Welcome to Youth Ministry

ATHLETICS

High School Youth Athletics VOLLEYBALL - All 9th -12th grade youth of St. Augustine-Sacred Heart are invited to play on our volleyball team. Practices will be on Thursdays from 6-8pm beginning on Thursday, February 11th in the Sacred Heart Gym. Games are on Sundays beginning February 14 - March 28,2010. Games take place for one hour sometime between 1:00-5:00pm in various locations in the New Albany Deanery parish gyms. Cost is $15 per participant (registration & t-shirt) Uniform: Each participant will receive a t-shirt High School Youth Athletics Volleyball Registration Form 2009-2010 Sports Seasons

ATTENTION!!!!! If you are interested in any of the following sports; swimming, track, soccer, girl's tennis, girls softball, or 3/4th grade basketball (boys and girls), please contact Sheri Evanczyk 502-744-9483 or sevanczyk@insightbb.com.

DEANERY JR HIGH GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM INFORMATION MEETING. For those interested in learning about playing for a Deanery wide Junior High Girls softball team in the Louisville Catholic School League, please contact Sean Payne at phssoftballcoachpayne@gmail.com  or Dan Schoenfeider at dan.schoenfelder@basf.com  or call Dan at (502) 298 1084 for more information.

HELP NEEDED: We are looking for volunteers to join the Sacred Heart/St. Augustine Athletic Board. If you are interested, please contact Sheri Evanczyk at sevanczyk@insightbb.com  or 502-744- 9483.

HIGH SCHOOL

ATTENTION ALL SENIORS! The next Deanery SENIOR RETREAT is coming FEBRUARY 11-14, 2010, at Mt. St. Francis Retreat Center. This four-day retreat is seen as one of the most memorable and powerful retreat experiences for high school students. You are preparing for your future in so many ways. Don't forget to spend some time getting on solid ground with God. Registration fee is $215. DEADLINE IS JANUARY 28, 2010. Contact Jeff Jenkins at the Deanery Youth Ministry Office for more information, jeff@nadvouth.org or 812-945-2000.

ATTENTION JUNIORS AND SENIORS! Where are you headed in life? The Deanery ON THE JOURNEY RETREAT, scheduled for FEBRUARY 27-28th, 2010, at Mt. St. Francis Retreat Center, is a weekend designed to help you make the right call when faced with what paths to take in life that will help you discover who God has called and created you to be. Registration fee is $85. DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 12th, 2010. Contact Jeff Jenkins at the Deanery Youth Ministry Office for more information, jeff@nadyouth.org , or 812-945- 2000.

Young Adults

THEOLOGY ON TAP FOR YOUNG ADULTS AGES 23-39: Tuesday evenings at 6:30 p.m. at Richos, 3312 Plaza Drive, New Albany, for engaging speakers and welcoming fellowship. First session is February 2nd, Salvation Hoping for Something Better. The next session will be February 9th, Are You Saved? - The Catholic response to a common question. For more information, contact Jeff Jenkins at the Deanery Youth Ministry Office, 812-945-2000 or jeff@nadyouth.org .

NCYC 2009 is now ONLINE! For the first time ever, parishioners of all ages can watch the National Catholic Youth Conference general sessions live online and support youth participants online by joining the Virtual Pilgrimage. Join the virtual Pilgrimage for NCYC at www.mycatholicvoice.com/ncyc .

CHECK THE BULLETIN BOARD for all the fun activities available and call Barbara Renners if you have any questions, 283-6234.

For upcoming events, schedules, and other important information, visit ...
New Albany Deanery Youth Ministries Home Page

CONFIRMATION – The catechetical sessions have begun. We are delighted to have 52 of our young parishioners preparing to celebrate this sacrament in April. Please keep these candidates and their families in your prayers.

   The Confirmation candidates participate in the liturgies as ministers. They wear name badges. Please support our youth and keep them in your prayers.

   Parishioners who will be Freshmen in High School or older are eligible to celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation next spring. If you missed orientation and are still interested in Confirmation preparation, please contact Ann or Barbara “ASAP” so we can get information to you and count you in for our planning.

Letter to Young Parishioners

2009-10 Schedule

The Church has good news to proclaim about the family and about human love and sexuality. This good news is important for our children to learn as they are bombarded with many mixed messages from contemporary culture, media and a variety of powerful voices. Catholic sexuality education helps one to understand that sexuality is a gift from God, a precious dimension of human life that requires reverence and care. It sets forth the call to chastity and recognizes the critical importance of the family and particularly parents in the education of their children in human sexuality. Unless the family continually impresses the right attitudes, unless the root values and beliefs of the faith are established in the early years of childhood development in the home, other forms of Christian education can scarcely be effective. In helping parents with this critically important responsibility, the Archdiocese of Indianapolis is implementing revisions to the guidelines for chastity and sexuality education in our elementary schools and both elementary and high school faith formation/youth ministry programs.

For our High School students: THEOLOGY OF THE BODY (TOB). We are excited to be offering this program both on a parish level and with the Deanery Catholic Youth Ministries Office! Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body is changing lives around the world through its positive portrayal of our sexuality as a good and essential part of love and life. TOB provides young people with an opportunity to explore, nurture and strengthen their understanding of what it means to be a Catholic Christian living life with a healthy sense of self and relationship.

The program will kick off in August with registrations and an orientation session here at the parish. This will be Wednesday, August 19, from 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Throughout the year we will gather all of the teens in the deanery for sessions covering the following topics:

• Created for Love;
• Truth and Freedom;
• Vocation; and Dating with Purpose.

The deanery will also be offering quarterly sessions for parents - so you can take the journey with your youth by knowing what they will be discussing and how you can continue that discussion at home!

2009-10 Confirmation Schedule

St. Augustine/Sacred Heart Youth Ministry
2010 Permission/Medical Release Forms

High School Youth Athletics Volleyball Registration Form
2009-2010 Sports Seasons

Mark your calendars for Wednesday, September 1, 2010 for the 20th Anniversary Steamboat Stroll!!

Stay tuned for more schedules and permission slips