Thursday, April 10, 2014

Recording Service Hours

I did not require a specific confirmation service hour sheet this year. If you need service hours for school and can get me a copy of the sheet that will suffice. You could also use this sheet or a piece of paper.


Sunday, April 06, 2014

Summer Trips And Vacation Bible School

Summer is a time for family, for traveling, and for the Lord! When I was in high school I calculated that I traveled 10,000 miles a summer for at least two of my summers and it is likely that I traveled that much the third summer. I grew so much on those trips around the country and into Mexico. I met many great people and got to know many people so much better. I had the opportunity to travel to Franciscan University of Steubenville on three occasions for the Steubenville youth conference, and since then I have been there twice as a chaperone. These trips gave me an opportunity to find great friends that I still see and talk with when I am come, over 8 years later. My trips to Steubenville have been some to the greatest highlights of my summer vacations. We will be going to Steubenville NW, at Gonzaga, in Spokane July 24-27 with a stop at Silverwood. As soon as registrations begin to come in I will start putting together fundraisers.

Here is the link for the Steubenville: FLYERREGISTRATION, and PARENT INFORMATION.

I also did a lot of service trips traveling to St Paul, MN, St Louis, MO, Denver, CO, Atlanta, GA, and 2 trips to Texas and Mexico. These trips were great blessings for me as well they because gave me a unique opportunity to see the world. So many of the people we served still stick with me yet today. I met one elderly lady in Mexico who was in a wheel chair in a small single room, dirt floor house, not much bigger than most or our living rooms. We brought her a bag food. She was so grateful for our little act of kindness but she was not satisfied with a simple thank you, she had to give us something in return. She wanted to give us little pieces of gum, this gum was her only livelihood. She sold the gum on the street for food and whatever else she needed. She was the woman who gave her last pennies to us. We were the ones who gave of our surplus. While we will not be going to Mexico this summer I will be leading a group of eight to ten to Grants Pass, OR. When I was in OR. last year I helped with Joe's Camp and I met some great kids and had the opportunity to help the others as the hands and feet of God. This was an unbelievable experience with a lot of fun activities not to mention jet boats. Like our trip to Steubenville as soon as registrations begin to come I will begin putting together fundraisers.

The links for Joe's Camp FLYERREGISTRATION FORMS and PACKING LIST

I did not have the opportunity participate in Totus Tuus when I was in school, but as a seminarian I had the opportunity to teach on a team. Totus Tuus is a Latin phrase meaning Totally Yours. Totus Tuus is a total Catholic Vacation Bible School and so much more. Every day the students will go to Mass. They will have opportunity for confession. There will also be time to be fun and silly. While Vacation Bible School only goes through 5 grade in most places the team will spend their evenings being missionaries to the middle and high school students, giving their testimonies and sharing why they are willing to give up a week of their summer to be in Kennewick, WA. I have spoken to the team and they are great and are all young adults who are truly on fire for God and want to share that love with us. The team is going to be flying to St Joe's from Denver to spend the week with our youth and take a week out of their summer for us. I encourage you to sign up your children and teens. As one of the Totus Tuus Missionaries said you get the youth there the first day and they will want to come back. Totus Tuus will be at St Joe’s the week of July 13-18.

Here are the link for Totus Tuus: FLYERPARENTS INFO, and REGISTRATION.

All registrations can also be picked up in the office, the back of St Joseph Church, and at all youth activities.