This is the third session. COME PREPARED AND DON'T BE LATE!

Among the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy are calls for Christians to “visit the sick,” “comfort those who suffer,” and “be patient with others.” All of these works can be done by spending time with our elders who are often infirm, lonely, or just desire to share their experience and wisdom. However, the prospect of spending time with the elderly can be intimidating to young adolescents (or anyone). Teens worry, “What will I say or do?” “Will we have anything in common?” “What if they are ill or something happens while I visit?”

Souper Bowl of Caring is an annual nationwide event to address hunger in our country on Super Bowl Sunday. This session prepares for your parish service blitz, Souper Bowl collection, and educate the community on the reality of hunger-related issues through the use of social media tools, such as text messaging, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

We will be collecting non-perishable food items and cash donations for our St. Vincent de Paul Society Food Pantry and Ministry. Please help by wearing the jersey or t-shirt of your favorite NFL team and arrive before the Mass you will be helping at and stay after to collect the donations. You can help at any Mass (Saturday, 5:30PM, Sunday, 8:30AM, 11:00AM, 1:00PM (Spanish). Let Scott know if you can help!

We will not have ThE EDGE this week so that families can enjoy their Super Bowl watching parties. See you next week!

We will not be having Confirmation Prep this week due to the Super Bowl. See you next week!

We will be hosting TOBET (Theology of the Body Evangelization Team) once again at St. Joe's. They will be presenting more topical items pertaining to the late Pope John Paul II's encyclical, "Theology of the Body." We will be taking attendance this evening.

For most people, let alone middle-schoolers, public speaking can be an intimidating and even frightening experience. Even more daunting can be leading spontaneous prayer in front of your peers. However, praying in community is an important tradition of our Catholic faith and is a way for young people to grow and mature in their relationship with God and others. This session helps middle school youth build confidence and learn skills to pray out loud with their peers. The session begins with fun and imaginative group skits to get the youth comfortable speaking in front of a group. Youth will then be introduced to the simple prayer format of “You / Who / Do / Through” used to lead spontaneous prayers. After writing their own prayers, youth will bring all the individual prayers together to create one group closing prayer.

We will begin promptly at 7:00PM. DON'T BE LATE. Bring your bible, pen, highlighter and red book. We will meet at Holy Rosary Catholic School for all of these sessions.

This is our final session with the Theology of the Body Evanglization Team (TOBET). We will meet in the auditorium at 7PM. Please don't be late. This session will be led by other teens and young adults from TOBET.