High School Youth Ministry - Lifeteen

High School Lifeteen Illuminate Youth Ministry is an interactive youth ministry program designed for teens in high school.  The goal is to lead teens closer to Christ through the sacraments, an interactive understanding of the faith, reverent and relevant songs, a time of group sharing, and genuine friendships.

Key components include attending Mass, youth ministry events on Sunday afternoons, retreats, faith discussion groups and service projects.

For more information, please contact Tom Mackin at [email protected] or by calling the Youth Ministry office at 443-981-3190.

Summer Schedule 

Sunday, June 1, 2025           –          Session #1

Sunday, June 29, 2025         –          Session #2

Sunday, July 13, 2025           –          Session #3

Sunday, August 10, 2025     –          Session #4

Sunday, August 24, 2025     –          Session #5

Summer Special Events:

June 22 -26, 2025 - Vacation Bible School

VBS will start on Sunday June 22nd at 4 PM with Sunday Mass!
This Years theme is 'True North' and we want your entire family to join us as we explore ’Trusting Jesus in a Wild World”
We will run from 530-830PM each evening and start with a family dinner each night at 530PM.
 
Tom will have separate programing for the Middle Schoolers and we will be needing high school kids and adults to volunteer for usual VBS activities. 
 
We also will be providing a Marriage Study for couples each night in the church which parents can attend any night they want or every night.
 
Childcare with be provided (for children 3 & younger) when staying for the marriage study or for Adults that are volunteering,
 
1) Participants - Here is a link to sign up you & your kids to participate (Rising Prek4 - Rising 5, Middle School Youth & Marriage Study)
https://forms.ministryforms.net/viewForm.aspx?formId=199313a9-2509-4bd9-afe0-cdf9348a5bff
 
2) Just Volunteering - Here is a link to sign up just to volunteer (over 18 or high school)
https://forms.ministryforms.net/viewForm.aspx?formId=09460b63-e726-477d-9fed-28243f2af14f
 
3) Decoration Nights - Here is a link to volunteer to help with decorating and set up:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090D4FA5A72FAA8-56036018-vbsprep#/
 
Please reach out with any questions,
 
Thanks!
Sarah Richard ([email protected])
Katie Winterstein ([email protected])

July 7-10, 2025 - Quo Vadis

When: July 7-10, 2025
Who: High School Boys (those finishing 8th grade to those finishing 12^th grade senior year in 2024)
Where: St. Mary’s Seminary in Roland Park
Cost: $275 per student - St. Mark’s Youth Ministry will be covering $100.00 for each student who would like to attend, so cost per student would be $175.00
(once you register, just email me a copy of your registration and I will process reimbursement to you for your student(s) $100.00 from the parish)
 
Click below to register, spots will fill up quickly!
QuoVadis Registration
 
What is Quo Vadis? Quo Vadis is a four-day camp hosted by the seminarians of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Who is it for? It is open to any young man of high-school-age (eighth-grade grads through recent high-school-grads) who wants Christ and the Church to be a part of his life.
 
What does it accomplish? Young men will be encouraged to persevere in prayer, service, and holiness so that they can grow in human and Christian maturity and explore the vocation to which God is calling them. When the question of a particular vocation arises later (marriage, priesthood, or religious life), it will be because the young man himself has discovered it being proposed to him from within.
 
How does it accomplish it? Through four days of prayer, discussion, worship, recreation, music, and brotherhood. Through four days with priests, seminarians, and other young men who are open to Christ and the Church in their lives. Through four days of peace and relaxation away from the stressors of school and busyness of family life, giving each young man the freedom to learn and discover where God is working in his life.
 
Is it just “priest camp?” No–it’s a “grow as a Catholic young man experience.” Our goal is to give a young man a few days to think, pray, and reflect on how God works in his life, and on how he will build on that foundation going forward. All of the baptized are called to follow Christ through their diverse vocations. However, since the experience is run by the seminarians of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and is hosted at a seminary, we do hope that by the end of the week a young man has a better understanding of what the life of a seminarian and a priest looks like. He’ll also get to know seminarians of the Archdiocese of Baltimore as more than faces on a poster..
 
What does Quo Vadis mean? Quo Vadis is Latin for “Where are you going?” An ancient legend holds that Saint Peter, in a moment of doubt, once asked the Lord Jesus this question. We believe that this question can still be asked today: by young people, to the Lord (“Lord, where are you going? Where are you taking me?”); and by the Lord, back to a young person (“Where are you going? Will you follow me?”). 

July 7 - 11, 2025 - Harford Area Youth Ministry WorkCamp

Our 2025 Harford Area Youth Ministry WorkCamp Registration is NOW OPEN.
Over 40 students are already registered.
 
The WorkCamp this year will be July 7-11, 2025

• Monday, July 7^th – St. Francis deSales, Abingdon
• Tuesday, July 8^th – St. Mark, Fallston
• Wednesday, July 9^th – St. John, Hydes
• Thursday, July 10^th – St. Ignatius, Hickory
• Friday, July 11^th – Holy Spirit, Joppatowne

 
Guppy Gulch Day – Friday, August 8^th (Please Save the Date)
(More information along with registration for this day will be provided later in the Spring)
 
You can begin registering for the WorkCamp using the link below:
Harford Area Youth Ministry WorkCamp Registration
Our team is looking forward to another great week of workcamp with all our Harford Area Youth Ministry students!


July 27 - August 1 - Damascus Catholic Youth Summer Camp
Camp Registration Closed

August 8 - Harford Area Youth Ministry Guppy Gulch Day
More details to come, stay tuned...

August 12 - Christian Faith Night at Camden Yards (Orioles vs. Seattle)
More details to come, stay tuned...