Calendar

2/10     Freshman Retreat 1-- Secret Agent, 5-10pm @ the Hall. doors open at 4:30pm. dinner included. registration required. required one:eight session.

2/15     Large Group Q&A, 7:30-9pm @ the Hall    one:eight Apologetics

2/17     Freshman Retreat 2-- Secret Agent, 5-10pm @ the Hall. doors open at 4:30pm. dinner included. registration required. required one:eight session.

2/18     Tara Leigh Cobble live, 7:30pm @ Community Coffeehouse, Danbury  www.1heartonline.org    one:eight Prayer

2/20     Hike @ Devils Den, details TBA     one:eight Community Life, Prayer

2/21     Morning Glory, serve breakfast at the soup kitchen in Danbury, 6-9am @ Dorothy Day. signup with pgceponis@aol.com   one:eight Catholic Action

2/22      Ash Wednesday Mass, 7:30pm @ the Church   one:eight Prayer

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LT Hoodies for sale! We have a few extra random sizes and colors available from our latest order. $30. Stop in to pick yours up during Office Hours or Life Night!

Downloads 

Universal Permission Slip

Life Guide 2011-2012

Life Teen Prayer 

Father, TAKE the lives of our teens. We offer them to You with open hands.
Through the example of Jesus, teach them to surrender their lives fully to You.
BLESS them with the knowledge that they are Your beloved ones
and that they truly belong to a community of love and mercy.
BREAK open their hearts so that the seed of the Word
and the power of the Eucharist can be planted in fertile ground,
take root and transform their lives.
GIVE these teens to the world with the power of the Holy Spirit
to witness to the love of Jesus and serve Him in each person they meet.
Let this Life Teen ministry be bread for the world.
As Christ gave You thanks and fed many, may we give You thanks for this ministry
and ask You to "multiply" it and nurture its growth for Your glory.
Amen!

Links

St Mary Parish

Life Teen (International)

New American Bible

Catechism of the Catholic Church

Pope Benedict XVI

Diocese of Bridgeport

Hear the Call (vocations) 

Welcome!!

So you stumbled upon Life Teen @ St Mary. Maybe your parents kicked you through the door one night, or a friend has been bugging you about it, or maybe you're just curious what the buzz is about. Either way, God knew you were going to end up here right when you did. It was no mistake. So, welcome.

We want you to know right off the bat that you are LOVED-- just the way you are, in all your uniqueness and quirkiness. Loved like you've never been loved before by a God who is not quite like anyone you've met before.

You are also CALLED-- as a young Catholic not to stay exactly the way you are right now, but to do something great with your life. To grow and stretch and ultimately, to imitate Christ.

That’s the whole Jesus deal. He died so you could have abundant life. And that’s what Life Teen is really all about-- helping you find abundant life.

There are a lot of lies out there about what that kind of life looks like. You haven’t always been told the truth. It’s been twisted and hidden-- but we’re here to help you discover it. We’re here to be a place and a people amongst whom you can search out the truth and find it, and where you can be comfortable being yourself while you do. 

We‘re working on “building the civilization of love"-- a worldwide civilization in which all people are treated with dignity and respect, in imitation of the kingdom of heaven.

We are not perfect-- far from it. But we try. We aim at holiness. Our goal is clear.

Jesus Christ is how we know what LOVE looks like. He’s how we know what LIFE is.

We invite you to join us.

We invite you to love.

We invite you to life.

 "You are young, and the Pope is old... But the Pope still fully identifies with your hopes and aspirations.  Although I have lived through much darkness, under harsh totalitarian regimes, I have seen enough evidence to be unshakably convinced that no difficulty, no fear is so great that it can completely suffocate the hope that springs eternal in the hearts of the young.  You are our hope, the young are our hope. 

Do not let that hope die! Stake your lives on it! We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures; we are the sum of the Father's love for us and our real capacity to become the image of his Son."

     -Pope John Paul II, WYD 2002