What sort of things do you go to at Church aside from Mass

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After Easter, I’ll probably be attending Mass on weekdays and Sundays. But I plan on getting myself involved more with the Church community since I might get my own car. I checked out Parish’s bulletin and I’m wondering what do you usually do at Church apart from going to Mass? I’m going alone since my parents don’t like these sorts of things and my parish doesn’t exactly have a thriving youth community (the closet one is an hour away).
 
onjac said:
After Easter, I’ll probably be attending Mass on weekdays and Sundays. But I plan on getting myself involved more with the Church community since I might get my own car. I checked out Parish’s bulletin and I’m wondering what do you usually do at Church apart from going to Mass? I’m going alone since my parents don’t like these sorts of things and my parish doesn’t exactly have a thriving youth community (the closet one is an hour away).
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We have a Scripture study (2/month) which I go to sometimes. I started a monthly book club.

We also have an all-night Vigil every month which I have been to (and hope to go to again, though it’s been a while).

We have Vespers every Sunday afternoon.

I pray you have some of these opportunities.
 
I only go for Mass, confession, and Adoration, but if I had more time I’d get involved in the men’s faith group as well as the Pro Life committee. When there are family social events, such as Parish picnics, I try to take the whole family.

God bless,
Bryan
 
When I walk past the Basilica, I go in and pray at the altar sometimes or light a candle for a dollar or two. It makes me feel good even though I’m not a confirmed Catholic. I feel protected by the Holy Mother Church.
 
I go to First Friday adoration. During Lent, on Friday evenings I go to the meditational soup supper followed by Stations of the Cross.

If you are looking to “get involved”, look in your bulletin or parish website for a calendar of events and calls for help in putting these events on. You could volunteer to be on the planning committee for social events like your parish festival or ice cream social. You might consider participating on the parish council or stewardship committee. Once you start looking around, you will see lots of opportunities for involvement.

BTW, even if your parish doesn’t have a thriving youth community, it often takes only one enthusiastic person to provide the zeal that attracts others. Be that enthusiastic person! Help plan events, attend them, and bring a friend!
 
onjac said:
After Easter, I’ll probably be attending Mass on weekdays and Sundays. But I plan on getting myself involved more with the Church community since I might get my own car. I checked out Parish’s bulletin and I’m wondering what do you usually do at Church apart from going to Mass? I’m going alone since my parents don’t like these sorts of things and my parish doesn’t exactly have a thriving youth community (the closet one is an hour away).
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In my parish there is weekly Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, daily Rosary after Mass, weekly Novenas (they change throughout the year), Bible Studies, book clubs, various groups for service, K of C, evangelization, soup kitchen, food pantry, Habitat for Humanity–that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Even though you are young, you would be very welcome at almost anything. Some things may be more geared for adults as parental permission my be required if you are under age. However, most of the youth don’t mingle much with the adults, but some do.

I am sure that you could keep yourself very busy 🙂
 
Mass, Confession, adoration, Sunday school (CCE), adult catecism, bible study, Catholic Daughters, fish fry, bake sales, Thanksgiving feast, annual fundraiser, Guadalupana, Respect Life group, wrangling altar servers, help in the RE office, phone tree (for funerals, etc), homeless outreach, food panty drive, Christmas toy drive.

Not all at the same time. 😃 Or even every year – but there are lots of ways to be involved.
 
jpjd said:
I go to First Friday adoration. During Lent, on Friday evenings I go to the meditational soup supper followed by Stations of the Cross.

If you are looking to “get involved”, look in your bulletin or parish website for a calendar of events and calls for help in putting these events on. You could volunteer to be on the planning committee for social events like your parish festival or ice cream social. You might consider participating on the parish council or stewardship committee. Once you start looking around, you will see lots of opportunities for involvement.

BTW, even if your parish doesn’t have a thriving youth community, it often takes only one enthusiastic person to provide the zeal that attracts others. Be that enthusiastic person! Help plan events, attend them, and bring a friend!
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I wish I could bring a friend. But my friends are a bit… hostile towards the Catholic Church. But yeah, good suggestions!
 
Corki said:
Mass, Confession, adoration, Sunday school (CCE), adult catecism, bible study, Catholic Daughters, fish fry, bake sales, Thanksgiving feast, annual fundraiser, Guadalupana, Respect Life group, wrangling altar servers, help in the RE office, phone tree (for funerals, etc), homeless outreach, food panty drive, Christmas toy drive.

Not all at the same time. 😃 Or even every year – but there are lots of ways to be involved.
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I hope my parish does have adult cathecism. There’s many things that I still have to learn. What is a fish fry? Sounds interesting since I don’t like eating fish except for fish & chips. I hope I can manage to fit in since there’s not a lot of young adults by age.
 
onjac said:
I hope my parish does have adult cathecism. There’s many things that I still have to learn. What is a fish fry? Sounds interesting since I don’t like eating fish except for fish & chips. I hope I can manage to fit in since there’s not a lot of young adults by age.
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A fish fry is a dinner, usually hosted by the Knights of Columbus on Fridays in Lent. At ours they serve fried fish, french fries, cole slaw and hush puppies. The Catholic Daughter have a dessert booth. It’s held right after Stations of the Cross and is a nice time for fellowship and an easy meatless meal.

