Touring Kentucky Holy Lands and Gasper River Catholic Youth Camp and The Fathers Of Mercy! It is $40 a person. Registration is due March 18 at 3pm. This is open to 8th grader to graduating high schoolers. This goes from April 2-3, 2016. Hurry and register! Don’t miss out on this AMAZING adventure!
Month: February 2016
FIRE OF MERCY: The Light of Faith PILGRIMAGE
Good afternoon everyone! Sorry for the late email with this, but here is what you need to know for this Saturday’s Fire of Mercy pilgrimage.
First, I’ve attached a Gasper River “Risk & Release” form that you’ll need to fill out and bring with you OR fill out immediately when you arrive on Saturday morning (I will have extra copies).If you do not fill this form out, you cannot participate in the ropes courses that Gasper River Youth Camp is offering us! Second, I’ve attached a list of “WHAT TO BRING” for our overnight stay at Gasper River.
The general itinerary is attached and at the bottom of this email, so please arrive at St. Luke no later than 6am. I know this is an early morning, but we have a long day filled with activities so come prepared! You will not be disappointed! We have rented a BUS for this trip, so no other transportation will be needed! We plan to be back to Louisville on Sunday between 2pm and 2:30pmEST in time for St. Athanasius’ Divine Mercy Sunday celebration. Make sure to park and leave your cars in the small parking lot near the gym doors @ St. Luke. If there’s anything else that comes up, I’ll let you know.
Please call me at 502-428-6757 if you have any other questions or concerns. Thanks!
LIGHT OF FAITH! FIRE OF MERCY!
John Sohl, CYM
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The Circle of Life Youth
502-428-6757
Saturday, April 2, 2016
6:00am Meet at Door of Mercy @ St. Luke (4211 Jim Hawkins Dr.)
6:45am Depart St. Luke with Blessing from Fr. Joe Rankin
7:00am Corporal Works of Mercy – “Meet Me on the Street” (2nd & Market)
8:30am MMS Daily Mass @ Guardian Angels
9:30am Depart from Guardian Angels parking lot
10:30am St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral in Bardstown, KY
11:15am St. Thomas (Tour Church & Museum), Bardstown, KY
12:15pm Liturgy of the Hours with the Monks @ Gethsemani
12:45pm LUNCH @ Gethsemani (Visitor Center, Garden & Statues)
2:00pm Depart for Bowling Green, KY
*NOTE: Switch TIME ZONES from Eastern S.T. to Central S.T.*
3:00pmCST Arrive @ Western Kentucky University’s Catholic Campus Center
4:00pmCST Arrive @ Gasper River CYC for Ziplining & Tour of the Camp
5:30pmCST Team Building Activities
6:45pmCST DINNER in McRaith Lodge
8:00pmCST Holy Hour, Confessions, & Night Prayer (TBD)
Sunday, April 3, 2016
7:00amCST Breakfast @ Gasper River CYC
10:00amCST Morning Mass @ Fathers of Mercy in Bowling Green, KY
11:00amCST Depart for Louisville, KY
*NOTE: Switch TIME ZONES from Central S.T. to Eastern S.T.*
2-2:30pmEST Return to St. Luke Church
3:00pmEST DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY @ ST. ATHANASIUS
Fire of Mercy – General Itinerary
GRCRC Participant Acknowledgment of Risks
Set for April 2-3, 2016—t
he Fire of Mercy pilgrimage is the next step to the Light of Faith youth rally! Leaving the Door of Mercy at St. Luke Church (4211 Jim Hawkins Dr.), we will experience the essence of Merciful Love during this Jubilee Year of Mercy. Touring the Kentucky Holy Lands, including Gethsemani, St. Joe’s Proto-Cathedral, and the Dominican communities of New Hope, we will then travel to Bowling Green to see what a college Catholic Campus Center looks like, we’ll experience the peace of Gasper River Catholic Youth Camp, and then finish strong with the Fathers of Mercy before heading home to Louisville on Sunday afternoon.
Attached is the Registration, to be turned in no later than Friday, March 18, 2016. Cost is only $40 per person and includes overnight accommodations at Gasper River CYC!
UPDATE!!! –> Fire of Mercy – General Itinerary
Please contact John Sohl at 502.428.6757 for more information!
Clear Your Schedule
Middle School Jamboree
Come out with the middle schoolers to Saint Anthony in Clarksville, Indiana tomorrow, Saturday, February 27! It’s from 1pm to 8:30pm. To get in it is $20 without a t-shirt. If you want one then it is $28. God Bless! Hope to see you there!
New Song
The youth group is needing a song. I’m trying to work on one but I can’t seem to find words. I want it to be to the tune of The Circle Of Life from the Lion King. I need some help. Anybody have any thoughts?
Youth Group
Middle school youth group will meet from 3pm to 5pm today at St. Athanasius!!! Be there or be square!
Prayers for the Youth Group
That Jesus Will Be Lifted Up In Youth Ministries
Loving Lord Jesus we pray that You will be lifted up in the youth ministries of today and that the saving gospel of grace will be shared with the young people that attend. We ask that such Church and Christian fellowships will be places of fun and fellowship – but also that Your name will be lifted up and honoured.
Lord You have said that if You are lifted up You will draw all people unto Yourself – we pray that many will be drawn to You through the different youth fellowships and that many will come to know Jesus as their Saviour and come to a true knowledge of the truth of Scripture. Lord Jesus there are many young people that are hurting and lost and afraid and discouraged and we pray that Your Holy Spirit would guide many to explore the their local Christian youth group and that they would find all that they need in Jesus Christ.
Bless the leaders of Christian youth groups and give them the wisdom to lead by example and the have a heart for those that are in their care, so that Your name is lifted up and glorified in their lives, in Jesus name we pray,
Amen
For this prayer and others like it, please click here
The First of Many: Circle Of Life
This is the first (and only) Circle of Life blog. We will keep you updated on events, meetings, and give you some insight on what our youths will be doing. The high schoolers (9th grade-12th grade) meet every second and fourth Sunday from 7pm-9pm at St. Rita. The middle schoolers (6th grade-8th grade) will meet every Wednesday from 3pm-5pm at St. Athanasius. For more events coming up go to http://www.johnsohl.com/circleoflife
The Circle of Life 