We meet on Sundays beginning with 5 pm Mass. We eat dinner together beginning at around 6 pm. Youth group will start with opening prayer and welcome around 6:30. The youth night ends at 8 pm.

OUR GOALS FOR SLY MINISTRY:

• To accompany teens as they continue growing in knowledge and love of God and His Church
• To hold conversations that explore the truth and beauty of our faith, and allow these youth to make applications that form how they live
• To help these youth see God's presence in their lives and power in the sacraments
• That these youth would have active prayer lives
• That these youth would encounter the Lord, and live as His disciples, joyfully living in the Spirit, as sons and daughters of the Father

Looking for ways to participate more actively during Mass on Sunday? We are always looking for more of our young Church to serve lectors, ushers, altar servers, Eucharistic ministers. Don't let fear hold you back from living out your faith!
For more information on how to be trained and how to sign up to serve, contact us at youthministry@stlouiswaco.com. 

Spring Break Mission Trip - This year we will be going on mission! Our youth group will be joining other Ablaze Ministries parishes and partnering with Family Missions Company to go to Abbeville, Louisiana and serve over spring break! This will be an amazing mission experience for our high school youth. Many people who go on mission trips are deeply transformed. Don't miss out on an oppurtunity encounter our Lord in the hearts of the poor. The trip will be from Saturday, March 7th - Wednesday, March 11th and is open to all high school students.
Registration is now open! The early bird price is $250 and ends January 26th. Sign up soon!
If you have questions about the mission trip please contact Amanda McGowan, our high school youth minister, at youthministry@stlouiswaco.com.

Also, as always, we do not want money to keep you from participating. Please talk to us if the cost of the event would keep you from coming.
Early Registration Jan 12-Jan 26: Cost $250 - Normal Registration Jan 27-Feb 16: Cost $275 - Late Registration Feb 17-Feb 26: Cost $300

What is Confirmation? - Confirmation is the sacrament in which we receive the fullness of our baptismal graces and a new outpouring of the gifts of the Holy Spirit in our lives. This sacrament also brings us fully into God's family, the Church. These graces enable us to live out our Catholic faith as sons and daughters of the Father. Confirmation is a beautiful beginning to full communion with God and helps us journey toward heaven and witness to the faith with our lives. 

Who can be confirmed at St Louis? - For high school youth desiring to be Confirmed, students must be in 10th grade or older and have been in faith formation clases for 2 consecutive years leading up to their receiving the sacrament of Confirmation. To receive credit for the religious education year, a student must have attended 70% of the classes. This is because those receiving the sacrament should be well formed in what it means to be Catholic and live out their faith before they receive this sacrament. Also, before youth can be fully brought into the life of the Church, they must already be participating in the life of the Church. 

What does Confirmation preparation include? - At St Louis, retreats and classes specific to the sacrament take place in the months leading up to receiving Confirmation. This includes a Confirmation retreat, 4 hour and a half sessions, and a Day Retreat for youth and sponsors. These classes will be in additon to the faith formation students are already participating in. This is to more deeply and intentionally enter into formation just before receiving the sacrament. 

This plan for Confirmation is for students who have already been baptized and received their First Communion.
For more information about Confirmation for high school youth, email youthministry@stlouis.com or call the church office.