Youth Ministry

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Upcoming Events!

To sign up for any of these events, enter email [email protected] in the “Search for A Signup” at: https://www.signupgenius.com/findasignup

Malta House Dinner – April 24 – Make and serve dinner to the Malta moms and then help watch the babies and toddlers

FOODSHARE – Feed the hungry in Norwalk

St. A’s Buddies – April 25

Bronx Zoo with the Thorpe Children – April 26 – Help these children of single moms in crisis experience the JOY of the zoo. Be a buddy for the children of single moms in crisis as they experience the JOY of the zoo. Can you be a $25 sponsor for one of the Thorpe moms who are coming with us! What a great experience it will be to see their children enjoy the zoo with our teens! Click Here to sign up!

Teen Adoration – April 28  – Spend time with the Risen Lord! Please Click Here to sign up.

St. A’s Buddies – May 2
Come celebrate Cinco de Mayo with our friends with special needs! Please Click Here to sign up.

Sign up for these and other opportunities at https://www.signupgenius.com/findasignup
Locating the signups under [email protected].

Only Two Spots Left for the Summer Mission Trip!

Mission Trip 2026
Steuben eats 2026

This weekend helps bring teens to life changing encounters with Jesus as they experience amazing speakers giving witness talks, praise and worship music, Adoration, high energy Masses, the Sacrament of Reconciliation, small group discussion and fellowship with other Catholic teens! Between all the extracurricular commitments and academic obligations, it can seem nearly impossible to make faith a priority for teens. A Steubenville Conference often can give teens the spiritual boost they need. Plus, our Steubenville trip team forms special bonds during the weekend and new friendships are formed when they return to St. A’s!.

It is time to make sure that your summer has a faith plan! 

This year, we are headed back down to Martin, Kentucky June 27-July 2, 2026 for what will be a memorable experience for your teen as we work with representatives of the Christian Appalachian Project to do home repair.  I can tell you from my many trips to Kentucky to deliver Christmas stockings and our summer trip last year … so many of our brothers and sisters down there live in homes that are not safe, warm and dry and this summer … WE CAN AND WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
 
Our evenings will be spent together with activities that will deepen our teen’s faith, singing praise and worship songs and just plain having fun together!
 
And … Father Flavian will be travelling with us to ensure we can have daily Mass and an Adoration experience!
 
So … how do you get your rising freshman to graduating senior signed up for one of our 20 teen spots?
 
Please Click Here to learn more about the trip/costs and see why a teen should go!
 
PRINT THE REGISTRATION FORM, FILL IT OUT AND RETURN IT TO CHRIS OTIS WITH YOUR DEPOSIT CHECK or PAY YOUR DEPOSIT ONLINE AT THE LINK BELOW
 
Please be aware that space is limited … so do not delay – spots are filling up!
First come, first serve!  Spaces are allocated to Slt. Aloysius parishioners first!
Please feel free to call if you have any questions!

Check out photos from some great past events!

Confirmation 2026!

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Sacramental Prep

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Before School Teen Mass

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Kentucky - Project 1,000 Mission Trip

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Good News Rocks

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Follow Me to the Cross

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StAY Connected to St. A's Youth Ministry on Facebook & Instagram! 

Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/StAYNC/ 

We have 915 Facebook followers
Can we hit 1,000? 

Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/stay.nc/

We have 789 Instagram followers
Can we hit 850?

SIGN UP FOR ALL YOUTH
MINISTRY EVENTS
at https://www.signupgenius.com/findasignup locating the signups under [email protected].

ALL teens and virtus compliant adult chaperones and must have a Youth Ministry 2025-2026 Consent and Release Form on file.  Please complete at the link below. Reminder — a parent MUST complete for a teen. Also, an email cannot be used twice … aka, if you and your teen are going, you must use two different email addresses! Please let Chris Otis know if you have any questions!  Also, if anything changes between submission date and the end of July 2026, it is your responsibility to inform Chris Otis so that we can update our records.  Thank you!
 

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Teens ... A little spiritual advice

Romans 12:1-2 calls us to daily transformation of our minds so we can know and live out God’s will for us. “I urge you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, your spiritual worship. Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect.”

Join us for our Youth Ministry prayer, service and worship opportunities … encounter The One, through TRUTH, BEAUTY & GOODNESS!

Perhaps you will ask for God’s help to:
Come to Mass EVERY Sunday

  • Attend 5pm Teen Mass with contemporary praise & worship band music and a “student section”
  • Participate in monetary stewardship. Every Sunday bring cash to put into the basket … give up something for the week and give what you would have spent on it to GOD!

Consider attending Daily Mass
Once-a-week or even just once-a-month at our Before School Teen Masses!

Join your peers at Teen Eucharistic Adoration AND our Teen-Friendly Rosary!
Once a month, gather in community for these beautiful prayer devotions.

Dive into Scripture
Spend more time with God’s Word and how it applies to your life as a teen! Watch for our dates for Guy’s & Girl’s Bible Study.

Pray Daily
Just talk to God or try a Catholic Prayer App like Hallow at https://hallow.com or in the app store!

Work on Overcoming What Tempts You
Develop virtuous habits that lead you closer to Christ AND partake of the Sacrament of Reconciliation!
We offer the Sacrament on Saturday afternoons and at every Teen Adoration!

Serve in Goodness
Join your peers in the goodness of loving and serving our brothers and sisters! We offer many opportunities each month as well as mission trips and Youth Conferences!

Get your red StAY t-shirt ($20) for our Youth Ministry events.  
We also have a limited number of medium and large StAY Hoodies ($30)
 
Need a little “Lord, I Need You” pick me up?

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Check out this great article that the Fairfield County Catholic wrote about our Teens! Click Here

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