Celebrating the Season of Easter with Young People
Celebrating the Season of Easter with Young People
Sessions for the Easter Season
- Egg-xactly! Uniquely and Wonderfully Made by Rosy Hartz
- Seek and You will Find: A Competitive Online Scavenger Hunt by Peter Bierer (high school)
- Baptism: Reject Satan Choose Jesus by Sr. Kieran Sawyer SSND (high school)
- Body Building: Helping Youth Explore and Experience the RCIA Process by Christina Semmel (High School)
- This is the Night: Witness to the Resurrection by Catherine Becker (high school)
- Agape Meal: Sharing God's Love at Easter by Julie Vankat (high school)
- An Egg-ceptional Celebration! The Resurrection Story by Genni Sayers (middle school)
- Easter Celebration: Here Comes the Sun, Here Comes the Son by Kathy Kensinger (high school)
- Easter Parade by Brenda Cline (high school)
- Egg-cellent Easter Fun by Ann Marie Eckert (middle school)
- Jesus Has Risen! Easter Egg Hunt by Tom East (high school)
- Resurrection/Easter Promise: Almost Too Good to be True by Lisa-Marie Calderone-Stewart (high school)
- The Power of Clean! Getting Ready for Easter by Brenda Cline (high school)
- Triduum: Three Sacred Days, One Continuous Celebration by Susan Searle (high school)
- We are Easter People by Sr Kieran Sawyer SSND (middle school)
Retreats for the Season
- Have You Seen My Lord? An Easter Retreat by Catherine Becker (high school)
- Thursday Lock-In by Brenda Cline (middle school)
- Celebrating the Weeks of Easter: A Retreat in a Bag by Maryann Hakowski (middle school)
- Three Great Days, One Great Week: A Triduum Retreat by Ann Marie Eckert & Patty Spear (high school)
Honoring April Feast Days
April 25, St. Mark
- Gospel of Mark: The Human Face of Jesus by Brian Singer-Towns (high school)
- The Four Gospel Writers and the Gospels They Wrote by Lisa-Marie Calderone-Stewart (middle school)
- Understanding Mercy by Robert Feduccia (high school)
- Celebrating the "Wideness in God's Mercy" - Divine Mercy Sunday by Leota Roesch (high school)
- Praying with St. Faustina Kowalska by Robert Feduccia (high school)
April 29, St. Catherine of Siena
More Things to Do in April
April 22 - Earth Day
- One Fine Day: Caring for God's Creation by Jane Angha (high school)
- Earth Day: Can We Really Impact Our Earth? by Genni Sayers (high school)
- Climate Change: Stories of Hope by Susan Searle (high school)
- Food for Thought: Justice from Farm to Table Retreat by Andi Grandy & Andy Rebollar (high school)
- Giving Thanks to the Creator by Ann Marie Eckert (middle school)
- Makeover: Planet Earth by Jane Angha (high school)
- Earth Day! Community Beautification Project by Genni Sayers (high school)
- The Earth Speaks: A Retreat on Environmental Stewardship by Leslie Barkin (high school)
April 18-24 National Volunteer Week
- Volunteering: Building a Resume or Serving God's People? by Leota Roesch (middle school)
- Developing and Nurturing Leaders, Guide for Volunteer Leaders by YouthWorks
- A New Look at an Old Problem: How to Get Volunteers (Part 1) by Ann Marie Eckert (journal article)
- A New Look at an Old Problem: How to Get Volunteers (Part 2) by Ann Marie Eckert (journal article)
April is the National Stress Awareness Month
- Anxiety and Distress are Distractions by Mary-Ellen Pfeiffer (high school)
- Meditation to Relieve the Stress of Being a Teenager! by Susan Searle (high school)
- No Stress, No Mess by Clayton Imoo (high school)
- Are You Stressed Out? Ways to Deal with the Stress in Your Life by Genni Sayers (high school)
- Great Peace! Less Stress! Effectively Dealing with Common Anxieties of Teenage Life by Frank Mercadante (high school)