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Best of Youth Ministry Access for December
Advent: Celebrate this Season of Anticipation with Youth
- Preparing Our Hearts: Youth-Led Advent Reconciliation Prayer Service by Susan Searle (High School)
- Anticipation Advent: The Joy in Waiting by Genni Sayers (Middle School)
- The Pursuit: Advent Labyrinth Walk by Hannah Quast (High School)
- 24 Hours of Hope: An Advent Retreat by Leslie Barkin (Middle School)
- A Season of Justice and Peace: Advent by Jane Angha (High School)
- Advent Celebration with Parents and Young Adolescents by Linda Norman (Middle School Fifth Night - Parents and Teen)
- Advent: Putting Our Hopes into Action by María Elena Cardeña
- Advent: Whom and What are We Celebrating by Lisa-Marie Calderone-Stewart (Middle School)
- Celebrating Advent and Christmas with Crismons! by Lisa-Marie Calderone-Stewart (Middle School)
- Circle of Hope and Healing: Prayers with the Advent Wreath by Jen Yearwood (Middle School)
- Labyrinth: Walking the Sacred Path - An Evening of Prayer by Susan Searle (High School)
- Season of Advent: A Three-Fold Coming of Christ by Susan Searle (High School)
- Signs of the Season: Advent Retreat by Maryann Hakowski (High School)
- The Incarnation of Jesus: Mystery and Invitation by Leota Roesch (High School)
Celebrating Special December Holidays and Commemorations
December 8, Feast of the Immaculate Conception
- Hail Mary Full of Grace: What Does the Immaculate Conception Mean for Us Today? by Leota Roesch (High School)
- Feast of Immaculate Conception: Devotions to the Blessed Mother by Susan Searle (Middle School)
December 9, Feast of St. Juan Diego
December 10, Human Rights Day
- Understanding Human Rights: Celebrating December 10 by Catherine Becker (High School)
- Young World Changers: Engaging Middle Schoolers in Service by Susan Searle (Journal Article)
- "Would You Like Fries with That?" Dignity of the Invisible Server" by Rosie Hartz (High School)
- Leading with Nelson Mandela by Cheryl Tholcke (High School)
- Pathways to Peace: Seeds of Peace in the Central African Republic by Ted Miles (High School)
December 12, Our Lady of Guadalupe
- Our Lady of Guadalupe: A Mother and Missionary to the Americas by Sammy Argumaniz (Middle School)
- Our Lady of Guadalupe: Liberation and Discipleship by Leota Roesch (High School)
December 14, St. John of the Cross
December 16, Las Posadas (begins)
December 26, Kwanzaa (begins)
December 30, Feast of the Holy Family
December 25 - 'Tis the Season to Celebrate Christmas
December 25 - 'Tis the Season to Celebrate Christmas
- Christmas Time is Here! A Christmas Party by Peter Bierer (High School)
- Deck the Youth Room: It's Time to Celebrate! Fa La La La La! by Angel Barrera, Susan Searle (High School)
- Christmas Cookies that Teach: Digging Deeper into Christmas by Sean Lansing (Middle School)
- Christmas Traditions: Seeking Christmas in Scripture, Seeing Scripture in the Real World by Lisa-Marie Calderone-Stewart (High School)
- I'm Dreaming of a Fair-Trade Christmas: How What We Buy Makes a Difference by Sean Lansing (High School)
- It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas by Katherine (Kate) Spillman (Middle School)
- O Come, Emmanuel! Celebrating with the O Antiphons by Lisa-Marie Calderone-Stewart (High School)
- Night of Fun: Christmas Around the World and Around your Brain by Dean Diomedes (High School)
- The 'Buy Once, Give Twice' Boutique: An Alternative Christmas Shopping Experience for Your Parish by Sean Lansing (High School)
- The True Meaning of Christmas by Jen Yearwood (High School)
