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snowgarden
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I noticed their website, www.lifeteen.com has been updated. It looks really cool. Anyone familiar with the parish based programs and how has it helped your or your family member’s faith.
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dhgray
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Hi Snow,
There was a long thread on this topic. Check out:
forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=36612
However, if you are looking for a Vatican approved, Catholic based, Family ministry check out: www.couplesforchrist.us . Without the Couples for Christ (CFC), I’d be divorced now and would never had known my youngest child. My olders just joined the CFC-Youth ministry and has worked wonders certailing the teenage attitude.
Hope this helps.
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Meggie
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Lifeteen brought me to the Church. My parents still don’t think that being Catholic is more that going to church once a week and being good…in Lifeteen I learned about the rosary, the Bible, saints, expanded my view of Christian music and corrected my views with what was ortodox within the church with moral teachings…
Most importantly at Lifeteen I went to my first ever Adoration.
Lifeteen is the reason that I am a Catholic. I now attend Daily Mass at my Uni, as well as well as some previous graduates of Lifeteen where I used to live.
Two warnings:
heritical parish creates a heretical lifeteen…
the teen who knows their faith well, and how the Church stands on social issues does not necessarily need a program like this…
Most importantly at Lifeteen I went to my first ever Adoration.
Lifeteen is the reason that I am a Catholic. I now attend Daily Mass at my Uni, as well as well as some previous graduates of Lifeteen where I used to live.
Two warnings:
heritical parish creates a heretical lifeteen…
the teen who knows their faith well, and how the Church stands on social issues does not necessarily need a program like this…
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David_Oatney
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I am not a LifeTeen Fan, primarily because in my limited experience with the program, I found that LifeTeen Masses were questionable in form, and in level of respect for the Eucharist…this was hardly a parish that could be considered heretical.
That said…Meggie, I read your story as posted in previous posts, and I do think that if LifeTeen lead you to the Church, clearly it has some redeeming spiritual value. Perhaps it needs some serious reform, rather than being scrapped altogether.
Perhaps the Church needs an official apostolate approved by the Holy See just for teens and young adults, a kind of young person’s Opus Dei.
That said…Meggie, I read your story as posted in previous posts, and I do think that if LifeTeen lead you to the Church, clearly it has some redeeming spiritual value. Perhaps it needs some serious reform, rather than being scrapped altogether.
Perhaps the Church needs an official apostolate approved by the Holy See just for teens and young adults, a kind of young person’s Opus Dei.
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1ke
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We have LT in our parish, and the “life nights” which are the catechesis on Sunday nights seems to be pretty good and the kids seem to like it. They also have the LT mass on Sunday evenings.
It has gotten much better since the new GIRM put a stop to their funny business on the altar.
While I can’t endorse it, I am no longer a crusader against it either.
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michaeljw
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I commented on this in the thread that dhgray mentions, but Meggie sums it up well: a less-than-faithful parish will produce a less-than-faithful teen ministry. Conversely, an orthodox parish can have a very orthodox Life Teen program.
See my comments here
A CFC-youth ministry may be good as dhgray says, but it could be that dh’s experience was at an orthodox parish. It may not be as effective at a parish run by a wayward pastor. So, consider the parish where the LT program is being offered.
How are the liturgies celebrated there? Does the pastor incorporate changes that are unique to the parish or local community? Does the Mass feel like a “show”, or does it inspire reverence? Are the homilies faithful to the Magisterium? Answers to questions such as these will give you some clue whether it would be wise to participate in their LT program.
Best of luck to you,
Michael
See my comments here
A CFC-youth ministry may be good as dhgray says, but it could be that dh’s experience was at an orthodox parish. It may not be as effective at a parish run by a wayward pastor. So, consider the parish where the LT program is being offered.
How are the liturgies celebrated there? Does the pastor incorporate changes that are unique to the parish or local community? Does the Mass feel like a “show”, or does it inspire reverence? Are the homilies faithful to the Magisterium? Answers to questions such as these will give you some clue whether it would be wise to participate in their LT program.
