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Welcome to the Youth Ministry page for St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Student Center!
St. T's Youth Ministry serves two groups: Middle School students (Grades 6 - 8) and High School students (Grades 9 - 12)
Please help us out and take a quick 2 minute servey to help us plan our summer activities for July and August! In light of COVID-19, we are unsure of how to move forward with events for the summer, so please give us your opinion! Thank You!
If you would like to contact our Youth Ministry Director, Emily Sutton you can email her at emily.sutton@valpo.edu or call the office at 219-464-4042. -
Youth Ministry has moved online!
Due to the current COVID-19 Pandemic, we have made our meetings digital!
Middle School meets on Sunday afternoons at 1pm. We use the Zoom video meeting platform. Because these meetings have safety and privacy precautions, not just anyone can join. You need to have the link. If you (or your child) would like to join the middle school meetings, please email our youth Director, Emily Sutton, and let her know so she can send you the link to the next meeting!
High School youth ministry meets on Tuesday nights at 7pm. We are using the Zoom meeting platform and because of the privacy of these meetings, you need to have a link to join. Please email Emily to get the link to the next meeting!
The purpose of these youth ministry meetings, both for middle and high school students of St. Teresa of Avila, is to continue to build community and grow in our faith. To offer support during this interesting time, and to keep things in our schedules just a bit more "normal". Please reach out to Emily if you have any questions or concerns. The best way to reach her is via email: emily.sutton@valpo.edu -
STA Youth | Calendar
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Middle School Youth Ministry
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Middle School Youth Ministry meets on Sunday afternoons after the 11:00am Mass from 12:00pm - 1:00pm. These meetings include food, creative games, a brief message and discussion time. Sixth through eighth grade provides an excellent time get to know one another and build relationships rooted in faith! We celebrate the excitement of junior high students and cultivate their interest in future high school meetings and activities.Special Opportunities
2020: God's Perfect Vision - St. Paul's Middle School Youth Ministry has invited the St. Teresa's Middle Schoolers to join them for a retreat day at St. Paul's (1855 W. Harrison Blvd. Valparaiso, IN 46385) on February 29th from 9am-4pm.
All 6th-8th graders are invited to journey on this spiritual pilgrimage and discover what God sees with His perfect vision. Cost is $25/student. Scholarships are available. For more information, please visit the facebook event page by clicking HERE. For questions or to register for the event, please contact St. Paul's middle school youth minister, Cathie Dull at stpaulvalpoedge@gmail.com.
Igniting the Fire - ITF is a Diocese of Gary 6th-12th grade youth gathering. ITF has a prayerful retreat-style feel with elements of lock-in-style fun! It is typically one overnight, on a weekend in September, annually.
Inter-Parish lock-ins are events where middle school students can get together with those from other Catholic Churches in the area to share and grown in their faith, get to know their neighbors, and come together for community service projects. -
High School Youth Ministry
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The High School Youth Ministry will be meeting every week starting in January of 2020. The meetings are on Tuesday nights from 6:30pm-8:00pm. The first Tuesday of the month we meet at a local coffee shop in Valparaiso for a more laid-back meeting, the other Tuesdays of the month we typically meet on the St. Teresa property for more formation-style meetings, discussions, some games and plenty of snacks. For information on a specific meeting date, please click on the calendar information above.
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES
Igniting the Fire - ITF is a Diocese of Gary 6th-12th grade youth gathering. ITF has a prayerful retreat-style feel with elements of lock-in-style fun! It is typically one overnight, on a weekend in September, annually.
TAPT (Teens All Praying Together) is a weekend-long Diocesan retreat that takes place in late March, annually. TAPT challenges teens to grow and stretch themselves into thinking about their faith from a more mature perspective; all while having fun and forming small group bonds. Teens can only participate in a TAPT once, but after they have they can apply to be Peer Ministers or OATies and serve those experiencing TAPT the following years.
Conferences - Wheather it is the Nation Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC), or a Steubenville Conference, there are opportunities for teens to travel a bit and meet people from other parts of the country while they grow closer to Christ through Mass, Adoration, service projects, concerts, games, physical challenges, group activities and prayer. NCYC is biennial in November. Upcoming dates are November of 2021, 2023 and 2025. Steubenville conferences happen every year in June. -
Diocesan Youth Council
he Diocesan Youth Council is an advisory body to the Diocesan Office for Youth & Young Adults (OYYA). It is a group of high school-aged youth who represent the parishes and Catholic high schools in the Catholic Diocese of Gary. The members of this body will advise the Office in two ways. First, they act as a spokesperson for the needs of youth in their parishes and schools. Second, they are an integral part of the planning and implementation of youth activities that encourage and support total youth ministry in the diocese. The Youth Council consists of two representatives from parishes and Catholic high schools throughout the Diocese.
Introducing St. T's DYC Representatives:
Grace Klimczyk and Aubrey Lundquist
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Contact
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Emily Suttonemily.suttonvalpo.eduDirector of Youth Ministry
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