S T.

M A RY S Y O U T H
A Quarterly Newsletter for
St. Marys Youth & Families

CALENDAR
JUNE: 17 7:0010:00 pm
Movie Night
26-28 Catholics in
Action @ Ft. Madison
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JULY: 710 Family

Catholics in Action
@ Muscatine
176:308:30 pm
Movie Night
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AUG:

157:0010:00 pm
Movie Night

21 - 10:00 am12:30 pm
Parish Picnic
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SEPT: 186:308:30 pm
Youth Night

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GREAT
SUMMER IDEAS
Take time this summer away from the
TV and Video Games. Here are some
ideas to get you motivated to have a
Happy & Spontaneous Summer:
GO OUTSIDE:
Gather your friends for a game
Go swimming
Run through water sprinklers
Go to the park
Ride your bike around town
Camp in your backyard
Plant/Tend a garden
Go for a walk
Have a water balloon fight
Visit a friend
STAY COOL INSIDE:
Get comfortable and READ
Prepare a meal
Exercise
Bake cookies
Clean your room
Help with your siblings
Begin a project (puzzle, build,
draw, create something)
Write a letter to a loved one
Scrapbook family pictures
DO SOMETHING W/ FAMILY
Play a game together
Watch a movie / movie marathon
Pray together
Talk with each other
Go to Daily Mass
Have a picnic
Volunteer together
Go Fishing / Camping
OTHER IDEAS
Visit an elderly person
Help at the local food pantry
Donate unused clothing
1st Thurs of monthstop in for
Eucharistic Adorationany time
9:00 am9:00 pm. Come and
say Hi to Jesus!

SUMMER 2016

CATHOLIC QUIZ
1. How many sacraments are
there?
2. The Pope is the successor of
which apostle?
3. What miracle did Jesus
perform only because His
mother asked him to?
4. Jesus said He would give Peter
the keys to the Kingdom of
Heaven. What did keys
symbolize in the Jewish
Religion?

YOUTH IN THE
SPOTLIGHT
Sarah McAvan is
the daughter of Pat
and Melissa McAvan.
She has 2 sisters and
just completed 6th
grade at Fairfield Middle School. She is involved in
Trampoline, Softball, and Volleyball. At church she is a Server,
Youth Lector and involved with
Youth Group. She likes to do
trampoline in her spare time. Her
favorite memory with St. Marys
Youth is going ice skating at the
Coralridge Mall. Sarah adds, I
am obsessed with neon green!.
Be sure to say hi to Sarah!
Mission Statement:
St. Marys Youth Ministry
To guide our youth to truly
know Jesus and serve Him
in our parish and the world.

DO you
LOVE to SING?
Are you in
CHOIR or BAND?
Schola is always looking for
young members to sing with
them at Mass. They rehearse
on Thursday evenings at 6:30
pm. Check the bulletin for
specific practice times
& then JUST GO!

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Our Balloon Friends

DCYCNov. 19-20
at St. Ambrose for all
High School Youth
JR HI RALLYMarch 19
at Iowa City for all
Middle School Youth

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Rise
UP
Youth
Night

SAVE THE DATE

(Diocesan Catholic Youth Conference)

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Answers to the Catholic Quiz:

1. Seven (Baptism, Eucharist,
Confession, Confirmation, Marriage,
Holy Orders, Anointing of the Sick)

2. St. Peter
3. Turning water into wine at
a wedding feast in Cana.
4. Authority

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 for
Youth Ministry.

Diane Tone
Youth Ministry Coordinator

Last quarter we raised

$36.00

Cell: 319-217-0148

Thank you for your

continued support!!

fairfieldstmaryym@diodav.org