Saint Catherine Young Adult Ministry

Theology on Tap is THIS THURSDAY!

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:17:28 -0500

Good evening young adults!

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!

This Thursday, November 29th, is our November Theology on Tap!

The speaker for this month’s TOT is Seminarian Jeremy Santos. A son of Holy Spirit Parish in Fairfield, Jeremy is a local seminarian of the Solano Deanery. He spent this past summer studying and serving in Mexico where he made a pilgrimage to the Shrine and Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe which had a great impact on him. Jeremy is currently on his pastoral year at St. John’s Parish in Chico.

Jeremy will be talking about “Conquering Darkness: The Apparition of Mary at Guadalupe”

Location: Zio Fraedo’s Restaurant (23 Harbor Way, Vallejo)

Time: 7:00pm

For more info, check out the FB event!

https://www.facebook.com/events/485880374767871/

We hope to see you there!

Candle-Lit Mass THIS SATURDAY!

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:45:12 -0500

Good evening young adults! SCSYAM is hosting this month’s tri-parish young adult Mass! Mass will be this Saturday (11/17) at 9pm at St. Catherine of Siena Church. Our presider will Father Chuy! Hope to see you there!

General Meeting This Thursday 7/2!

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:26:46 -0400

Good evening young adults! Hope your summer is going well! It’s almost August and we have a general meeting! Join us this Thursday July 2nd and “chill” with us! Since August is our last meeting of Summer, what better way to spend it having a relaxed night to end the season and begin the start of school and/or Fall ( for those of us not in school anymore haha). There will be food, games, and a testimony! Fellowship begins at 6:30 and we will meet in the St. Cat’s quad. Hope to see you all there!

YAM General Meeting TOMORROW 7/5

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 19:31:00 -0400

This Thursday, July 5th, we will be having ourJuly General Meeting! Join us as we have a Summer “chill” day! In honor of July, we’ll talk about Religious Freedom and end with praise & worship! Fellowship begins at 6:30pm and we will be meeting in the St. Catherine quad. Please bring your jackets!

All are welcome! Hope to see you there!

And if you haven’t seen our video for July events, check it out! Click the link below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMt9cmqRQsM&feature=player_embedded

Check out our video!!! July events :)

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:17:28 -0400

Check out our video!!! July events :)

Orientation 2012 Registration Open

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 02:13:00 -0400

Registration for the Young Adult Retreat: Orientation 2012 is now open!

YAM Mass is back!

Wed, 16 May 2012 01:38:27 -0400

YAM Mass is back!

SCSYAM along with St. Basil’s Parish Young Adults and St. Vincent Ferrer Young Adult Ministry will now be hosting Candle-Lit Masses- each parish will host the Mass for a month. May is our month, so please join us THIS SATURDAY (5/19) at St. Catherine’s and celebrate with your fellow young adults.

We will begin at 9:00pm and just a reminder, this Mass counts for Sunday!

Hope to see you all there!

May General Meeting Tomorrow!

Wed, 02 May 2012 23:41:00 -0400

Just a reminder that our May general meeting is tomorrow 5/3. Our speaker for tomorrow night will be our friend, Ambergrace Castro, from Holy Spirit Parish!

Fellowship begins at 6:30pm in the 7th grade classroom. Hope to see you all there!

May Events

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:33:00 -0400

Good evening young adults!

It’s been a while! Hope you’re all doing well. May is coming up and YAM has a few events planned for the month:

May General Meeting 5/3 (Thursday)- May is the month of Mary! Join us for our monthly meeting as we celebrate and honor our Mama Mary with a special May crowning and speaker! Fellowship starts at 6:30 in the 7th Grade Classroom.

YAM Candle-Lit Mass 5/19 (Saturday)- Our candle-lit Mass is back! SCSYAM along with St. Basil’s Parish Young Adults and St. Vincent Ferrer Young Adult Ministry will now be hosting Candle-Lit Masses- each parish will host the Mass for the month. May is our month, so please join us on 5/19 at St. Catherine’s for our Mass. We will begin at 9:00pm.

That’s all for now. Have a blessed week!

YAM General Meeting Tomorrow, 4/12!

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:07:45 -0400

Good evening Young Adults! Happy Easter!

Sorry this is such late notice, but YAM will be having their monthly General Meeting, tomorrow 4/12 in the 7^th Grade classroom! Recently, we welcomed newly baptized and newly confirmed into our community. Join us as these newly Catholic and newly confirmed will share their thoughts and experiences! Fellowship will start at 6:30 and the meeting begins at 7pm.

