April Youth Ministry Updates
Diocese of Ogdensburg
Camp Guggenheim
Youth Minister Courses
Register by emailing Ginnie at vdemers@rcdony.org.
Catholic Heart Work Camp
Youth Rally
This Saturday, April 28, is the Youth Rally in Canton! Please keep all the participants and presenters in your prayers!!
Thanks for Participating in Guggenheim Gear Day!!
Diocesan Youth Council 2018-2019
Please encourage any teens you know who you think would be a good fit to apply for DYC, and keep all of the applicants in your prayers!
https://www.rcdony.org/youth-ministry/diocesan-youth-council/application-form.html
Upcoming Online Conference
Diocesan LEAD Event
Register with Shayne at slippincott@rcdony.org or by calling 315-782-3620.
Save the Date - - 2018 Fall Events!!
As you're putting together calendars for the 2018-2019 academic year, be sure to include these opportunities for youth! Details will be available at a later date.
September 21: Middle School Vocations Retreat. Open to students in grades 6-8. A free day-long event for middle schoolers held at Camp Guggenheim!!
November 17: NET Ministries Confirmation Retreat for Eastern Region (Held in Plattsburgh). Contact Pam at pballantine@rcdony.org for details.
November 18: NET Ministries Confirmation Retreat for WesternRegion (Held in Norfolk). Contact Cathy at crussell@rcdony.org for details.
Prayer for the Easter Season
Our most glorious Creator,
As we greet the signs in nature around us:
Of Spring once again regaling us in bloom,
In the songs of returning birds and fields soon to be planted,
We give you praise for an even greater sign of new life: the resurrection of your Son,
Our Lord Jesus Christ, that we especially celebrate at this time.
The sadness and despair of his death has given way to the bright promise of immortality.
For the Resurrection is our guarantee that justice will triumph over treason, Light will overcome darkness, and love will conquer death.
As we celebrate, we also dare to ask for your grace that we may live the promise given to us,
By imitating the life of Jesus in reaching out to the poor, the marginalized, the least among us,
As we strive to be neighbor to all those we meet,
We ask your special blessings each and every day on our President.
Working with him may we strive to make this great country of ours a beacon of hope and justice in a world hungry for peace and so in need of your love.
We praise you in this Easter season. Change our lives, change our hearts to be messengers of Easter joy and hope.
We make our prayer through Jesus Christ, our risen Lord forever.
Amen.
- Fr. Larry Snyder, president of Catholic Charities USA, offered at the fourth annual White House Easter Prayer Breakfast on April 8, 2013