Night Life

St. Michael's youth enjoy fun/social events throughout the year. These events are scheduled during our Sunday Activity Nights. These events would also include fundraising programs that are aimed at helping the youth support our community as well as world events. We always welcome new youth and ideas to make these events more enjoyable.

Youth Activity Calendar

January

4 
11Christmas Party
18 
25PUSH FITNESS

February

1 
8Sleigh Ride
15 
22 (Ash Wednesday)Pancake Dinner

March

1Skating
8 (Daylight Saving Time) 
15St. Patrick's Day Party
22 
29Movie Night - At the Theatre

Things you should know…. Camp Gitchigomee

Camp Gitchigomee is the summer camp of the Thunder Bay Deanery, located about an hour and a half drive from Thunder Bay. It ministers to the children from Thunder Bay and occasionally the north shore of Lake Superior. Children aged 7-17 attend age-appropriate, week-long sessions during July. All parishes are involved with the camp.

J2A

Youth 13+

Goals
The four goals of the Journey to Adulthood (J2A) curriculum are:

1. To celebrate the transition from youth to adulthood.
2. To train young people in the skills of adulthood.
3. To explore the mystery of our faith heritage.
4. To establish our experience in the strength of community and liturgy.

It is a two year program; throughout the two years we will be covering four categories. The curriculum, of course, builds on itself, making a cohesive whole by the end of the two-year period. Each lesson, however, is self-contained.

 
  • Year I, Fall — Self
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  • Year I, Spring — Society
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  • Year II, Fall — Sexuality
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  • Year II, Fall — Spirituality

    • The Six Skills

     
  • Active listening — the ability to listen creatively and constructively to others and to the self.
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  • Negotiation — the ability to recognize difference and conflict and to manage compromise while showing respect to all parties.
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  • Assertion — the ability to express one’s opinions and feelings without aggression or violence.
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  • Research and information management — the ability to see what questions need to be asked, to track the path to find the answers and to make the new-found information useful to the self and to others.
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  • Partnership — the ability to establish relationships built in mutual responsibility and accountability.
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  • Leadership — the ability to think “proactively,” to share the ownership of ideas, inspiration and effort, and to recognize skills and interests in others.
    • The Six Affirmations

     1. I know how to listen to myself and to others.
     2. I work to my strengths. I can recognize strengths in others, and will help them to work to theirs.
     3. I make a difference. I have something of value to contribute. I know how to serve.
     4. I actively build relationships. Community is one key to a successful life.
     5. I recognize there are four steps to a task: the need, the plan, the process, the result.
     6. I practise compassion, celebration and the mystery of life.