Youth Alive 2007... 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 6 years and we are developing it every month and making it into what you, the young people of our Archdiocese want. 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 at the disco after Mass. The Youth Alive Mass and disco 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.

6. 30 pm Mass Feb 3rd St Teresa’s  Queensway, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0DS
6. 30 pm Mass March 2nd St Mary's, Lowe House, Crab Street, St Helens. WA10 2BE
6. 30 pm Mass April 6th St Joseph’s, Meeting Lane, Penketh, WA5 2BB
6. 30 pm Mass May 4th St Mary's, Lowe House, Crab Street, St Helens. WA10 2BE
6. 30 pm Mass June 1st St Helen Crosby Alexandra Rd, Crosby, Liverpool, L23 7TQ
6. 30 pm Mass July 6th St Mary's, Lowe House, Crab Street, St Helens. WA10 2BE
6. 30 pm Mass Sept 7th St Mary's, Lowe House, Crab Street, St Helens. WA10 2BE
6. 30 pm Mass Oct 5th St Anne’s, Prescot Rd, Ormskirk, L39 4TG
6. 30 pm Mass Nov 2nd Christ the King, Queens Dr, Childwall, L15 6YQ
6. 30 pm Mass Dec 7th St Mary's, Lowe House, Crab Street, St Helens. WA10 2BE

June Youth Alive

In June we celebrated the summer by heading towards the beach, we got as far as St Helens church in Crosby and decided that was a good place to stop for Youth Alive (not really…it was all planned already!). With the help of coach 7’s planning group and many volunteers for different things we were able to share a great celebration with parishioners from the church. Thinking about the reading about the wise man building his house on rock and the foolish man building his on sand, we thought about what it is that we build our lives on. Is it solid foundations like family, faith and friends or do we build our lives on foundations such as popularity, fame and jealousy?