Youth Ministry Lock-In

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Stay up all night with friends and neighbors at St. Bernadette on January 6-7!  The night begins in O’Brien Hall at 10:30 pm, with doors opening at 10:00.  The fun will conclude after the 8:30 am Mass, which all who participate in the Lock-In will attend.

Enjoy a midnight cookout, human Monopoly, games in the Quonset Hut, and much more–all for free!

Permission forms are available online and are due by December 31.  If you are a VIRTUS-trained adult and would like to help chaperone, please fill out the online form.

Due to Evergreen Park curfew laws, any individuals under 18 must be dropped off by a parent after 11:30 pm.  No one will be admitted after 12:00 am.  When arriving, please enter O’Brien Hall through the doors facing the parking lot.

Sign Up to Serve on May 1!

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Bernadette Youth, our parish’s junior high and high school youth organization, invites all St. Bernadette families and parishioners to participate in the parish-wide service projects they’ve planned for the summer.  St. Bernadette will be working with the following projects:

Those wishing to sign up for these projects can do so after the 11 am Mass on Sunday, May 1.  After that Mass, Bernadette Youth members will be on hand in the church vestibule to provide information about the different organizations the parish will be involved with.  Members of the Altar and Rosary Society will also be providing refreshments.

Junior High and High School Youth:  You are invited to serve as a Eucharstic Minister, Usher, or musician at the 11 AM Mass on May 1.  Want to help?  Contact Tom McNamara at 708.692.7078 or bernadetteYM@gmail.com.

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Harmony, Hope, and Healing Meeting: Feb. 28

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Representatives from St. Bernadette’s High School Youth Ministry will be meeting with Marge Nykaza of Harmony, Hope, and Healing on Monday, Feb. 28th at 8 pm.  Harmony, Hope, and Healing is a creative music program offering dignity and spiritual healing to homeless and underserved women, children and men in the Chicago area.  During the meeting, we will discuss ways that our parish youth can engage the wider parish community in Harmony, Hope, and Healing’s ministry.

Do you want to become involved with this project? Come to the meeting at 8 pm in the Adult Formation Center on Feb. 28th.  The Adult Formation Center is located in the primary building of St. Bernadette Catholic Academy, and you can enter through the doors nearest St. Bernadette’s convent (2851 W. 93rd St.).

Want to learn more about Harmony, Hope, and Healing? Click here to watch a video about their ministry.

Questions?  Contact the Teen Coordinators of this event (Nicole Brettman, Lauren Narcisse, and Annie Newark) or email Tom McNamara at bernadetteYM@gmail.com.

What’s New for YM…

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Volleyball is coming! St. Bernadette is participating in the SSYMA intramural volleyball league beginning in January.  Check out the “Volleyball” page for details.

Are you answering Christ’s call? This year’s YM Team has decided to immerse Bernadette’s Youth Ministry in service and social justice work.  Do you want to help Bernadette YM answer Christ’s call to ministry?  Find out how you can get more involved by visiting the “Service” page.

The YM Team Needs You!

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Why join the YM Team? “I am involved in Youth Ministry at Bernadette because I enjoy giving back to a community that has given me so much. I enjoy helping organize events and trying to bring people in our parish together. If you get involved you can help organize any activity you may be interested in or want to take place in our parish. Also, it looks great on college applications!” –Nicole Brettman, current YM Team member

The first YM Team meeting is this Sunday, Oct. 24th at 7:30 pm at St. Bernadette. For more information about the meeting or the YM team, click here: http://bernadetteym.wordpress.com/upcoming-events/

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We’re On Vacation!

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St. Bernadette Youth Ministry is taking the month of September off.  Check back in October for information about our kick-off of the 2010-11 YM calendar.

In the meantime, contact Tom McNamara at bernadetteYM@gmail.com if you’d like to be part of St. Bernadette’s YM Team.  Members of this team participate in peer ministry training, coordinate YM happenings, and help promote events.

Come to the YM Lock-In!

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WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING PERMISSION FORMS FOR THIS EVENT

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Permission forms are now due by 12 noon on Friday, August 13 to St. Bernadette’s Rectory (9343 S. Francisco in EP) or online.  GET YOUR PAPER PERMISSION FORM HERE or COMPLETE YOUR PERMISSION FORM ONLINE. Please submit yours as soon as possible to help the planning process of this event go smoothly.

Stay up all night with friends and neighbors at St. Bernadette on August 14-15!  The night begins at 11:30 pm, with doors opening at 11:15.  The fun will conclude after the 7 am Mass, which all who participate in the Lock-In will attend.

Enjoy pizza, an ice cream bar, a scavenger hunt with great prizes for the winning team, and much more–all for free!

Due to Evergreen Park curfew laws, any individuals under 18 must be dropped off by a parent after 11:30 pm.  No one will be admitted after 12:15 am.  When arriving, please enter O’Brien Hall through the doors facing the parking lot.

We have Deep River Water Park all to ourselves…

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The Archdiocese’s Office of Youth Ministry has reserved Deep River Water Park in Merrillville, IN for teens from the Chicago Archdiocese on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30th!  No one but Catholic teens from Chicago will be at the water park!

Want to enjoy this water park without the usual crowds?  Click here to get your permission form:  WaterParkPermissionForm

Please turn your permission form in to the Rectory by 8 pm on Thursday, June 10.

We also need chaperons!  Any VIRTUS-trained adults are welcome to chaperon.  We will be sharing a bus with a neighboring parish to get to the park.