Check out all the great opportunities for High School youth at St. John's!

Contact Peter Bierer for more info!

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Peer Ministry - Youth leadership and ministry team, 9th-12th graders

FX - Faith eXperience for 9th and 10th graders

CLC - Christian Life Community for 11th and 12th graders

J-Walking - Social Justice and Service Community for 11th adn 12th graders

Liturgical Arts - Musicians, Readers, Artists, Dancers, Technology Crew, and more!

Liturgical Planning - Coordinator and planners for youth liturgies and prayer services

Links - Great websites for The Church, Catholic Life, Music, Social Justice, Retreats and Conferences and more!

Peer Ministry

Youth to Youth Ministry and Leadership
This group is just what it says, youth who minister to other youth! The primary work this group will perform is a choice of once a month Wednesday night gathering for 7th and 8th grade youth as well as planning for 9th & 10th confirmation class, larger events and parties for high school and middle school youth. Other aspects of PM include Children’s Liturgy at Sunday Mass (10am), and Babysitting Ministry. Training for this group includes a retreat/training day in July/August with SS Peter & Paul’s Parish Peer Ministers.

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FX

Faith experience

for youth in grades 9 and 10

XF is a supplement to Generations of Faith and the St. John’s Confirmation Program as an opportunity for 1st and 2nd year high school youth to experience the Catholic faith within and outside of the parish community. There are four experiences throughout the year for youth to participate, including:

October 6th LifeLine at the N.E.T. Center in St. Paul
December TBA The Black Nativity at the Penumbra Theater in Minneapolis

January 5 Lifeline at the NET Center in St. Paul

Spring TBA Trip to the new Stations of the Cross Garden in Winona

Watch this site for updates!

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CLC

Small Group Faith Community
for High School Junior and Seniors
The Christian Life Community (CLC) is for older teens looking to grow deeper in a relationship with God and who want to make lifelong friendship. CLC has been going strong for the past year at SS Peter and Paul’s and now we’re expanding it to include St. John’s Youth! CLC meets weekly as a small, faith community based on Jesuit Spirituality. This group will also be in charge of running the confirmation retreats for St. John’s and SS Peter and Paul’s youth. There will be a kickoff BBQ late this summer, and meetings will begin in September.

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J-Walking

Justice Learning and Living
for High School Juniors and Seniors
Short for Justice Walking, J-Walking implies “going against the flow.” This new program allows
older teens to learn, experience, and live as people of justice according to the Gospel and
Catholic Social Justice teaching. Members of J-Walking groups (7-12 people) will meet 12
times during the year to dialogue, reflect and experiment in Gospel Living using Catholic
Social Teaching and scripture as a guide. Six of the sessions will be held at a local social
service agency where members will get to know the agency and those who run it. Excited? We
are! J-Walking begins in September.

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Liturgical Arts

This group is for high school youth talented in the areas of the Arts and Technology. If you are a
singer, musician, dancer, artist, actor, reader, writer, videographer,
photographer, builder, computer whiz, designer (fashion, stage, interior, etc.), this group is for
you! The main work of this group will be to help at youth led prayer times, at Mass, and
whenever a group of artistically talented young people is in need! This group also includes
Lectors for Mass and members of TrueBlue. A training workshop for next fall will be
announced.

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Liturgical Planning

The Liturgical Planners help to design and plan youth liturgies, prayer services, and
work with the parish Worship Committee. This is a great leadership opportunity for high school
youth. Youth will be able to use administrative and planning skills to enliven the faith
experiences of their peers. Training for this group will be in the fall.

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Links

The Church, Catholic Life, Music, Social Justice/Service, Retreats & Conferences

THE CHURCH

The Vatican Homepage

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops - Daily Readings, Documents, Videos and More

Archdiocese of Minnepolis/ St. Paul

Diocese of Winona Homepage

MSU, Mankato Newman Center

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CATHOLIC LIFE

Disciples Now Ministries - Website for Catholic Teens