Every year Newsong hosts 10 bands in dozens of cities around the country!  We enjoyed an amazing evening at the Time Warner Cable Arena as a way to begin 2012!

Wii jumped into the New Year with an 'adam' party - knowing that Adam was created before Eve we had a big celebration the day before New Year's Eve!  Playing Just Dance on the Wii, basketball, and a good time with confetti were all a great part of the celebration!

Totus Tuus is a nation-wide Summer Catechetical Program.  We were privleged to have Michael, Emily, and Theresa here with us this summer as missionaries for the first week of August.  Youth in 1st through 12th grade gathered each day to learn more about the Mysteries of our Faith, enjoy good company, and grow together in faith - becoming Totus Tuus, or Totally Yours

Mark your calendars of 2012! June 24-29

Celebrating Christmas with Swagg!  A friendly gift exchange, good food, and a lesson from Charlie Brown made this party something to remember!

Each year the youth venture down to the Men's Shelter in Charlotte to provide an evening of carols to spread joy to the men that are in need.

After singing and serving cookies, coffee, & egg nog we went to our host's home to play a friendly game of CatchPhrase!

Teams of 5 competed in our own Minute to Win it games! Flip the Cup, Cookie Slide, Cereal Puzzle, Chop Stick Chap Stack, Marshmellow Fling, Balloon Hype!

Check out the videos from the night on our Facebook page

Our Annual Fall Dinner Theater was hosted by Matt Meyer and Caleb Theodros!  A series of skits and dramas produced a wonderful array of entertainment for over 150 guests!

Members of the High School youth group gathered for the "Country Daze Corn Maze" night edition! 

Each year the Diocese of Charlotte hosts the Eucharistic Congress - a weekend of reflection and celebration of the Eucharist: the source & summit of our faith!  This year both the middle school and high school youth group participated in various sessions that spotlighted the Eucharist and how Jesus Christ impacts our lives!

Pope Benedict XVI invited the youth of the world to join him in Madrid, Spain this past August for World Youth Day.  To join in the spirit of this year's festivities, our youth gathered with the teens from St. John Neumann Catholic Church to learn about Benedict's message: "Planted and built up in Jesus Christ, firm in faith."  Benedict even took a moment from his busy schedule to join us for a picture!

On the 10th Anniversary of the Terroristic Attacks on our country, we gathered for an evening of prayer, reflection, remembrance, and hope.  Our guest speaker was Bob Hogan, a man who was on the 81st floor that morning.  He spoke of his journey to survival as well as the importance of Character: what you do when no one's looking!  How important it is to be of good character as a young person and the joy that it will bring to yourself and others as you grow.

High School youth learned about the journey of life by playing a LIFE-SIZED board game!

Congratulations to our Senior Class 2011!  Graduates were invited up by Fr. Remo for a special blessing at the end of Mass followed by a reception over in Aquinas Hall afterward.

Keep up with the members of this class on their facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/231380646907849/

High School & Middle School youth served at the 2011 Multi-Cultural Festival on Saturday, June 11th at St. Thomas Aquinas as drink servers in the Beverage Truck, helpers at the Craft Table, and food servers at the USA Food Table.  Each year over 30 countries are represented in cultural food, attire, and entertainment so the entire community can experience and learn about the history and cultural customs of the country.  On Pentecost Sunday, there is also a Multi-Cultural Mass where we come together as Brothers & Sisters in Christ celebrating the Eucharist.

Through out the year we participated in different service projects!

STOP HUNGER NOW! in conjunction with Harrisburg United Methodist - packed 21,000 meals to be sent to the hungry in Nicaragua.

A food collection at the church

Check out this pictures from the Diocesan Youth Conference May 13th-15th, 2011. 

Charlotte Diocesan Youth Conference 2010

Our annual youth Christmas party and caroling!

Our group raised money for World Youth Day by sponsoring a dinner theatre for the Parish. Later, fun with pumkins!

Having fun at the Parish picnic.

Our youth group attended a retreat and hosted a lock-in during August and September.

Our youth group visited the zoo in Asheboro.

Freshman, water balloons, and serious fun at our annual Freshman Friday cookout!

YUM! Come join us next time for yummy pancakes and fun!

Fr. Stan jams out with our Youth Group

Our youth group got to go to the Diocesean Youth Conference in April.

The youth group had fun while completing a service project!

We had a super fun time with our Gardening service project in November. Digging up dirt, munching on bagels and even getting a visit from Fr. Remo!

Here are some great pictures from our First Annual Christmas party! We had a great turn out and some special guests all while enjoying pizza, cookies and each other's company at the CCM house across from the Church.

At the high school fall retreat in Denver, NC, we had the chance to meet new people, share our faith and have a great time. Here are some of the pictures that captured these memories.

The youth group did a fabulous job helping with the kids games, drink station, and cotton candy booth. The teens who volunteered wasted no time getting down and having fun after the running the booths were over. Here you see many members of the youth group dancing, singing and doing a little Macarena!