Student ministry
grades 6-12
Parish Participation Reflection Sheet: participation_reflection_sheet.pdf
All youth in 6-12th grades are invited to participate in our ministry to the young church. While some items are age specific, most are all encompassing.
Student ministry happens in a number of different settings for our family. We have monthly gatherings, large area gatherings with other parish families, get away retreats, conferences and small groups. Permission slips and other information will be available to download from this page. Be sure to check back often.
Using the model of Encounter/Grow/Witness, our student ministry has 3 goals; to empower our young people to live as disciples of Jesus Christ, to participate in the life, mission and work of the Catholic faith community and to foster growth in their spiritual and personal lives.
Student ministry happens in a number of different settings for our family. We have monthly gatherings, large area gatherings with other parish families, get away retreats, conferences and small groups. Permission slips and other information will be available to download from this page. Be sure to check back often.
Using the model of Encounter/Grow/Witness, our student ministry has 3 goals; to empower our young people to live as disciples of Jesus Christ, to participate in the life, mission and work of the Catholic faith community and to foster growth in their spiritual and personal lives.
Retreats
Subiaco High School only (sometimes 8th grade too)
On the highest geographical point of Oakland County sits the perfect place for our youth to spend a weekend working on their relationship with God. While it may not be a mountain, they get to enjoy a mountaintop experience.
During Lent, we spend a weekend at the Subiaco Retreat House in Oxford. Starting Friday evening with ice breakers and meditation, this retreat calls out to the youth to "come". Saturday we hear different speakers, spend time in small groups, eat a lot of food, enjoy free time at the "little grand canyon", at the lake on the property, playing group games and relaxing in the privacy of the retreat grounds and wrap up the day in the experience of Jesus in the sacrament of Reconciliation (which includes fire!). Sunday morning we clean up and end with Mass with the community.
Subiaco High School only (sometimes 8th grade too)
On the highest geographical point of Oakland County sits the perfect place for our youth to spend a weekend working on their relationship with God. While it may not be a mountain, they get to enjoy a mountaintop experience.
During Lent, we spend a weekend at the Subiaco Retreat House in Oxford. Starting Friday evening with ice breakers and meditation, this retreat calls out to the youth to "come". Saturday we hear different speakers, spend time in small groups, eat a lot of food, enjoy free time at the "little grand canyon", at the lake on the property, playing group games and relaxing in the privacy of the retreat grounds and wrap up the day in the experience of Jesus in the sacrament of Reconciliation (which includes fire!). Sunday morning we clean up and end with Mass with the community.
Conferences
RISE a one day experience with students from around our diocese with engaging speakers, a service project, small group time, an experience of Adoration and Reconciliation and Mass with a Bishop.
Steubenville High School Youth Conference
For over 40 years the Franciscan University of Steubenville Ohio has hosted hundreds of thousands of teens at one of their summer conferences. With 15 locations every summer hosting one of these conferences, our youth are invited to experience the larger church with their own age group. Dynamic Catholic speakers, Catholic youth worshipping together, and a new experience of Jesus unfolds through the hospitality of the young adults hosting this conference. With these conferences being in such high demand we commit to attending in January and begin fundraising with our annual Polish Food sale. We generally attend the last full weekend of June.
RISE a one day experience with students from around our diocese with engaging speakers, a service project, small group time, an experience of Adoration and Reconciliation and Mass with a Bishop.
Steubenville High School Youth Conference
For over 40 years the Franciscan University of Steubenville Ohio has hosted hundreds of thousands of teens at one of their summer conferences. With 15 locations every summer hosting one of these conferences, our youth are invited to experience the larger church with their own age group. Dynamic Catholic speakers, Catholic youth worshipping together, and a new experience of Jesus unfolds through the hospitality of the young adults hosting this conference. With these conferences being in such high demand we commit to attending in January and begin fundraising with our annual Polish Food sale. We generally attend the last full weekend of June.