All Community service activities should involve one of the following Works of Mercy:

1) Feed the Hungry
2) Shelter the Homeless
3) Clothe the Naked
4) Visit the sick and imprisoned
5) Give alms to the poor

Attendance Policy:
For all grades except Confirmation candidates, no more than 2 absences are allowed per year 

For Confirmation candidates, no absences from the 10 in-class sessions are allowed. 

If the student cannot attend the class on his or her scheduled day, he or she may attend another teacher's class that same week. Please call both your teacher and the teacher whose class you will attend to let them know.

Youth Ministry:

Young people grades 6-12 are invited to give witness to Pope Francis's challenge:

"Following Jesus, demands a good dose of courage, a readiness to trade in the sofa for a pair of walking shoes and to set out on new and uncharted paths.

We must follow the path of the 'craziness' of our God who teaches us to encounter Him in the hungry, the thirsty, the naked, the sick, the friend in trouble, the prisoner, the refugee, the migrant and our neighbors who feel abandoned.  God wants to turn your hands, my hands, our hands into signs of reconciliation for communion of creation. He wants your hands to continue building the world  of today. And He wants to build that world with you! We are  not called to be  'couch potatoes' or 'bench warmers' but rather strong witnesses of faith!" (Prayer Vigil of World Youth Day, July 2016)  

Young people involved in Youth Ministry accept the Pope's challenge to avoid being a bench warmer but rather is a team player in our family, parish and community! Our  young people realize they are the church of Today! Not  tomorrow!  It is not sololy about hours needed for Confirmation it's about accepting our faith challenge to have the courage to Make a Difference where ever we are called! 

Our young people and their families have done just that: cooking and serving at soup kitchens, drives for the needy and homeless, trivia with retired religious sisters, Bingo with nursing home residents, greetings and gifts for the homebound, Ugly Sweater Party, Bowling, Dodgeball, Teen/Family masses, Celebrated the Rosary,  Prayers for Life , teen cantors, readers, acolytes and the list can go on!
 

If you are ready to roll up your sleeves and pull on your "walking shoes" come and join us and Make a Difference!  Check out our "Make a Difference"  binder in the Gathering Space or contact Mary Ann Hospodar, your Faith Formation Assistant/Youth Minister, today at mhospodar@stthomas-church.org  and start making a difference today!