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Ridgewood NJ, Parents and all adults who work with youth have an opportunity to talk with and walk with young people to connect faith and life. Youth today are making big decisions about their lives, who to be with, where they are going, and how they will prepare for their future.
Young people in our parishes need someone to accompany them; they need faith companions. Parents of adolescents deserve support and tools for making the faith connection
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As Jesus walked with the disciples on the road to Emmaus, we can accompany youth, listen to their questions, witness to faith, lead them to encounter Jesus, and empower them for mission. Join us for this workshop to share the skills we can use to help our young people build on their faith as they journey through life.
- Sunday, October 13, 2019 at 2 PM – 4 PM
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Ridgewood, N.J.1 Passaic St, Ridgewood, New Jersey 07450
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Parents of Teenagers
Grandparents of Teenagers
Confirmation Sponsors
Confirmation Small Group Leaders & Retreat Coordinators
Sports Coaches
Youth Ministry Staff & Volunteers
Parish Leaders who have youth involved in their area of ministry
General Parishioners who work with teenagers professionally or through volunteer services
WHEN:
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13TH 2-4PM
WHERE:
PARISH CENTER (Lower level of the church)
IF POSSIBLE Please RSVP if attending to help us with resources to have on hand.
RSVP TO: gmccall@olmcridgewood.com
Presenter is Tom East
Tom is the Director of the Center for Ministry Development, Project Coordinator for Youth Ministry Services, and Coordinator of the Certificate Program in Youth Ministry Studies. Tom holds a Master of Arts degree in Religious Studies from Mount St. Mary’s College in Los Angeles. Previously, Tom was the Director of Youth Ministry and the Associate Director of Religious Education for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Tom is a popular workshop presenter at conferences throughout the United States and is author for numerous books and resources.
“Accompany.” That kind of language is modernist poison.
How about “Rescue”?
How many of these “youth”, or their parents for that matter, know that it is a mortal sin if, without a serious reason or advance permission from the local pastor, one fails to assist at mass on any given Sunday or on any Holy Day of Obligation in the Archdiocese of Newark (1/1, Ascension Thursday, 8/15, 11/1, 12/8, and Feast of the Nativity)? Meaning that one must confess that sin to a priest and receive absolution both BEFORE next approaching the altar to receive the Holy Eucharist to avoid committing the even more serious sin of sacrilege?
The answer, of course, is “next to none” because for some strange reason this cold hard fact is never drilled home during homilies, nor is it even mentioned during catechetical instruction such as CCD for young children or Confirmation Preparation for high schoolers. Why such secrecy?
Not to worry, the current “Pope” is destroying the church from the inside.