SVDP Young Adult Schedule-January 21-27

[Vincent de Paul]

Happy Sunday everyone! Please see the following schedule for events this week with St. Vincent de Paul Young Adults!  Look for new upcoming events next week!

Upcoming Events this Week:

Tuesday, January 23, 2018: Young Adult Mass and Dinner

• 7:00PM - Join us for Mass in the main church at 7PM
• Confession is available in the main church between 6:00-7:00 PM
• Afterwards we will go to dinner at Pei Wei (5110 Buffalo Speedway, Houston, TX 77005)

From the Around the Archdiocese

Texas Rally for Life -- Saturday January 27, 2018

Join others from our archdiocese in attendance at the Texas Rally for Life! The day will start with Mass at St. Vincent de Paul at 8:15AM with Cardinal DiNardo presiding and buses will depart for Austin following Mass. Cost is $25 per person and you can register to attend via this link!

Charis Young Adult Retreat -- Saturday February 10 - Sunday February 11, 2018

Are you looking to connect with other young adults who are also making decisions about career, vocation, and relationships? Are you looking to encounter the Holy Spirit working in your life and learn tools for decision making from St. Ignatius of Loyloa? Are you looking to grow to a deeper understanding of how you can use your unique gifts and talents to serve God? The Charis Igantian Spirituality Retreat for Young Adults, "Spirit @ Work", sponsored by the Office of Young Adult & Campus Ministry will give you these tools for decision making and provide the time to step back and listen to God more clearly. Cost is $50 per person which includes food and lodging. The retreat will be held at Cameron Retreat Center in Houston (2403 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77021) and will begin at 9AM on Saturday February 10 and end at 5PM on Sunday February 11. For more information and to register online, please visit www.archgh.org/yacm. Please see the flier attached to this e-mail for more information!

Service Project with Young Adults

Come be the “hands and feet of Christ” with hundreds of young adults ages 18-39 at the Archdiocesan Young Adult Day of service, prayer and fellowship on Saturday, March 17, 2018. Teams will help serve those in need like Harvey victims, the sick, the poor, the hungry, homeless, prisoners and immigrants. The Day begins with 8:30 a.m. Mass celebrated by Bishop Sheltz, followed by breakfast then head out to serve in teams all over the city the day should be done by not later than 3pm. Online registration required www.archgh.org/yacm or call 713-741-8778. Participants can choose from a list of available service projects. $10 includes t-shirt/breakfast.

 

The service projects you can choose from include:

 

·         Casa Juan Diego

DESCRIPTION: Help organize donations. Flexible to do other things that will be needed on the day of.

 

• Catholic Charities/ Caridades Catolicas

DESCRIPTION: Sorting Donations, organizing and making family kits for refugees.

 

• Juvenile Ministry- Special Youth Service/ Ministerio de la juvenil-Servicios Especiales para Jóvenes

DESCRIPTION: First there will be presentation about this ministry, then we will put together 250 hope bags and write letters; after this we will pray outside the juvenile facility.

 

• Magnificat House-Loaves and Fishes/ Casa Magnificat- Panes y Peces

DESCRIPTION: Assist cooks, serve meals, help clean up and/or chat with diners who are homeless.  

 

• Project Cure

DESCRPTION: Sorting donations for medical supplies. This organization has impact on local and international areas.

 

• Pro-Life Activities/ Actividades de Pro-Vida

DESCRIPTION: First Julie Fritsch the Archdiocesan Pro-Life director will give a presentation on Pro-life issues, participants then will help write letters and sort items for project Gabriel and proceed to peacefully pray outside an abortion clinic. 

 

• Ronald McDonald House / Casa Ronald McDonald

DESCRIPTION: Participants will provide dinner to families living at the Ronald McDonald House whose children are undergoing chemotherapy.

 

• Society of St. Vincent de Paul/ Sociedad de San Vicente de Paul

DESCRIPTION: Sorting donations, organizing and making packages. Volunteers will serve in the retail store, pantry services and donation and distribution services. This location is the hub for our services in the archdiocese. 

 

• St. Dominic Village Senior Care Community/ St. Dominic Village Cuidado para Personas Mayores

DESCRIPTION: Visit elder residents, play board games with them and clean up patio and gardening around the facility.

 

• Cristo Rey High School/ Preparatoria Cristo Rey

DESCRIPTION: Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory School of Houston is sponsored by the Jesuits of the Central and Southern Province and offers a rigorous college prep education to students from economically challenged families in the Houston area. The volunteer needs for the school are variable based on the school calendar. Volunteers will be taking part in a needed service project for the school, which could include painting, gardening, picking up trash, cleaning windows, etc.

 

• Easter Seals Greater Houston- Caroline Houston

DESCRIPTION: We will be serving children with disabilities providing one-one assistance in arts and crafts, fun games and activities. This helps to free sometime for their parents on Saturday. It is called Family Day Out.

 

• Houston Food Bank/ Banco de Comida de Houston

DESCRPTION: Most of the projects at the warehouse involve inspection, sorting, and repackaging of

A Letter to the Vatican

The International Pier Giorgio Frassati Association is asking if those who minister with youth and young adults, or those who minister to/with them (and who may also have a connection to, devotion to, or who work with young people who feel connected to Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati) if they might be willing to sign an international letter (organized by a priest of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe) to have Pier Giorgio canonized during the upcoming Synod on “Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment.” Click here to sign the letter! If you went to Cafe Catholica on July 10, this is who the speakers were talking about!