Youth Alive 2010... The Monthly Celebration taking place around the Archdiocese.

Many of us can find church a bit boring sometimes, sat on a hard bench, singing hymns and listening to the priest give his homily whilst you drift off and think about what you are having for lunch, but isn’t that what church is meant to be like? No! Youth Alive is a monthly Mass for young people around the Archdiocese. It is a mass planned by young people for young people, it’s a chance for you to really get involved in the Mass and change that idea that it is boring. We pick the hymns that are lively and reflective and the music group really bring the hymns to life filling the church with fantastic music, we dramatise the gospels and bring the word of God to life in many different ways. At the Youth Alive Mass young people are really encouraged to get involved in the Mass in everyway, from doing readings, bringing up the offertory to being Eucharistic Ministers and singing praise to God with the help of the music group.

Youth alive has been going for 10 years now and we are developing it every month and making it into what you, the young people of our diocese want. This year in particular Youth Alive has had a bit of a revamp in celebration of its decade anniversary. It is a monthly youth event which comes in many forms and it is a great place to meet up with friends you have met in Lourdes or on retreats and a fantastic opportunity to make knew friends and socialise especially at the disco. Youth Alive is a great place for young people who want to share their faith with other like minded young people and get to know knew people from around the Archdiocese, it is a time for praising God, reflecting on our own relationship with God and a place to talk to other people about your faith and learn knew things about God and the world.

I found out about Youth Alive from my school chaplain, but I wasn't sure I would like it at first, and I was worried that I wouldn't know anyone. Eventually I went along with a friend two years ago and we have been going ever since, I've made some brilliant new friends and I'm always excited to meet up with them each month. So if you are fifteen or older and want to experience a different kind of mass, why don't you come along to the next Youth Alive, who knows , you could even find yourself joining us in Lourdes or for World Youth Day in the future! Whatever you get out of Youth Alive thought, it will defiantly help you to understand the importance of mass, the real meaning of all those early Sunday morning, and with at least one lie in each month. (Cath Reid, St Helens)

Dates and locations of future Youth Alive’s

Youth Alive is a monthly celebration for young people 15+. A disco follows until 10 pm cost £2.

February 7th 6.30 pm – St Mary’s- Lowe House, Crab St, St Helens, WA10 2BE

March 7th 4.30 pm – St Mary’s- Lowe House, Crab St, St Helens, WA10 2BE (Romero Mass)
The day will also include workshops run by 'Justice and Peace' from 1:00p.m. in Lowe House which you are welcome to come along to also.
If you can't make the workshops please do come along at 4:30p.m. - the Mass will be followed by social with pizza and hot dogs until 8:00p.m.

March 28th (Palm Sunday-World Youth Day) 6.30 pm – TBC

May 2nd 6.30 pm – St Mary’s, Broadfield Dr, Leyland, PR25 1PD

June 6th 6.30 pm – TBC

July 4th 6.30 pm – St Mary’s- Lowe House, Crab St, St Helens, WA10 2BE

September 5th 6.30 pm – St Mary’s- Lowe House, Crab St, St Helens, WA10 2BE

October 3rd 6.30 pm – St Basil’s & All Saints, Hough Green Rd, Widnes WA8 4SZ

November 7th  6.30 pm – St John’s, Standishgate, Wigan WN1 1XL

December 5th 6.30 pm – St Mary’s- Lowe House, Crab St, St Helens, WA10 2BE

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December Youth Alive

 Youth Alive was different once again this month with a service of prayer and quietness to help us enter into this Advent season. The church was kept dark with only candles to light the whole space. With some gentle music, scripture and a drama exploring the meaning of this season, the main focus of the evening was a chance to enter into a number of creative and interactive prayer stations spread out around the church. It gave everyone a chance to take some time out from the busyness of life and really focus on what we are doing, waiting and preparing for the coming of our Lord! It wasn’t so quiet after this however as people gathered in teams down in the café to take on a number of fun challenges which proved to be very entertaining! Thank you all for coming to the last of our 10th year anniversary celebrations and look out for new info in the new year!