YOUTH FORMATION
VBS | TOTUS TUUS
Thank you to all of our volunteers for making VBS 2025 so great!
Totus Tuus, 2025 | July 19-25 | Sts. Peter & Paul, Elrosa
Totus Tuus is a fun, faith-filled week led by college students and seminarians, featuring catechesis, sacraments, prayer, and activities like games and skits. The elementary program is during the day July 21–25, and the high school program is in the evenings July 20–24. Transportation is available from the Sauk Centre Area.
RISE YOUTH MINISTRY
RISE is the name for our 6th-12th grade youth ministry. RISE meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month.
Our 9th-12th graders can also go on trips, such as Steubenville and NCYC.
CONFIRMATION
Confirmation is our students final sacrament of initiation.
With reception of the Sacrament of Confirmation, the baptized are more perfectly bound to the Lord Jesus and His Church, and they are enriched with a special strength of the Holy Spirit to be witnesses (or martyrs) of Christ and the truth of His Gospel.
Our Confirmation Program is a 2 year program for 10th and 11th grade students and we Confirm in the spring of your 11th grade year. We meet about 16 sessions a year. We do not have a Confirmation date yet.
We will have a make up retreat on Sunday, Oct. 26 for our 11th graders who missed our May 2025 retreat. Our next retreat (for current 10th grade) will be the weekend of April 18-19, 2026 at Luther Crest
FAITH FORMATION
Grades 1-11
Forming our Catholic minds, hearts, and souls begins when we’re young.
For more information on Grades 1-11 for your parish, call either parish office!
GIFT
Growing in Faith Together
This is our Faith Formation program for our 7th-9th grade youth, directed by Kathy Knoblach.
We are meeting 2x/month with parents attending once a month. This program is offered on Sunday or Wednesday nights.
CHILDREN'S LITURGY
We believe it is important for our children to be included in the meaning of the Gospel and the readings at Mass. Many times the Scripture and homily is beyond their comprehension, so this ministry explains the Word of God to them at a level they understand. This ministry happens at the 8:00 am at Our Lady of the Angels, 8:15 am at St. Alexius, and 10:30 am Mass at St. Paul’s.
