Thank you for taking the time to read our monthly newsletter! We hope that these resources, recaps and reminders can be a blessing to you and your family.
Thank you for taking the time to read our monthly newsletter! We hope that these resources, recaps and reminders can be a blessing to you and your family.
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We are excited to announce that Holy Trinity Catholic Church has become a partner in an exciting 24/7 on-line web-based formation series called FORMED, produced by the Augustine Institute and Ignatius Press. This series is designed to help all family members grow in their faith at all levels – how we think, how we pray, and how we live.
To find out to access this amazing resource please click here.
Last month we had our first Year 2 Confirmation Retreat of 2018! Over 100 candidates and high school leaders made the journey to Forest Home Christian Camp to retreat for a few days. It was a wonderful weekend of fellowship, fun and reflection on the journey of Confirmation. THANK YOU to all who attended, to our leadership team and to all parents of candidates. We are grateful for your trust, support and participation in this ministry.
Do you have a High School student who has just been Confirmed? Are they interested in serving as part of our leadership team? Please stay tuned for more information on how they can get involved...or contact Andrew if you have any questions.
Our High School Servant Leader team consists of students in 11th grade or above who have received the Sacrament of Confirmation/ They serve our parish and their peers in a variety of ways - from leading small groups during Confirmation Class, Co-Catechists in our Jr High Faith Formation program, helping with events and retreats throughout the year. We also offer our leaders monthly leadership training meetings, fellowship events and an annual retreat.
If your son/daughter is interested in becoming a Servant Leader, ask them to prayerfully consider this call to serve and contact Andrew to find out more.
If you find it challenging to talk with your teen about God and spiritual issues, you are not alone. It's not that parents don't want to talk about faith with their kids, but rather that they don't know how to get started. Here are five practical suggestions to get faith conversations started in your home.
1. Be yourself. You don't need a seminary degree to talk to your kids about God. You don't have to speak like a pastor giving a sermon. Just be yourself in conversations with your teenager. Share your understanding of who God is and why He matters to you in a way that reflects the real you.
2. Don't limit your faith conversations to Sunday mornings. Don't get caught in the trap of compartmentalizing faith issues to certain days or times. Let you kids know that spiritual issues are important in your life all of the time! Don't go overboard, but make faith issues an ongoing discussion with your family.
3. Let your kids catch you in the act of doing something spiritual. Spending time alone with God is great, but how will they know about the value you place on spiritual disciplines if they never see you engaged in them? Let your kids "see" you involved in these disciplines. Your actions teach your teenagers much about your faith, and likely communicate more than your words.
4. Look for natural opportunities to engage in faith conversations. Be on the lookout for opportunities along the road of life where issues almost beg to be discussed in light of your Christian commitment and faith. Try utilizing news items and entertainment media sources as springboards for faith conversations.
5. See yourself as a "fellow-learner" rather than a teacher. Taking the posture of a "fellow-learner" takes much of the pressure off of you and sends the message that you don't claim to know everything about the Christian faith. It's truly healthy when your teen asks a faith question that you need to reply with, "I don't know the answer. Let's figure it out together."
We meet every Wednesday in the Parish Hall from 7pm to 9pm. All high school students we welcome to join us and are invited to bring a friend. We hang out, play games, and eat snacks before we discuss and reflect upon Sunday's Gospel.
All high school students are welcome to join u son Friday April 6th for Morning Mass and Breakfast. We will be gathering for Mass at 8:30am and then going out for breakfast afterwards. Let Andrew know if your son/daughter will be attending. Bring $ for breakfast.
Do you have a Jr High student? Check out our Jr High newsletter here