FREE CONCERT!

Come join Young Adult Ministry at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows for a free concert to kick off YAM's new coffee house series, "Refuel."

Steve Angrisano - a wonderful keynoter/musician will headline our evening, with help from local favorites, Oddwalk Ministries. We will have a laid back evening of music and fun! Our Mardi Gras themed evening will offer a few prizes and FREE coffee, decaf, hot cocoa, hot tea, chai tea and cappuchino! Snacks will be available for purchase - proceeds benefiting Young Adult Ministry and the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (the order of priests who own and operate the Shrine).

Here is what you need to know:

When: Friday, February 24th - doors at 7, concert starts at 7:30

Where: Shrine Visitor's Center

Bring: your Mardi Gras beads (we will have some) and yourselves! Families welcome - there is plenty of room for young ones to expend energy at the Shrine!

Bring a group - or come meet someone new - it will be a great night!

Questions - email Erin or call 618.234.1168 x118

Here are some links:
Shrine - www.snows.org
Steve Angrisano - www.steveangrisano.com
Oddwalk Ministries - www.oddwalkministries.com

Sorry, you will have to cut and paste the url's - I never can find that darn code when I need it!

Theology on Tap - THIS SUNDAY!

This Sunday Young Adult Ministry presents -
"Evangelization not Prostelization"

A look at spreading the Gospel message with and without words!


This topic came about after a college student shared a story about his campus. He told me (and the advisory board) about a minister who comes to campus; stands outside one of the buildings and reads aloud from the Bible. While it is wonderful for people to hear the Word of God - does it really draw them to God, or is there something more we can do?

Troy Woytek - whose bio can be found here- will speak on this topic and answer your questions on how you can evangelize - without words.

February events

Theology on Tap
Sunday, February 12
6:30 gather, 7pm speaker
"Evangelization not prostelization!"
Cutter's in Belleville - 239 Carlyle Ave
Come hear speaker, Troy Woytek, speak on the topic sharing the Gospel with others - and how we can do so without using words!



Social Night
Friday, February 17
7pm
Cathedral Rectory
"Game Night" - we are bringing out the board games! Come play Crainium or try "Dance Twister" - we also have everyone's favorite, "Is the Pope Catholic?"
Snacks and drinks provided!



Mass and Brunch
Sunday February 19
St Nicholas - O'Fallon
Join us at the 10:30am Mass at St Nicholas, then we will head over to O'Charley's for lunch. O'Charly's, I hear, has awesome rolls and butter!



Look for our Coffee House series beginning February 24th!

SWIC prayer of the week 2.6.06

Meghan is continuing her table topic on social justice with a powerful quote from Martin Luther King, Jr, whose widow Coretta Scott King, just passed away.


A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies. On the one hand we are called to play the Good Samaritan on life’s roadside; but that will be only an initial act. One day we must come to see that the whole Jericho Road must be transformed so that men and women will not be constantly beaten and robbed as they make their journey on life’s highway. True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.
A true revolution of values will soon look uneasily on the glaring contrast of poverty and wealth.

-Martin Luther King, Jr.

God of Hope,
Open our hearts to compassion and love for all your people.
Give us courage and perseverance to be a source of change in the world.
May we always recognize the dignity of each human person and strive to be a sign of your presence in the world.

Amen

SWIC prayer of the week - 1.31.06

This weeks focus is social justice -

O God,

We pray for all those in our world
who are suffering from injustice:

For those who are discriminated against
because of their race, color or religion;

For those imprisoned for working for the
relief of oppression;

For those who are hounded for speaking
the inconvenient truth;

For those tempted to violence as a cry against overwhelming hardship;

For those deprived of reasonable
health and education;

For those suffering from
hunger and famine;

For those too weak to help themselves
and who have no one else to help them;

For the unemployed who cry out
for work but do not find it.

We pray for anyone of our acquaintance
who is personally affected by injustice.

Forgive us, Lord, if we unwittingly share in the conditions or in a system that
perpetuates injustice.

Show us how we can serve your children
and make your love practical by
washing their feet.

-Mother Teresa