This month we will have three guest speakers from three various service organizations who will join us to speak about social justice, our call to live our faith in love and service, and different ways that you can get involved through amazing service opportunities!

Please note that as you prepare for class this month, we ask you to think about and pray about how you are asked to prepare and what you are asked to contribute at the next class. Please do the following before and bring the following to class on February 11:

1. Watch/listen to the video above to learn about the 7 themes in Catholic Social Teaching 
2. Bring socks to contribute to our sock drive!
3. Bring $1, $5,  $10....any amount that you would like to contribute to the collection at Mass!

On February 11, we hope to connect our teens to the neighbor that lives on other continents, in other cities, and the neighbor that sits next to them in church! These three ways of preparing and giving help us to engage in service in very real and practical ways before we hear about other relational ways to get involved in living out our faith! See you in O'Donnell Hall on February 11 at 3:15pm for check in!

SEALED. 1  Confirmation Candidates! Our next Confirmation meeting is April 23, 2017. Watch this video to get a glimpse of what the lesson will cover. Below you will find a few links that offer helpful reading material for you to look through as you continue to ask questions, seek Truth, and learn to love and live our faith! See you in O'Donnell Hall at 3:20pm for check in! Class is from 3:30-6pm! 

IF YOU HAVEN'T YET TURNED THEM IN, DON'T FORGET TO BRING A COPY OF YOUR BAPTISM AND FIRST COMMUNION CERTIFICATES TO CLASS!! 

On February 22, 2015, Paul J. Kim will join us to speak to Year 1 and Year 2 SEALED. Candidates about Love vs. Lust. This powerful speaker has traveled internationally to share his message of love and joy that comes from a deep relationship with Christ and is excited to join us in February. Parents of Year 1 and Year 2 teens are invited to join  us for this class meeting. Sponsors of Year 2 Candidates are also welcome to be present. Please note that there is no assigned reading or quiz for this month!

In this talk, Paul calls out the lies and counterfeits (unique to both men and women), and affirms the God-given plan and desire (via Scripture and Church Teaching) that everyone has for authentic love and relationships. Real, funny, challenging, and refreshing; this talk has left countless teens and young adults inspired to no longer settle for counterfeits and imitations, and commit to chastity as a sure means of finding happiness, and a love worth the wait!

* TOPICS Covered in “LUST VS. LOVE” include:

• The Benefits of Chastity
• The Negative Effects of Promiscuity
• The Theology of the Body
• Peer Pressure
• Internet Pornography
• Ways to Develop Chaste Relationships
• Warning Flags About Significant Others
• Not Being Defined by Past Faults

Parents and teens of Year 1 Confirmation joined us for our SEALED. Orientation meeting on September 21. For those who were unable to attend, we ask that you download the SEALED. Handbook and Additional Paperwork found just to the right of this post. Please take the time to read it very carefully. For your Schoology access code for the online quiz, contact us at YM@americanmartyrs.org. Please take special note of the Confirmation Masses that will take place in O'Donnell Hall found on page 12 of the Handbook. Teens are required to stay in O'Donnell Hall and fully participate in those special Masses. Families are invited to join us at these Masses. Questions, contact us via email at YM@americanmartyrs.org.

Sealed. Year 1 and Year 2 gather to learn about the 7 Social Teachings of the Catholic Church. We are called to love our neighbor. We know that being Catholic does not simply mean we gather and learn about our faith. We gather and then we are sent. We are called to live our faith. Our faith in action is love in action. Through the 7 different lenses of Catholic Social Teaching, we learn various ways to approach serving our neighbor. With the help of Human Nature, we can all dive into a meaningful service experience that will benefit others and help us raise funds for our Steubenville West retreat this Summer!

Join AMYM Life Teen in the Human Nature Fundraiser 
called Little Hands Big Difference. 
Help us raise money for the Steubenville West retreat from July 18th-20th! 
Contact Monica Leon to receive your packet of $20 gift cards that you can sell to family and friends.