Registration is always open for EDGE and Life Teen! We invite you to join us as we grow one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic Church!

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EDGE (6th-8th)

 

Life Teen (9th-12th)

About EDGE

Our Lady of Grace EDGE is a junior high youth ministry for 6th, 7th, and 8th graders.  Led by a Core Team of Parents, Adults, Young Adults, and High School Upperclassmen, EDGE students form their faith in the parish community.  Using traditional prayer, fun games, creative activities, witness talks, small group discussion, new media, and relational ministry, students are challenged to engage each other in the joy of their Catholic faith.  Each week, students are promised to encounter God, Fun, & Food!

For a more in-depth overview of EDGE, click here.

For a sample EDGE talk, please click here to read Adult Core Team member Chad Costa's reflection on God as father.

Calendar

EDGE Meets Wednesday Evenings from 6:30-8:00pm in the Donovan Center!

Events

Youth Ministry Picnic

All youth ministry (6th-12th grade) students and families are welcome to have a cookout, hear about the upcoming youth ministry year, and spend time socializing with your church family!

Junior High Lock-In

The Lock-In is a highlight EDGE activity filled with fun games, hilarious skits, dodgeball, and an enjoyable way to encounter faith, hope, and love!

Living Nativity

This live performance of Christ's birth story allows students from ERE, EDGE, and Life Teen to come together to portray Mary, Joseph, the Wise Men, and Innkeepers in the tale of our Savior's beginning.

Core Team

The EDGE Core Team is made up of more than 40 high school juniors & seniors, young adults, parents, and more!  It takes a unique person to be on the Core Team, and perhaps you have what it takes!  Contact edge@ologn.org to learn more about serving on this team.

Learn More

EDGE communicates with Flocknote, so sign up for our list at the OLG Flocknote page!  If you're involved with EDGE at all, you should join this list.

Ways to Give

If you would like to help serve the EDGE community, consider giving in the following ways:

• Sponsor a student for the Summer Dayz Retreat.
• Offer to bring snacks for EDGE Nights.
• Share your story or expertise by speaking at an EDGE Night.
• Consider joining the Core Team and giving your Wednesday nights to support our faith.
• Pray for the EDGE Community

edge@ologn.org

About Life Teen

Life Teen is a high school youth ministry for students in 9th-12th grades.  Our mission is to grow one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic Church.  Students participate in Sunday Life Nights that tackle current issues, catechize the youth in their Catholic faith, and promote fellowship among our community.  Many retreats, special event, conference, and mission trip opportunities are also available to students at Life Teen to help them form their faith.  Additionally, bible study, liturgical ministries, music ministry, and leadership opportunities are all common activities in the Life Teen program.  A Core Team of adults and young adults lead Life Teen events and strive to form students into valuable contributors of their future Catholic communities.

Calendar

Life Teen Meets at 5:30pm Sunday Mass through 8:30pm in the Donovan Center!

Download a Calendar Here

Retreats & Events

Fall Retreat

The Fall Retreat is new each year for OLG high school students, but always features a unique retreat environment, powerful witness talks, great music, hilarious games, influential prayer, and lasting friendships built in small groups!

ICYC

The Indianapolis Catholic Youth Conference (ICYC) is an event for all central Indiana high school students hosted on non-NCYC years by the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.  ICYC also has excellent workshops, mass with the bishop, concerts, speakers and a room full of inflatables and sumo suits!

NCYC

The National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) is a rare opportunity to experience the larger Church.  Every two years, more than 25,000 Catholic teenagers meet to hear the best youth ministry speakers, listen to the best Catholic musicians, and celebrate the Sacraments together.  Students will stay overnight at a hotel and spend their days attending workshops, concerts, comedy shows, praying, visiting an exhibition hall-sized expo, trading apparel with peers from around the country!

Senior Retreat

The Christian Awakening Senior Retreat invites high school seniors from around the Carmel Deanery to come together for a life-changing weekend.  This is an experience you simply cannot miss. The Senior Retreat is considered the culmination of our Life Teen youth ministry program.

