Youth Ministry Overview

Our mission is three-fold; we seek to empower young people to live as disciples of Jesus Christ in the world today, to draw youth to responsible participation in the life, mission, and work of the Catholic Church, and to foster the total personal and spiritual growth of the young people in our faith community.

Saint Anne Youth Ministry is open to youth entering the ninth grade, or for those in high school who have not had youth ministry experience previously. Our purpose is to build a community of young people examining issues at the forefront of their minds & lives, to encourage growth socially, provide interaction through community service projects, and faithfully deepen the relationship with God.

The above calendar is a tentative schedule for the Spring Semester

Resources to be used:
Mass: Mass attendance is expected of everyone, either online or in person.
Mass is currently being offered on

• Saturdays at 4:00 PM (in-person only)
• Sundays at 12:00 PM (live stream and in-person, with Distribution of Holy Communion following mass until 1:30 PM for those who participate online)
• Sundays at 4:00 PM (in-person only)

Zoom: Youth Ministry will use Zoom to gather usually twice a month on Mondays at 6:30 PM. We will ask students to be present for the gatherings, usually75 minutes in length.

VCAT: the Video Catechism series (VCAT) are meetings to bring the Catechism of the Catholic Church to our young people in a relevant, compelling and entertaining way.
Four volumes will be introduced during Year 1 of Youth Ministry: CREED, SACRAMENTS, MORALITY and PRAYER.

The Chosen: The Chosen is the first-ever multi-season TV show about the life of Jesus. Created outside of the Hollywood system, The Chosen allows us to see Jesus through the eyes of those who knew him. This year, we are introducing a family component to our Youth Ministry meetings, and asking each family to watch the assigned episode of The Chosen together. Reflection questions will be sent home.
To watch all eight episodes of season one for free, download The Chosen app on Apple or Android mobile devices.
If you end up loving the show and want to “pay it forward” to help fund season two, you can either make a donation in the app and/or purchase the season one DVD set for yourself or friends/family. Please go to: https://studios.vidangel.com/the-chosen

After December 2020, we will revisit how and when we will be able to meet. Our hope is that after the first of the year there may be chances for onsite gatherings. Rather than put out a schedule for the entire year, we will review and make those decisions in the months to come.

As far as the Youth Ministry retreats, we will delay those until the Spring months in the hopes to be able to offer either onsite or offsite retreats.