St. Perpetua’s High School Youth Ministry provides a place for teens to learn, share, and build a faith community. Just as we need to gather regularly as a family at home to listen to one another and celebrate who we are, so must we come together as a parish family to listen to God's Word and break bread in memory of Jesus.  With this regular experience we begin to appreciate the Sunday Eucharist as the source and summit of our faith life and to discover ways to live a Eucharistic spirituality in our daily lives.

With the COVID protocols in place for this year, teens gather in three different ways: (1) 5:00pm Saturday evenings via Zoom; (2) the 9:30 in person Liturgy at the Church; or (3) The 11:30am Zoom Liturgy of the Word. 
1.    Sunday, September 12
2.    Sunday, October 3
3.    Sunday, October 17
4.    Sunday, November 7
5.    Sunday, November 14
6.    Sunday, December 5
7.    Sunday, December 19

Confirmation Candidates attend the 9:30 am mass starting on January 9.
8.    Sunday, January 9
9.    Sunday, January 30
10.    Sunday, February 6 (9:30 am mass with sponsors)
11.    Sunday, February 27
12.    Wednesday, March 2 - Ash Wednesday [in school, or at parish]
13.    Sunday, March 6
14.    Saturday, March 19 5:30 at the retreat
15.    Sunday, April 3
16.    Thursday, April 14 - Holy Thursday Liturgy
17.    Sunday, April 17 [Easter Sunday; Church of your choice]
18.    Sunday, April 24
19.    Sunday, May 1

Schedule: Reconciliation between Lent and Confirmation


Once we start to have Teen / Youth Masses:
 St. Perpetua offers a Youth Mass approximately twice a month during the school year (sometimes on consecutive weekends to account for holidays) for the teens of our parish, and their families.  The Youth Mass offers teens a special opportunity to celebrate together in a small, intimate, youth-oriented Liturgy where parish teens have the opportunity to participate in various ministry roles of the mass.  The music, more contemporary, and the liturgy a little more inviting and easy to follow, help lead to a deeper participation in the mass by teens.  The Youth Mass also provides an opportunity for teens to reacquaint themselves with old friends and to meet with other teens in the parish.

Once we return to attending mass as a teen group - Here are the details on the roles at mass teens have:

• Cross Bearer – Carry the cross in the procession and recession.

• Lector - Share the good news and proclaim the Word of God - the first reading, the second reading, and the petitions.

• Usher – Collect weekly mass offerings.

• Power Point Slide Master – Help with switching slides at mass

• Gift Bearers - Bring forth the gifts for the celebration of the Eucharist.  We need three gift bearers to participate where the collection basket, the bread, and the wine are brought forward.

• Eucharistic Minister - If you are a confirmed teen you may serve as an extraordinary minister of the Eucharist.

• Music Ministry - Share your gift of music and help us lead the congregation in praising the Lord through song.  Join this upbeat, contemporary group and help provide the wonderful music that makes our Youth Mass so unique.  We can use your voice and your musical talent whether it is piano, acoustic and electric guitars, bass guitar, drums, percussion, and voices. 

• Bulletins – Hand out bulletins at the conclusion of mass.

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