High School Formation

High School Formation 2023/2024

Catholic Formation in 9 & 10 grade is a prerequisite for Confirmation as a junior with 4 compnents: Mass Attendance, Formation, Retreat and Service. Through these we hope to cultivate the opportunity for each student to encounter a personal relationship with our Lord, commit to that relationship with Him and live as His disciple.  

1. Mass Attendance  

Regular Sunday Mass Attendance is expected of our Teens and families.  

Lumen Christi offers 4 Mass Times: Saturday 4:30; Sunday 7:30, 9:00 and 11:00am
St. Francis Borgia, Sunday 6:00pm | Gesu Sunday 11:30am, 4:00 and 6:00pm
Out of town?  www.masstimes.org will help you find a local Catholic Mass!
 

2. High School Formation|Grades 9 and 10
Sunday Evenings  from 6:00-7:30pm in the Parish Building from September thru April

9th and 10th grade formation will follow the same format and formation, rotating on a 2 year schedule.  Students will meet in intentional small groups by grade.  Our goal in High School Formation is to provide an opportunity for teens to be engaged in their faith through witness and activities, to make these experiences personal through individual prayer and small group discussion, and to root each teen in their faith that will sustain them during their hectic week.  

3. Retreats
Retreats are an incredible opportunity to encounter the Lord in ways we haven't yet and hear His voice a bit clearer.  We ask that students choose to attend at least one of the retreat opportunities we are providing this year.  Details and registrations will be provided throughout the year.  The retreats are listed in the Formation calendar for you to plan.

4. Service
We encounter Christ through the persons we encounter when we serve.  This is why we challenge our students to go beyond volunteering and look at how they can SERVE.  
 

Feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, shelter the homeless, visit the homneless, visit the sick, visit the prisoners, bury the dead, give alms to the poor...love one another as I have loved you... (John 13: 35)
 

We ask that students focus less on "hours" and more on opportunities to serve your neighbor keeping in mind the Corporal Works of Mercy.  We encourage 7-8 opportunities of service in the year.  More details about service are in our CF handbook and opportunities to serve with and for the parish will be shared throughout the year.  It is the responsibility of each teen to set up his or her own opportunities to serve.  Students will be asked to submit a reflection of their service when they are complete.