Hope to see you all there!

Love,

YAM

YAM Updates - Rest of February

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:55:20 -0500

Hi young adults!

Thanks to all those who came out to our General Meeting last week! We have a few more events coming up for February:

-YAM Candlelit Vigil Mass- We are moving our YAM Mass to February 25th at 9pm.

-Theology on Tap- Join us on Thursday, February 23rd at 7pm. More info to come about this month’s speaker :).

Hope you see you at these upcoming events! Happy Early Valentine’s Day!

YAM General Meeting tomorrow!! 2/9/12

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:39:17 -0500

Don’t forget! Tomorrow is our YAM General Meeting on Love and Marriage with speakers Edward and Stacey Lorica! Meeting begins 7pm with fellowship beginning at 6:30pm at the St. Catherine of Siena 5th grade classroom. See you all there!

YAM General Meeting - Love and Marriage

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:16:00 -0500

This Thursday, February 9, will be our YAM General Meeting on Love since Valentine’s Day is fast approaching! Our speakers are Edward and Stacey Lorica - newlyweds and original parishioners of St. Catherine of Siena! They will be sharing their experiences of God within their relationship and we will discuss how to keep Christ at the center of all your relationships!

The meeting begins at 7:00pm, with fellowship beginning at 6:30pm.
Location: St. Catherine of Siena’s 5th grade classroom
3450 Tennessee Street, Vallejo, CA

Hope to see you there! REBLOG!!!

February 2012 YAM Events!

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:54:32 -0500

Hi everyone! Here’s a quick look at what’s coming up this month for SCS YAM.

Thursday, February 9 - YAM General Meeting - “Love and Marriage”
7:00-9:00pm; fellowship begins 6:30pm

Saturday, February 18 - YAM Candlelit Vigil Mass
9:00pm

Thursday, February 23 - Theology on Tap
7:00pm

Don’t forget to mark your calendars! Also, look out for a service opportunity this month! Hope to see you all soon! God bless!

Orientation Retreat 2011 for college age young adults More...

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:54:49 -0400

Orientation Retreat 2011 for college age young adults

More Info: stcatherineyam.com

The Mystery of Holy Saturday

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 16:50:34 -0400

The Mystery of Holy Saturday:

On May 2, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI visited the Shroud of Turin, the traditional cloths which Joseph of Arimathea used to wrap Jesus body before laying it in the tomb. During this visit, the Holy…

St. Pat's Young Adult Praise Night!

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 02:25:00 -0400

Passing along this info from a seminarian brother at St. Pat’s.

One week from today.

Check it out:

Here’s a pdf file to go along: [YA_Adoration.pdf]

12 Myths Every Catholic Should Be Able to Answer

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:24:40 -0400

12 Myths Every Catholic Should Be Able to Answer:

Freedom of speech is a great thing. Unfortunately, it comes at a price: When citizens are free to say what they want, they’ll sometimes use that freedom to say some pretty silly things.And that’s the case with the 12 claims we’re about to cover. Some of them are made over and over, others are rare (though worth addressing). Either way, while the proponents of these errors are free to promote them, we as Catholics have a duty to respond. Hopefully, this will help you do just that.

Short List: Short books for Lenten Spiritual Reading

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:59:00 -0500

Lent is nigh, brethren!

There are plenty of other great Lenten Spiritual reading lists out there. I thought I would take a different approach.

Spiritual reading is one of those potentially great things we could do for Lent that unfortunately falls to the wayside in the busy lives of Young Adults. Some of us just don’t have enough time to do spiritual reading. So, I am here to help y’all out. I have compiled a list of books that are 200 pages or less. 200 PAGES OR LESS! That’s less than 5 pages a day, and you don’t even have to read on Sundays.

Even if you are uber busy, you can handle that - that’s something like the equivalent of watching one youtube video a day.

You can sacrifice watching the cat dancing to Justin Bieber in order to grow a bit spiritually. I believe in you.

Plus, even though they are short, they are still great books.

Hit the jump for the list.

Priestblock 25487 by Jean Bernard (177 pages)
- 4 & 1/2 pages a day
- In May 1941, Fr. Jean Bernard was arrested for denouncing the Nazis and imprisoned in Dachau’s “Priest Block,” a barracks that housed more than 3,000 clergy (the vast majority Roman Catholic priests). Priestblock 25487 tells the gripping true story of one remarkable priest’s survival amid the inhuman brutality and torture of a Nazi concentration camp.

Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis(160 pages)
- 4 pages a day
- This book is for someone who wants to have their mindblown to the reality of sin and insight on the tactics the devil uses to draw us away from God.The story takes the form of a series of letters from a senior demon, Screwtape, to his nephew, a junior “tempter” named Wormwood, so as to advise him on methods of securing the damnation of a British man, known only as “the Patient”.

Blessed are the Bored in Spirit by Mark Hart (129 pages)
- 3 1/4 pages a day
- Too many young Catholics experience their faith as Mark Hart did. They rarely miss Mass even if they don’t understand it; they have a Bible even if they never read it; they go to confession even if they are not particularly repentant. Is that your experience of Catholicism? Is yours a religion of Thou Shalt Nots? If so, forget about a dreary life of mindless obedience and rules you don’t understand. It’s time to enter into the transforming light of your Creator who invites you to live from the still center of his undying love. The author’s humorous and hard-hitting reflections drive home the point that God isn’t calling the reader to be a good person—someone who merely obeys the rules—but a new person in Jesus Christ.

Adventures in Orthodoxy by Father Dwight Longenecker (192 pages)
- 5 pages a day
- In this book, Father Longenecker breaks down the Creed line by line. In a word, says Longenecker, the Creed catapults believers to the brink of mystery and invites them to dwell there, in silent wonder and contemplation. Here you’ll finally encounter the Creed as it really is: a striking affirmation that bears us not into theological dead ends, but unto a world that never ends; not into an obsolete medieval universe — closed, dark, and dying — but unto a bright and exciting world that moves in ever increasing spirals of glory, a world to which the only natural response is a grateful and hearty “Amen!”
Journey to Easter by Pope Benedict XVI (184 pages)
- 4 & 1/2 pages a day
- I had to include something from the Holy Father. Pope Benedict shares a Lenten blessing that evaluates the meaning of the season, the significance of the birth and death of Christ, and the meaning of Jesus in the lives of Christians everywhere, in a spiritual meditation that follows such themes as the mystery of Mary and the Pentecostal sending of the Spirit.

What Happens at Mass by Fr. Jeremy Drischoll, OSB (144 pages)
- 3 & 1/2 pages a day
- For anyone who is interested in deepening their understanding of the mass. Father Jeremy is a priest at my school. Do you want to know the meaning behind all the actions we do at mass? Read this book. Father Jeremy explains it all in an engaging and easy to read manner. Beautiful stuff.

Visits to the Blessed Sacrament and to Blessed Mary: Prayers and Meditations for Thirty-One Visits (106 pages)
- 2 & 1/2 pages a day*
- There are 31 visits so although you could do 2 1/2 pages a day, if you have the time, hop into a church for even 10 minutes a day and do these reflections… given that it is only 31 visits you can miss 9 days. Be prepared to have your heart broken open to the realities of Jesus’ love for you, and the power of the Real Presence.

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Honorable mentions (Books slightly over 200 pages)

Faith at the Edge: A New Generation of Catholic Writers Reflects on Life, Love, Sex and Other Mysteries (224 pages)
- 5 1/2 pages a day
- Okay… so this is over 200 pages, but it is a collection of essays and so it is easy to pick and choose which ones you want to read. Honestly once I picked up this book I couldn’t put it down. I finished it in two plane rides. Gathering the experiences, fears, and joys of young adult Catholics whose search for faith often puts them on a collision-course with modern society, this anthology explores the mysterious, exhilarating, and sometimes infuriating terrain of faith. With celebrated contributors like Paula Huston, Matthew Lickona, and John Zmirak, and compelling personal narratives like “Porn and the Sacred Heart” and “My Tallahassee Purgatory,” these essays give voice to the struggles and triumphs of a new generation of Catholics who are transforming the Church.

Story of a Soul: the Autobiography of St. Therese (216 pages)
- 5 1/2 pages a day
- It is the story of Saint Therese. She is beautiful. Changed my life. Read it. That is all.

Hope that helps.

Those are brief descriptions, but I am hoping to do more in depth descriptions of these books before Lent begins. (Yikes… one week)

Those are my suggestions. Any additions or further comments?

Be God’s, brethren.

Love and Stuff

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:26:23 -0500

Love and Stuff:

Thank you to all of those who attended. Big thanks to Tove Ann and Dennis Purification for speaking about Christian courting/dating, marriage, and “stuff”. Praise God for His love and truth.