The St. Stephen’s Youth Group meets twice a month during the academic year, generally on second and fourth Friday, in the evening. Its primary purpose is the continuing Catholic education of high school students in our parish. The secondary purpose of the group is to help the youth form and keep good Catholic friendships amongst one another. The group assists at the evening Mass, afterwards moving to one of the classrooms for a short meal and social time. Then one of the priests, usually Fr Curtis, gives a talk, somewhere between thirty and sixty minutes. Finally, the members enjoy a common activity, usually lasting about an hour.
6:00 PM Mass
7:00 PM Dinner
7:45 PM Conference by a Priest
8:45 PM Activity
9:30 PM Departure
Lectures
Lectures have featured topics such as the spiritual life, apologetics, the Sacred Scriptures, explanations of the Holy Mass, moral theology, literature, cautions about some of the dangers posed by modern life (e.g. social media), and vocations.
Love follows knowledge.
St. Thomas Aquinas
Activities
Several times during the course of the year, the members go off campus (usually on a Saturday). Previous examples include ice skating, bowling, and hiking. Normal activities include Jenga, charades, telestrations, pictionary, bunco, volleyball, and other games.
The youth are also encouraged to participate as volunteers in several parish events, such as the Chesterton Event, the All Hallows Eve Party, the Christmas Party, and the Italian Dinner.
I would rather have learning joined with virtue than all the treasures of kings.
St. Thomas More
Membership
The Youth Group is available to St. Stephen’s parishioners from the age of fourteen to eighteen. Non-parishioners are welcome at the discretion of the pastor. Thirteen year olds can begin to attend at the start of the academic year in which their birthday falls (i.e. a thirteen year old whose fourteenth birthday is in March of next year could begin to attend in September of this year).
Chaplain: Fr. Joshua Curtis, FSSP
Assistant: Liz Hernandez
