michelle -
- I’d just like to add that this retreat is not an overnight. This means the teens will be able to sleep in their own beds each night.
- Teen Ministry Adults will also provide transportation from and to the St. Joseph Parking lot every day. This means that teens can be dropped off in the parking lot in the morning and picked up in the parking lot at night. A much shorter drive for parents! (Teens who drive, please meet us in the parking lot and you may follow us so you won’t get lost / need directions & we can keep track of everyone more easily. No teens will be driving other teens.)
Just wanted to remind everyone that there is the Mini-Retreat with Sharon Ruane coming up. You can download permission forms HERE or you can get them from the church foyer area! They are due February 7th so don’t delay!
Dear fellow Parishioners,
The St. Joseph Prolife Committee is asking you to make this Thursday, the 36th anniversery of the Supreme Court decision “Roe v. Wade“, a day of prayer, penance and fasting for the following:
- The end of abortion in this country,
- in reparation of the more than 48 million defenseless human lives that have been lost,
- for the women and men who are suffering the consequences of abortion,,
- for conversion of this country from a culture of death to one of life in Jesus Christ.
Father Terry is giving us the opportunity to make this a special day of prayer as he will be exposing the Blessed Sacrament for adoration from 3:00pm - 6:30pm on Thursday evening. At 6:30pm we will conclude the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament with the Rosary for Life. At 7:00pm we will celebrate Mass with Fr. Terry, giving God thanks and praise for the gift of life that we have received as we pray for the defeat of the culture of death in our own country.
“A great prayer for life is urgently needed, a prayer which will rise up throughout the world. Through special initiatives and in daily prayer, may an impassioned plea rise to God, the Creator and lover of life, from every Christian community, from every group and association, from every family and from the heart of every believer.”
Pope John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae, no. 100
Please pass this message on to all on your e-mail list. Thank you.
~St. Joseph Prolife Committee~
Thanks for your patience as I worked to remember how to update the event calendar! It is now up and running and FULL of stuff that’s going on. The calendar doesn’t show that far in advance, so I left the list format of what is coming up below this post. As the months press on I will attempt to keep up on highlighting certain events. Good luck to us as we attempt an ambitious semester!!
January 31st-Feb 1st: Soup-er Bowl (after the masses)
January 31st: Homeless Shelter 6pm-9pm
February 7th: Ice Skating
February 21st: 4-10pm SKITTLES Mini-Retreat
February 24th: Mardi Gras
March TBA: Bowling
March 21st: Bake Sale
March 23rd-27th: Animal Stuff
April 5th: Nursing Home
April 21st: Cubs Game
May (Mother’s Day wknd): Roses Sale
June 23rd: Sox Game
