Summer Travel
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Go on a Pilgrimage!
Fr. Greg Friedman explains the idea of a Catholic Pilgrimage. |
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Vacation Bible School
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CLICK HERE if you want to build your own VBS.
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CLICK HERE for questions to consider in choosing a Vacation Bible School program.
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Summer Service ideas
Host a Fair Trade Products Sale!
You can host a Consignment Sale of Fair Trade Products in your own parish.
Click here to see how. |
Take a Mission Trip!
Center for Ministry Development and other organizations sponsor Mission trips for high school and middle school youth.
Middle School High School |
Start a Children's Garden!
Take a patch of land at your parish and start a community or children's garden.
Click here for start-up ideas. |
Do a CRS FoodFast Overnight Event!
Host an overnight retreat for youth to help raise awareness about global issues.
Get "how-to" information and retreat plans here. |
Collect Shoes for "Soles4Souls"!
Host a shoe collection for Soles4Soles through the Diocesan Missions Office.
Visit the Soles4Souls website. |
Clean up a neighborhood!
Get out your gloves and trash bags and clean up an area in need. Host a picnic for your youth afterward.
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Diocese of Youngstown
Propagation of the Faith and Missions Office
Summer Missions Opportunities for High Schools
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Summer 2019 Three-Day Missions Experiences
Each three-day experience will include groups of 25 high school youth with chaperones and Missions Office people to help with home repair and other projects. Room and board will be at the Villa Maria Education and Spirituality Center, from which participants will proceed to work sites every day. Participation costs are low. The emphasis is on the missions experience of evangelization, spirituality, service, and social interaction. CHOOSE FROM THESE DATES: Sunday, June 16, 3:00 PM - Wednesday, June 19, 2:00 PM Wednesday, June 19, 3:00 PM - Saturday, June 22, 2:00 PM Sunday, June 23, 3:00 PM - Wednesday, June 26, 2:00 PM Wednesday, June 26 3: PM - Saturday, June 29, 2:00 PM Sunday, July 7, 3:00 PM - Wednesday, July 10, 2:00 PM Information will be sent to parishes and schools by November 1, 2018. CLICK HERE for the Propagation of the Faith and Missions Office page on the Diocesan website. |
Summer Saints
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CLICK HERE for a free poster and booklet on St. Ignatius of Loyola from...you guessed it...Loyola Press!
St. Ignatius Feast Day: July 31 
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CLICK HERE for a Mary scripture quest activity from Sadlier.
Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary: August 15 
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Summer Games
For Summer Outdoor games...visit https://www.pinterest.com/jerriemiller/childrens-ministry-games/
Summer Ideas for Parishes
Summer Crafts
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