We do not have a lot of young adults either but have a few new couples, one of which is a convert. He talked Father into a young adult party at Father’s house and a monthly outing. All it takes is someone with ideas and energy. 😉
 
I wish Catholics would have Vesper services more frequently and offer it in more places. sigh If the Divine Office is too long then at least the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin or something.
 
I attend the coffee hour on Sundays. I did help to start a Bible study which meets a couple of times a month.

The good thing is that the parish I attend is small so there are opportunities to start things. I have been thinking about a woman’s group lately. Something fun and prayerful to build a strong community of women.
Corki said:
Mass, Confession, adoration, Sunday school (CCE), adult catecism, bible study, Catholic Daughters, fish fry, bake sales, Thanksgiving feast, annual fundraiser, Guadalupana, Respect Life group, wrangling altar servers, help in the RE office, phone tree (for funerals, etc), homeless outreach, food panty drive, Christmas toy drive.

Not all at the same time. 😃 Or even every year – but there are lots of ways to be involved.
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Can you post a little about Catholic daughters?
 
TrueLight said:
Can you post a little about Catholic daughters?
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I just joined Catholic Daughters recently. They are a very old group, formed in 1903. Each chapter does different things but they do a lot of fundraising for scholarships. They also have a Junior division for teen girls (but we don’t have that at our parish).

catholicdaughters.org/

When I was growing up, the main women’s group was the Ladies Sodality. They are still around too and focus more on Marian devotions.
 
onjac said:
After Easter, I’ll probably be attending Mass on weekdays and Sundays. But I plan on getting myself involved more with the Church community since I might get my own car. I checked out Parish’s bulletin and I’m wondering what do you usually do at Church apart from going to Mass? I’m going alone since my parents don’t like these sorts of things and my parish doesn’t exactly have a thriving youth community (the closet one is an hour away).
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When you say they don’t exactly have a “thriving” youth community, do you mean that there aren’t a lot of young adults who attend the church there, or that there aren’t many groups for young adults?

I ask this, because it might be a great opportunity for you to get involved in creating a thriving youth community.

Look into it, it will also help you get involved with your parish community. You could also visit the neighboring parish that you said was an hour away and arrange to meet with the leaders of their youth organization to help you get ideas to get started.

Even something small works. When two or more are gathered in His name, pray 🙂 Believe me, even if you start small with a simple two person prayer group, more will join when they find out about it.
 
I have done some activities with the pro-life group. Last year we went to the march in our state capital in January. And of course last year I was in RCIA. During Lent I like to go to the fish frys.

Right now really the only thing I’m doing with the parish is sponsoring someone in RCIA. Oh, and I do observations at the parish school for my degree. In September I will be a student teacher there.

When I am done with school I really want to do more things with the parish. I want to become very active in the pro-life group. They go to pray at PP every Wednesday morning. I want to do that. I want to start doing Adoration weekly. I want to continue sponsoring people in RCIA. I would like to go to a regular Bible study.
 
Corki said:
I just joined Catholic Daughters recently. They are a very old group, formed in 1903. Each chapter does different things but they do a lot of fundraising for scholarships. They also have a Junior division for teen girls (but we don’t have that at our parish).

catholicdaughters.org/

When I was growing up, the main women’s group was the Ladies Sodality. They are still around too and focus more on Marian devotions.
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Thanks Corki.
 
ZoeyBdo said:
When you say they don’t exactly have a “thriving” youth community, do you mean that there aren’t a lot of young adults who attend the church there, or that there aren’t many groups for young adults?

I ask this, because it might be a great opportunity for you to get involved in creating a thriving youth community.

Look into it, it will also help you get involved with your parish community. You could also visit the neighboring parish that you said was an hour away and arrange to meet with the leaders of their youth organization to help you get ideas to get started.

Even something small works. When two or more are gathered in His name, pray 🙂 Believe me, even if you start small with a simple two person prayer group, more will join when they find out about it.
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Both. There’s not many young adults who attend my Church and there’s not a lot of groups orientated for them.

I’ll look into it. But I must admit that I’m a bit of an introvert.
 
anp1215 said:
I have done some activities with the pro-life group. Last year we went to the march in our state capital in January. And of course last year I was in RCIA. During Lent I like to go to the fish frys.

Right now really the only thing I’m doing with the parish is sponsoring someone in RCIA. Oh, and I do observations at the parish school for my degree. In September I will be a student teacher there.

When I am done with school I really want to do more things with the parish. I want to become very active in the pro-life group. They go to pray at PP every Wednesday morning. I want to do that. I want to start doing Adoration weekly. I want to continue sponsoring people in RCIA. I would like to go to a regular Bible study.
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That’s neat that you’re sponsoring people in RCIA. I attended RCIA at a local university with a Newman Centre (before I switched b/c of the transportation difficulties) not long ago and they didn’t talk about how to get a sponsor. The only Catholic I knew was my Dad and I didn’t want to walk up to some stranger at the Newman Center.
 
Before I got married, I used to mentor a choir, and lead them in prayer sessions.
 
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