Best of luck to you,
Michael
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CathyD
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I’m a 40something, which means I was raised during the dark ages of catechesis. I credit becoming a Life Teen Core Member with teaching me the faith! I had to learn it to teach it. I read tons and learned a great deal in a hurry!
Not only that, but it was also my first Life Teen Retreat where I experienced adoration for the first time. I had never even heard of this before and I am a cradle Catholic.
I retired from my Life Teen position when I became a mommy, but haven’t stopped my desire to continue learning my faith. I just have a whole new audience to teach!
Cathy
Not only that, but it was also my first Life Teen Retreat where I experienced adoration for the first time. I had never even heard of this before and I am a cradle Catholic.
I retired from my Life Teen position when I became a mommy, but haven’t stopped my desire to continue learning my faith. I just have a whole new audience to teach!
Cathy
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khkhk
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I know my parish has a Lifeteen band if that’s the same thing…
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K777angel
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I just got home from our Life Teen Mass in our parish! We have a wonderful young, energetic and charismatic priest who started a Life Teen program for our youth a year or so ago. The masses are twice a month on Sunday evenings and the youth group meetings are every Sunday night.
Father just concluded a “Theology of the Body” 5 week course for the teens tonight. Awesome! He had 2 orientation nights on “Theology of the Body” for the parents before he started the course for the teens.
Parents of the teens (my husband and I included) have now formed a support group called, “Parents for Life.” Tonight we hosted a video presentation for the parish and showed Father John Corapi’s “Personal Testimony”. Everyone loved it! In 2 weeks we will show another of Father Corapi’s videos.
Our priest is very orthodox so our Life Teen program is very solid.
Our son has really grown in his faith - as have other teens.
The mass is lively and joyful - but respectful.
We are blessed!!
Father just concluded a “Theology of the Body” 5 week course for the teens tonight. Awesome! He had 2 orientation nights on “Theology of the Body” for the parents before he started the course for the teens.
Parents of the teens (my husband and I included) have now formed a support group called, “Parents for Life.” Tonight we hosted a video presentation for the parish and showed Father John Corapi’s “Personal Testimony”. Everyone loved it! In 2 weeks we will show another of Father Corapi’s videos.
Our priest is very orthodox so our Life Teen program is very solid.
Our son has really grown in his faith - as have other teens.
The mass is lively and joyful - but respectful.
We are blessed!!
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AmberDale
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Our parish does Life Teen. I currently help with the Middle School version called EDGE.
We have Life Teen nights (it’s any day of the week, just depends on when the core members are available) and Edge Nights (same things) weekly.
It’s a great program. We just had a Life Teen Mass (we only do it once every few months). It was very nice. The Teens did everything (except what the priest does of course). It was very much like a normal mass, except the closing song was different.
We have Life Teen nights (it’s any day of the week, just depends on when the core members are available) and Edge Nights (same things) weekly.
It’s a great program. We just had a Life Teen Mass (we only do it once every few months). It was very nice. The Teens did everything (except what the priest does of course). It was very much like a normal mass, except the closing song was different.
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Don1852
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We attend the Life Teen Mass every Sunday Evening.
Life Teen has been a Blessing to our whole Family. The kids are beyond their teens but strong in their faith. We feel a closeness with God through the Life Teen Mass.
I have seen reports that the Catholic Faith is losing members to so called Pentecostal Churches. I consider Life Teen as sort of a “Pentecostal Light”.
We have a Life Teen Mass every week. On those times that we cannot make a Life Teen Mass, we miss it. In MHO a regular Mass is attending Mass (fulfilling an obligation). A Life Teen mass is a Celebration of the Mass…
Don1852
Life Teen has been a Blessing to our whole Family. The kids are beyond their teens but strong in their faith. We feel a closeness with God through the Life Teen Mass.
I have seen reports that the Catholic Faith is losing members to so called Pentecostal Churches. I consider Life Teen as sort of a “Pentecostal Light”.
We have a Life Teen Mass every week. On those times that we cannot make a Life Teen Mass, we miss it. In MHO a regular Mass is attending Mass (fulfilling an obligation). A Life Teen mass is a Celebration of the Mass…
Don1852
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