Toe Jam

Tony Melendez and

St. Martin's Youth Group

Go Tony! Go Tony! Go Tony!

January 20th, 2008

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I love it when you say we're Pro-Li ife!

What a weekend for St. Martin's youth!!!

On Saturday, we gathered prayerfully in front of a local abortion clinic to pray for an end to abortion; the conversion of abortion doctors; and for help for mothers facing unplanned pregnancies. On Monday night, we heard a talk from the national chastity speaker Angie King. We also hosted two concerts and featured performances by Tony Melendez, the Lee Roessler Band, and our very own Saving7Seven! Tuesday, we concluded our activities by joining thousands of pro-life Americans in Washington, DC for the March for Life. This was a fantastic weekend jam packed with exciting music, inspiring witness talks, and powerful moments of prayer.

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Pro-Life weekend....

Pro-life weekend is coming!!!!!!!!!
OR IS IT HERE???????
Depends on when you’re reading this…

But, pro-life weekend is a great opportunity
To show you’re family, friends, and your country why
You are pro-life.

Here’s YOUR schedule….
Friday, January, 18th : youth group 7-9:30PM Fr. Meyer House

Saturday January 19th : 9:00 Mass at St. Martins
Followed by rosary at abortion clinic
Lunch at burger king!!!

Sunday, January, 20th : 7:00 p.m. Tony Melendez concert
St. Martins school gym

Monday, January, 21st : 11:00 a.m. meet if you want
to help out (its needed!)

4:00 Youth Mass (Church)
5:30-6:45 Dinner (Church Hall)
7:00 Main Event (School Gym)

Lee Roessler Band and Guest Speaker Angie King

Main Event Cost: $6.00
Dinner Cost: $6.00
Tickets are available for purchases after all Sunday Masses and main event tickets can be purchased at the door.

Tuesday, January, 22nd : March For Life in Washington, DC

-Buses will pick up St. Martin’s parishioners at the Fr. Meyer House at 6:15 am. You can sign up for a seat on a bus at the entrances of the church before or after Sunday Masses. All youth must have a signed permission slip from their parents.

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For All Who Thirst

"It is Jesus that you seek when you dream of happiness; he is waiting for you when nothing else you find satisfies you; he is the beauty to which you are so attracted; it is he who provokes you with that thirst for fullness that will not let you settle for compromise; it is he who urges you to shed the masks of a false life; it is he who reads in your hearts your most genuine choices, the choices that others try to stifle. It is Jesus who stirs in you the desire to do something great with your lives, the will to follow an ideal, the refusal to allow yourselves to be grounded down by mediocrity, the courage to commit yourselves humbly and patiently to improving yourselves and society, making the world more human and more fraternal."

-JP II -World Youth Day, Rome 2000

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Christmas Party

Friday, December 28 2007
You guys are awesome. Because of YOU a great time was had by all. I'm sure someone out there has pictures. Eddie I. makes a spectacular reindeer. Twentyeight secret Santa gifts were exchanged. Some of the more memorable gifts were Starbucks gift cards, chocolate & of course a 'CAT'.

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Teens for Life

We Are Catholic.

We Are Pro-Life.

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Luminaries, part II

OK, so this post is a LITTLE late, but better late than never. On Christmas Eve, we finally put out the luminary display, after months of anticipation. About 150 of the luminaries were sponsored by parishioner-donors, and the others were purchased by parents and friends of the youth group. The proceeds were designated to support our World Youth Day 2008 pilgrims.

We set the display up starting around 5 p.m., so that people going into the first vigil Mass wouldn't have to deal with all the clutter. Man, did we have to work! The idea was to get the display set up and lit up by about 5:45 p.m. so that Massgoers leaving would be able to see and enjoy it. We left it up through the end of the following Mass and the beginning of the Pastorela, the Spanish-language nativity pageant. Then down it came in a record 10 minutes! Many hands make light work! With approximately 300 luminaries, it was a really beautiful display of Christian hope in the Father's great love for us!

Thanks to all who helped!

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Join the Rosary Army

Your rosary is like a little chapel or church that you can carry around with you wherever you go. When things get hard, when you are very grateful, or when you're just bored, you can whoop it out and let 'er rip. Or you can just stick your hand in your pocket and pray it under cover. Go to the Rosary Army website for lots of great resources.

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Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico

Are you familiar with the story of San Juan Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe?

(To read the original story, click here,......go ahead! Take a few seconds to read it!)

If not, here's the "reader's digest" version......long ago, Our Lady appeared several times to San Juan Diego on a little hill in Mexico with a request. She longed for a chapel to be built there. She wanted a holy place where people from all over could come to find rest and to worship her Son. She sent Juan Diego to the local bishop to ask him to build it. Juan made several visits to the bishop and each time, he turned him away. Finally, he told Juan Diego not to come back unless he brought some kind of sign from the Virgin. The bishop wanted proof that Juan was really being visited by our Heavenly Queen.

Juan Diego asked Mary for a sign to take to the bishop and she told him to pick some roses that were growing there. (These roses typically did not grow in Mexico in that time of year.) Then, she gracefully and with much care arranged them in his tilma (his shirt or cloak). Holding them carefully, Juan Diego returned to the bishop and opened his tilma, spilling the roses to the floor. Much to his surprise, on his shirt where Mary had arranged the roses so lovingly, was the image of the beautiful Virgin herself!

This image still exists and is displayed at a grand basilica in Mexico City where people from all over the world come to worship God and to honor His mother.

Take a moment to reflect on these words of Mama Mary, spoken so long ago to San Juan Diego. They still resound from Tepeyac Hill.....as if she is speaking to each of us, her youngest and dearest children:

"LISTEN. PUT IT INTO YOUR HEART, MY YOUNGEST AND DEAREST SON, THAT THE THING THAT FRIGHTENED YOU, THE THING THAT AFFLICTED YOU IS NOTHING: DO NOT LET IT DISTURB YOU: DO NOT FEAR THIS SICKNESS NOR ANY OTHER SICKNESS, NOR ANY SHARP AND HURTFUL THING. AM I NOT HERE, I, WHO AM YOUR MOTHER? ARE YOU NOT UNDER MY SHADOW AND PROTECTION? AM I NOT THE SOURCE OF YOUR JOY? ARE YOU NOT IN THE HOLLOW OF MY MANTLE, IN THE CROSSING OF MY ARMS? DO YOU NEED SOMETHING MORE? "

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Pilgrimage

We're Back

We have returned safely from Mexico. We had some pretty amazing experiences! Please know that we prayed for all of you and your intentions at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe and in each church; at every Mass; and while we traveled. May God bless each of you for your prayers and support for our trip as well!

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