Celebrating Our Youth

We are blessed to have so many young people engaged and active here at St. Clare. You see some serving in liturgical ministries at Mass and others serve in leadership roles, both in the parish and our diocese. Some of our incoming 8th grade students have been volunteering at our school during the summer months as well.

This coming Friday we will bless and send off 28 high school students attending the Catholic “Steubenville Youth Conference” in Springfield, Missouri. This is a huge Catholic rally/retreat for youth. I love the opening line on their website: “To bring high schoolers into a life-changing encounter with Jesus Christ.”

Visit steubystl.com or watch the conference livestream at steubystl365.com/live-stream

Thanks to all our adults who go out of their way when they see our teens at Mass to show your support and encouragement, especially when they are holding the door open for you, Altar Serving, or have done a great job as a Reader or Cantor at Mass.

Young people: Check out the fifth page in the bulletin each week or the Instagram page @saintclareyouthgroup to see what activities are planned and the schedule for our popular, fun youth group meetings on Sunday nights. Some of those are out here at church and some are at our “Youth Room” in our school in downtown O’Fallon. In addition, our girls’ Bible study group has enriching discussions weekly; for more details, see their Instagram @beloved_girls_group.

Thank you, young people, for inspiring us with your faith and involvement!
Fr. Jim Deiters