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Youth Ministry “Noodle Night” – Sunday, March 26 at 6:00pm at St. Paul Parish Hall
World Youth Day Lisbon 2023 – Sponsor a Pilgrim!
Since its first edition in Rome in 1986, World Youth Day (WYD) has proven to be a laboratory of faith and an instrument for the evangelization and transformation of the Church. It aims to provide all participants with a universal Church experience, fostering a personal encounter with Jesus Christ. Our Collaborative has a long history of sending young pilgrims to WYD. Many of our young people who have attended in the past have described it as a life-changing event in their journey of faith.
This summer, our Collaborative is sending 14 pilgrims – 10 young people and 4 chaperones – to WYD Lisbon 2023. As you can imagine, the expense of participating in this week-long pilgrimage is significant – the total cost is projected to be $4,000 per person – so we are asking for your help to make this possible…
Thank you for Supporting our World Youth Day Raffle!
A huge thank you to everyone who participated in our World Youth Day Raffle! We so appreciate your support, and look forward to sharing more about this exciting and life-changing event with you this spring!
Congratulations to our World Youth Day Raffle Winners!
1st Prize: $5,000 – Hugh Kelly
2nd Prize: $2,000 – Joanmarie Lee
3rd Prize: $1,000 – Tamatha Bibbo
Time is Running Out – WYD Raffle Drawing Sunday, October 23!
Time is running out to get your World Youth Day raffle tickets – the drawing will take place this Sunday, October 23rd after the Sunday 5pm Youth Mass! (Online ticket sales will end at 3pm on Sunday – tickets will still be available in-person at Mass!)
As you can imagine, the expense of participating in a week-long pilgrimage to Lisbon is significant – we need to ensure that cost will not prevent any of our young people from experiencing this event. Participating in this raffle is a great way to show your support for our young high-school-age pilgrims!
To purchase tickets…
Support Our Young Pilgrims Going to World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon!
Please support our young pilgrims by participating in our World Youth Day Closed End Raffle – all proceeds will be used to help defray travel and other expenses associated with attending this week-long event. Only 500 tickets will be sold so be sure to get yours early! Tickets are $100 each and you could win one of these prizes:
1st Prize: $5,000 2nd Prize: $2,000 3rd Prize: $1,000
Our young pilgrims and their chaperones will be on hand at Masses to sell tickets – look for the purple shirts! Tickets can be purchased in-person by cash or check, by scanning the QR with your smartphone. You can also purchase tickets online right now by clicking…
From Youth Ministry: Welcome Back to the Sunday 5pm Youth Mass!
Attention All High School Students!
Welcome Back to the Sunday 5pm Youth Mass and Our Youth Ministry Program!
Please join us this Sunday, September 11 for our Welcome Back Event – Build Your Own Sundae -outside after the Sunday 5pm Youth Mass at St. Paul.
Our Youth Ministry Team – Luke, Jimmy, Katie, Christian, Eve, and Christina – will be on hand to answer questions about Youth Ministry and discuss upcoming events and happenings. For more information on our Youth Ministry Program and Team please visit the website sjspwellesley.org/youthministry – you can contact us at youthministry@sjspwellesley.org
Important Religious Education and Youth Ministry News!
Program information for our 2022-2023 program, including the schedule of classes and full calendar, has been sent to all registered families this past week. If you did not receive the email please check your spam folder – if you don’t find it please email Linda at Linda.Messore@sjspwellesley.org to resolve any communication issues.
Please Note: We are still looking for teachers for Wednesday afternoon – there are only 10 classes which meet from 3:30-4:30pm. Please consider sharing your faith with the young people in our program, it is a very rewarding experience. Please email Linda at Linda.Messore@sjspwellesley.org if you can offer your time and talents for this very special ministry.
We are excited to announce the addition of two new staff members to the Religious Ed and Youth Ministry team: Eve Schwartz and Dominique Bailey…
Coming Soon- Raffle to Support Our Young Pilgrims Going to World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon!
We are excited to announce that the St. John-St. Paul Collaborative will be sending a group of teens to World Youth Day Lisbon 2023!
The week-long event, taking place August 1-6, 2023, culminates in a special Mass with the Holy Father. Our young pilgrims will be departing in less than a year!
They will begin fundraising for the trip this September with a Closed End Raffle. Tickets will be available from our pilgrims after Masses as well as online – only 500 tickets will be sold so be sure to get yours early! Tickets are $100 each and you could win…
Registration for “World Youth Day Lisbon 2023” is Now Open!
The St. John-St. Paul Collaborative is sending a group of young pilgrims to World Youth Day Lisbon 2023 next summer!
For more information and to sign up, please visit the World Youth Day page on the Religious Education website.
World Youth Day (WYD) is a worldwide encounter with the Pope which is typically celebrated every few years in a different country. St. Paul and St. John parishes have a rich history attending WYD. We have missed only the WYD in Panama in 2019 – otherwise we have sent a decent sized group to every WYD stretching back to Rome in 2000! That’s 21 years of participation in this incredible life changing event! It has proven to be one of the best things we do for the youth of our community, and it energizes the parish as a whole…
Sunday, February 6: First Sunday of the Month-9am Family Mass and 5pm Youth Mass are at St. John’s!
Just a reminder that this Sunday, February 6 is the first Sunday of the month, and that means that the 9:00am Family Mass and the 5:00pm Youth Mass will be celebrated at St. John Church.
Yes, we were at St. John last Sunday too, but that’s because January had three Sundays and we’re at St. John on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sundays of the month.
And yes, it’s a little confusing, but luckily it doesn’t happen too often!