Mailing Address: PMB 99 6140 Hwy. 6 Missouri City, TX 77459
Office Address: 6210 Sienna Parkway, Ste. 300 Missouri City
Parish Life Center: 9009 Sienna Ranch Rd Missouri City
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Rebecca Jankowskirebeccajstamericigh.comDirector of Youth Ministry
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Life Teen Blog
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Even when things feel heavy, we can rest assured that we are not abandoned. We are not too far gone. We have a peace deeper than this world
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Register for LifeTeen
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High School Youth Ministry
Sundays, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Register for the 2017-2018 LIFE TEEN Year Here
LIFE TEEN has created a systematic and engaging curriculum that follows the United States Conference of Catholic Bishop's (USCCB) framework for high school catechesis. This international Catholic movement serves the Church by providing resources and faith experiences that help lead teens closer to Christ. This is accomplished through a vibrant Eucharistic spirituality and by creating widespread opportunities for teens to grow in their faith.
The program - for youth in grades 9–12 - will provide opportunities for teens to learn about the Catholic faith, while spending time with other young people who strive to live an active Catholic life. Each week will consist of music, teachings based on the faith themes put forth by the Archdiocese, small group processing time, food, games, prayer and fellowship. We hope that all youth, from both public and private schools, will join us in growing their faith answering the call to be disciples of Jesus Christ. In this way, they will strengthen the "young" Church of St. Angela Merici.
Confirmation Sacramental Preparation:
St. Angela Merici Catholic Church has implemented a 2-year process to prepare candidates for the Sacrament of Confirmation. In accordance with Archdiocesan guidelines, candidates who request Confirmation at St. Angela Merici must have at least one year prior preparation in Life Teen, CCE or Catholic school and then complete a year of immediate preparation before receiving the sacrament. His Eminence, Daniel Cardinal Dinardo, has mandated the age of 16 as the minimum age for reception of the sacrament; thus, the Sacrament of Confirmation is offered at St. Angela Merici in the 10th grade school year.
In general, the model would be for your teen to begin Confirmation preparation in the 9th grade by attending our LIFE TEEN sessions. The immediate preparation classes would then be offered as part of LIFE TEEN in the 10th grade year, culminating with the candidates receiving the sacrament in the spring semester of their sophomore year. There are, of course, exceptions that we take into consideration on a case-by-case basis, such as those teens that are juniors or seniors and have not yet received the Sacrament of Confirmation. However, in every case and regardless of circumstances, full participation in the faith formation program (LIFE TEEN) is required.
If your family is new to the parish and you have a teen who meets the requirements and will request this sacrament, we will need you to verify your teen's attendance in a faith formation program or Catholic school for the previous year before signing them up for immediate preparation. If they were NOT in faith formation the previous year, they will need to be registered for faith formation here in the parish, attend LIFE TEEN for one year and then would enter immediate prep in their second year of faith formation.
If your teen would like to request this sacrament, please indicate on the registration form or contact the office. If you – or they – are unsure if they are ready to begin preparation for the sacrament, please call the Faith Formation Office to discuss options.
Note: Teens participating in sacramental prep for Confirmation will be asked to accomplish tasks outside of Life Teen and immediate prep classes, such as completing service hours and attending two (2) retreats during the preparation process (one each year).
For more information, please see this Confirmation Parent Letter
LIFE TEEN Core Team:
We have established a team of adults whose focus is to plan and implement the components of the LIFE nights, including (but not necessarily limited to) proclaiming teaching sessions, serving as small group leaders, and praying with and for the teens. We are always happy to accept as volunteers adults willing to serve Sunday evenings in any of the following capacities. We would like to have a mix of parents, young adults and senior adults; single and married who wish to teach and advise our teens.
TRAINING WILL BE PROVIDED IN ALL ASPECTS OF CORE TEAM RESPONSIBILITY:
Core TeamSAM Team Mentor Program
Music: Praise & Worship Team
Confirmation Core Team
Small Group Leaders
Food Coordinator
Food Helpers
Office/Welcome desk helper
Prayer support(Interested in serving on LIFE TEEN Core Team? please contact:
Rebecca Jankowski at rebeccaj@stamericigh.com or complete the form on the top left of this page.
SAM Team
Saint Angela Merici Teen Team
SAM Team is our youth leadership team, whose "service and ministry" is to help our adult team in the planning and implementation of our parish’s LIFE TEEN program, as well as service projects and social gatherings outside of our regular Sunday LIFE nights.
Our leadership team "ministry model" includes several components that will help make our youth ministry program at St. Angela Merici a big success by allowing the teen leaders to help make decisions that will impact the direction of the ministry - the model is listed below. Each SAM Team member will discern the ministry component that best fits the gifts he or she brings to the team and will meet on a regular basis with their adult mentors to plan LIFE nights, activities and events based on the criteria of the component they have chosen.
TRAINING WILL BE PROVIDED IN ALL ASPECTS OF SAM TEAM RESPONSIBILITY:Spiritual ministry
Social ministry
Praise & Worship ministry
Service ministry
Retreat ministryEligibility requirements: SAM Team members must be Confirmed and be Juniors and/or Seniors in high school. A discernment process to determine members is held each summer for the following school year.
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