Hi! My name is Trinity Semler. Within the past year, I have moved back to the area. My family used to be parishioners years ago, and I attended Seton for elementary school before moving out of state. I am a hairstylist at The Hair District
here in Richmond, and I am also Seton Schools' Marketing and Development Coordinator. While in high school, I attended youth group regularly and went on several retreats. Youth group was always something I looked forward to, and it helped build my faith during my high school years. Especially in today’s world, it can be hard to stand firm in the faith, and I want youth group to be a place where the youth can feel comfortable and share their faith with fellow believers. I am looking forward to sharing my love for Christ and creating a fun and safe space for the high-schoolers. I
invite ALL the high-schoolers in the parish to come and join! If you have any friends or family who would be interested, invite them! The more youth, the better!
YOUTH MINISTRY INFORMATION FORM
September 2023 click here
January 8: 1st Confirmation Mtg.
Parent attendance is required for the first meeting
February 12: 2nd Confirmation Mtg.
March 12: 3rd Confirmation Mtg.
April 16: 4th Confirmation Mtg.
May 7: 5th Confirmation Mtg.
June 18-24: CHWC Mission Trip:
July: Steubenville
Totus Tuus: July 24-28
August 11-12: Confirmation Retreat
(required)
Birth-Right Walk & Chain (TBD)
September 10th: 6th Confirmation
October 8: 7th Confirmation Mtg.
October 29: 8th Confirmation Mtg.
*Mtgs. are REQUIRED unless ill or
family emergencies.
*One summer event is required
*Location is subject to change
2023 Schedule Information
Registration Form
Confirmation Mass:
November 5, 2023, at
St. Gabriel Connersville
(Subject to change)
The itinerary could
change at any time. Your
child will need to attend via
the schedule. This is so important
in terms of providing
the proper preparation for
this beautiful sacrament.
Your child will need to pick a sponsor, someone whom they look
up to in terms of their Catholic
faith, and someone that is active in their Catholic Faith. The sooner, the better, as this person is an advocate
and a sponsor to your child through this journey. Please email the registration form to me before the first class or bring them to the
first class in January.
Confirmation Information Packet
Mission:
Committing ourselves to our Parish Missions statement, Seton Parish Strives to ignite in our youth a fiery love, deep and lasting, for Jesus Christ, a love that overcomes modernism and secular society. To walk with teens as Christ did the Apostles, modeling, teaching and guiding how to discern Christ's mission for individuals and how to carry out that mission through evangelization, accompaniment and prayer. Helping teens to understand to “Be who you are called to be and you will set the world ablaze!" (Catherine of Siena)
Motto:
Racing for Christ… Raising saints! Vision: A healthy, well attended YM program in which teenagers are in love with Christ, courageous among secular society, and willing to go out of comfort zones in order to better serve Jesus Christ. The majority of Catholic teenagers, from our parish community, who know the roots, richness, and truth of the Catholic faith and are willing to live it, defend it and love it.
Aim:
Joining our hands with the parents, we plant the seeds and continue to grow and prune their children's faith in order to better prepare them to embrace the truths of the Catholic Church and hear and accept the gospel as teenagers and young adults.
Objectives:
• Inspire, teach, model Catholic Discipleship
• To teach students the importance of a daily prayer life and how to get into the discipline of exercising this practice.
• To dialogue about difficult topics and guide students toward truth and understanding while practicing patience, empathy and charity.
• To bring Christ to teens through worship, study and prayer
• To gain an understanding of the teachings of Jesus Christ through community and charity.
• To bring Christ to our community and to other communities through our teen involvement.
For more information contact Trinity Semler at tsemler@setoncatholics.org
Our Youth Mass is the last Sunday of each month at 5 PM at Holy Family campus.
Location: St. Meinrad Archabbey
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The Catholic bishops of the United States defined Catholic youth ministry in the 1997 document Renewing the Vision: A Framework for Catholic Youth Ministry (RTV). This document, printed in both English and Spanish, provides a structure for the ministry as well as a language, theology, and pastoral approach for responding to the personal and spiritual needs of today’s adolescents. The church must become the traveling companion of young people—and that is what we mean by youth ministry. If, indeed, “it takes an entire village to raise a child,” then it certainly takes an entire church to journey with young people as they grapple with the Good News and respond in discipleship.
The National Conference of Catholic Bishops, in their 1997 document, Renewing the Vision: A Framework for Catholic Youth Ministry, identified three goals and eight components which provide direction for this ministry.
The first goal of youth ministry is “to empower young people to live as disciples of Jesus Christ in our world today.” (RTV 9). Young people are “searching for a noble adventure”, a compelling and challenging vision of life, and a cause worth their commitment. They hunger to hear the Good News that finds response in discipleship. As their companions on this spiritual journey, some of the ways the Church fulfills this first goal of youth ministry is by …
The second goal is “to draw young people to responsible participation in the life, mission, and work of the Catholic faith community.” (RTV 11). Young people have a hunger for connection, to be in relationship, and to belong. Family, peers, school, youth serving organizations, and church are primary connections for young people. Some of the ways the church fulfills this second goal of youth ministry is by …
The third goal of youth ministry is “to foster the total personal and spiritual growth of each young person.” (RTV 15). Adolescence is an important time for mental, spiritual, social, and physical growth. Their experiences and relationships greatly influence their healthy and positive development. The Church strives to surround young people with the best possible external scaffolds—networks of caring relationships of family, school, peers, and other adults—while young people are developing their internal psychological and spiritual backbone—their values, life skills, commitments, and moral compass. The church fulfills this third goal of youth ministry by…