YOUTH MINISTRY

Youth Group for Grades 6-8

Edge is a fun, welcoming community. Teens in Grades 6-8 come together to form Christ-centered friendships, get answers to their questions about faith, and experience the love of God. Edge helps us grow as the people God created us to be.

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Youth Ministry for Grades 9-12

Connect Groups

We are currently forming Connect Groups!

Teens can form a group with their friends and pick a day/time to meet at the Parish Center at St. Matthew Church or at the CCD Center at St. Gregory Church.

Connect Groups will provide our teens with an opportunity to grow in faith with their friends and remain connected with God and each other. During Connect groups, teens will grow as disciples through reading Scripture, praying together, asking questions and having conversations about God, and being part of a Catholic community. Each Connect Group can choose which topics/aspects of faith they would like to grow in.

Contact Amanda, our Youth Minister, at Youthministry@stmatthewrcc.com to learn more about being part of a Connect Group!

Steubenville East 2024

Website to learn more: https://steubenvilleconferences.com/youth/

If interested in attending Steubenville East 2024, please email Amanda at Youthministry@stmatthewrcc.com.

Young Adult Groups in CT for Ages 18-35

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C4C Young Adult Groups: Crossroadsforchrist.org

Facebook: Greater Hartford C4C Email: C4Cgreaterhartford@gmail.com

Facebook: Frassati C4C - New Haven Email: FrassatiC4C@gmail.com Facebook: Frassati New Haven Email: info@frassatinewhaven.org

Faith Resources for Young Catholics

Saint Spotlight: St. Matthew

Feast Day: September 21

As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post. He said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. While he was at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat with Jesus and his disciples. The Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” He heard this and said, “Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. Go and learn the meaning of the words, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' I did not come to call the righteous but sinners.” -Matthew 9:9-13

Prayer of Thanksgiving for St. Matthew

We thank you, heavenly Father, for the witness of your Apostle and evangelist Matthew to the Gospel of your Son our Savior; and we pray that, after his example, we may with ready hearts obey the calling of our Lord to follow him; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever, Amen.

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