Destination Jesus

Destination Jesus (DJ) is a diocesan event with more than 900 high school students from around the midwest.  At DJ, you'll encounter unique Adoration, see our seminarians and young religious in action, listen to terrific speakers, and sing loud with Caesar and the DJ Band.

Spirit & Fire

Spirit & Fire is Our Lady of Grace's Confirmation Retreat. Retreat participants will spend Friday and Saturday getting to know each other through witness talks, games, prayer, reconciliation, and small groups.  On Sunday, parents of the teens will join in on the chance to share about faith.

Notre Dame Vision

Students travel to the University of Notre Dame for this week-long conference.  Vision explores the theological concept of vocation, stating that, "God is calling," and asking, "How Will You Respond?" 

Athletic Nights

On select Wednesdays in June, July, & August, come to the Donovan Center from 7:00-9:00pm on Wednesday nights to join teens and young adults in great games of soccer, frisbee, or Capture the Riggle.

King's Island

Students spend a fun day at the amusement park near Cincinnati, Ohio. This trip is for all high school students and is a day to play and socialize!

Service

Way of the Cross

The Way of the Cross is a prayerful reenactment of the Passion of our Lord as portrayed by high school upperclassmen at noon on Good Friday.

Living Nativity

This live performance of Christ's birth story allows students from ERE, EDGE, and Life Teen to come together to portray Mary, Joseph, the Wise Men, and Innkeepers in the tale of our Savior's beginning.

Bethlehem Farm Mission Trip

Bethlehem Farm is a Catholic community in southern West Virginia that promotes Gospel cornerstones of Prayer, Community, Service & Simplicity.  A week at the Farm consists of doing basic home repair or construction projects for low-income or needy families.  Students also learn to live simply by being great stewards of God's creation and leaving distractions at home for a week.

St. Paul Mission Trip

Each year, high school students (including incoming freshmen and outgoing seniors) travel to Our Lady of Grace's sister parish in McKee, Kentucky.  Students will participate in a variety of service projects like basic home repair, abandoned home demolition, low-income childcare, or visiting the elderly.  Registration Form

Liturgy

Crooked Halo

Our liturgical choir and band lead music and worship at Mass each Sunday. This ministry is led by local performing artist Tony Avellana and is a prayerful way to share musical talents!

Liturgical Ministers

Particularly at our 5:30pm Sunday Mass, Life Teen students act as ushers, cross bearers, Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, and lectors.  This is one of the most important services students do for the parish.

Confirmation

Our Lady of Grace's Confirmation program is a thorough preparation for the Sacrament.  In general, students are Confirmed in the 10th grade following a year of active participation in youth ministry.  We believe that by engaging students in catechesis, retreat experiences, and local service, that they will be able to live our their strengthening of the Holy Spirit that comes with their Sacrament.

FAQ

The basic requirements of Confirmation at OLG are laid out in our FAQ document.

Forms

Confirmation Filing Form
Confirmation Saint Name Form
Confirmation Parish Service Form
Confirmation Sponsor Activity Form
Confirmation Sponsor Certificate (if Sponsor is from another parish)

Core Team

The Life Teen Core Team is made up of young adults, parents, and more!  It takes a unique person to be on the Core Team, and perhaps you have what it takes!  Contact Stacy to learn more about serving on this team.  This is a job description of the role of a Life Night Core Team member, Confirmation Core Team member, and a Retreat Core Team member.

Learn More

Life Teen & Confirmation communicate with Flocknote, so sign up for our list at the OLG Flocknote page!  If you're involved with Life Teen at all, you should join this list.

Ways to Give

• Donations for students to attend summer mission trips.
• Serve in the kitchen for a retreat.
• Offer to share your own faith witness or expertise at a Life Night.
• Give to our scholarship fund to aid students in affording retreats.
• Help us clean our facility or organize our Donovan Center storage spaces.
• Talk with your students about the their experiences at Life Teen and continue the formation.
• Join us for 5:30pm Sunday Mass as a participant, liturgical minister, or Crooked Halo musician.
• Pray for the Life Teen community.

lifeteen@ologn.org