S T.

M A RY S Y O U T H
YOUTH ACTIVITIES
Youth Night Christmas Party!

A Quarterly Newsletter for St.

Marys Youth & Families

CALENDAR
DEC: 146:30 - 8:30 pm
Youth Night
Christmas Party
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JAN: 176:30 am-7:00 pm

Midwest March for
Life @ Des Moines
18-19Iowa Institute
for Social Action
@ Des Moines
(Attend as a family
one or both days)
24-25Quest Retreat
@ Riverside
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FEB: 14-16TEC Retreat

@ Solon
156:30 - 8:30 pm
Youth Night
20-22 COR Retreat
@ St. Paul
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MAR: 16:30 pm Rehearsal

for Stations in
Silhouette
6Tony Melendez
Concert @ St.
Pats, Iowa City
811:00 am Rehearsal for Stations in
Silhouette & Pizza
136:30 pm Stations
in Silhouette
Presentation
13-15COR Retreat
@ DeWitt
14-17 Parish Mission
Please attend
with your family
1511:00 am Parish
Mission Youth
Session
22Middle School
Youth Rally
27-29 COR Retreat
@ Keota

Sunday, Dec. 14 @ 6:308:30 pm

Come and celebrate as we anticipate the
birth of our Lord! Bring a generic gift to
exchange (under $10 with NO nuts
please), and a snack to share. Plan to have
fun! Come at 6:00 to help sort pop cans.

Midwest March for Life

At Des Moines

Sat, Jan. 17 @ 6:30 am7:30 pm

Join us for a Pro-Life Mass with Bishop Pates
& Archbishop Jackels. Rally at the Capital
followed by the March (Dress Warm!!).
Lunch will be at the Iowa Events Center followed by a Youth Rally featuring Keynote
Speaker, Josh Brahm. Bring money for a
Free Will Offering (for lunch) and to eat on
the way home. Return Permission & Health
form to me by Wed, Jan. 7. We will leave
St. Marys at 6:30 am and return around
7:30 pm. Parents are welcome to join us!!
This replaces our January Youth Night.

Iowa Institute for Social Action

Sunday, Jan. 18Monday, Jan 19

Are you interested in learning more about
Social Action and how you can make an
impact with long term solutions? I
encourage families to attend this event
together. Information will be in the
gathering space soon. Any youth who
would like to participate on Sunday only,
contact meI would he happy to transport!

Stations of the Cross in Silhouette

Friday, March 13 @ 6:30 pm

Rehearsals will be on:
Sunday, March 1 @ 6:308:00 pm
Sunday, March 8 @ 11:00 am2:30 pm
We will set up the screen, break for
lunch (PIZZA!), and then rehearse.
Presentation will be on
Friday, March 13 @ 6:30 pm.

Tony Melendez Bilingual Concert

Fri, March 6 @ St. Pats, Iowa City
More information will be out soon.

Middle School Youth Rally

Sun, March 22 @ Regina HS in Iowa City

6th8th grade Youth
Join us for an exciting day with Perpetual
Motion Ministry, high energy breakouts,
and Mass with Bishop Amos! Our theme
is LLJD (Live Like Jesus Did). The cost is
$27 by Mon, Feb. 23 or $32 by Mon,
March 9. Information will be out soon.

Winter 2014

THANK YOU!
Thank you to everyone who helped on the
Youth Ministry Planning Team: Esther
Urban, Cheryl Ann Wilson, Chris Kaska,
Tonja Jirak, Susan Hervey, Phil Tone, Mike
& Teresa Holt, and Sidney Adam. We
formed our CORE Ideology for Youth
Ministry at St. Marys. The Youth Ministry
Advisory Committee will use this as we plan
our youth activities.
Adults: Are you interested in helping Youth
Ministry? It is very rewarding to share our
faith with the youth (simply talking with,
listening to, witnessing, or just hanging out).
Contact me if this is for you! - Diane
Let no one have contempt for your youth, but
set an example for those who believe, in speech,
conduct, love, faith, and purity -1 Timothy 4:12

CATHOLIC QUIZ
1. Who announced to Mary that she
was chosen to be Christs mother?
Gabriel
Michael
Raphael
2. When Mary visited Elizabeth, who was
the child who leapt for joy in
Elizabeths womb?
Zechariah
Herod
John the Baptist
3. Emmanuel means what?
Savior
God with us
God and man
4. Why is the third candle of the advent
wreath rose colored?
Rose is the traditional color of
the number three
It is a color of flowers
Its a symbol of joy
6. Advent begins what?
The shopping season
A new liturgical year
The countdown to NFL playoffs

DIOCESAN
RETREATS
Retreats are a chance to get
away from your hectic pace of
life and to relax, to refresh your
soul, and to meet other
Catholic youth. We all need
time away to re-focus and
re-energize ourselves.
What are you waiting for?
Every youth should attend
one retreat per year!
The forms are in the
Gathering Space.

DCYC

October Youth Night

This was our first Diocesan Catholic Youth

Conference held at St. Ambrose in Davenport.
It is a 2 day event for high school youth that will
be held on the opposite year of NCYC.
We had a GREAT time!
With our cardboard
friend, Pope Francis

Devils Haunted Den

QUEST Retreat
For 8th & 9th Grade Youth
Riverside: Jan 24-25
COR Retreats
For 10-12 Grade Youth
St. Paul: Feb. 20-22
DeWitt: March 12-14
Keota: March 26-28

Hanging out at Our Lady of

Victory Parish where we spent
the night during DCYC

At DCYC we packaged 12,000 meals for Kids Against Hunger.

These meals will go to the areas most affected by Ebola.

TEC Retreat
For 11-12 Grade Youth
Solon: Feb. 14-16

For More Information:

St. Marys Youth
on Facebook

Follow me on Twitter at
StMarysYouthFF

Check out our website:

stmaryfaithfomation.weebly.com/
youth-ministry.html

Wishing you a
Merry Christmas
and a Year full of
Gods Blessings!
Answers to the Catholic Quiz:

Diane Tone
Youth Ministry Coordinator
fairfieldstmaryym@diodav.org
Cell: 319-217-0148

1. Gabriel
2. John the Baptist
3. God with us
4. It is a symbol of JOY
5. A new liturgical year

ONGOING
FUNDRAISER
Pop Can Drive
Bring your empty refundable pop cans or
plastic pop bottles to the hallway behind the
kitchen and put them in the marked containers. Please NO glass. The proceeds go toward Youth Ministry expenses. Last quarter
we raised $37.45 and donated it to the Kids
Against Hunger we packaged at DCYC along
with $50 from our Charity Account (10% of
our fundraising money goes to charity).
Thank you for your continued support!!
You are truly a blessing!