Lourdes has been building a tradition of cutting-edge youth
ministry since Fr. John Meredith came to Lourdes in 1995.
He quickly established a core team and began having weekly
youth Masses on Sunday nights. The Summer of 1997 saw
the first "Power Week" summer camp for 7th & 8th graders.
In 2000, Lourdes hired Danny May as full time Coordinator of
Youth Ministry and the program grew to include high school
and middle school youth meetings every Sunday night.
The Lourdes Youth Ministry Program strives to provide spiritual
growth opportunities for students through retreats, events, camps,
adoration, mission trips, and other activities. We strive to keep a
balance between parish, diocesan, and ecumenical events as well
as a balance between social events (fun), social justice (service),
and catechetical (learning). This balance is based on the components
of youth ministry as set in the USCCB document "Renewing the Vision."
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