Feast of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross - Edith Stein

Today is the Feast day of a most remarkable woman of the 20th century, Edith Stein, now known as St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. You can read about her on the link provided. She is truly a model of true Christian feminism for our culture today.

http://www.secondexodus.com/html/patronsaints/stteresabenedicta.htm

Portiuncula Indulgence!

Here is a great link that talks about this beautiful devotion. God's mercy and love awaits us in the Sacrament of Confession.

http://www.franciscanfriarstor.com/archive/stfrancis/stf_portuncula_indulgence.htm

50 Maxims for becoming a Saint! (from St Alphonsus...

I came across this on another blog site. These maxims from St. Alphonsus Ligouri seem so simple, yet so challenging. They are worthy of meditation and seem certainly doable.

Canterbury Tales by Taylor Marshall: 50 Maxims for becoming a Saint! (from St Alphonsus...: "I've recently come to love Saint Alphonsus Liguori. Here are his '50 Maxims.' Print them out and paste them next to your mirror so that you..."

The Soul of Madrid

So are you ready? Details are coming very soon about our St. Norbert youth group pilgrimage to World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid, Spain. Below is the official promo video for the event. All youth ages 16-35 are invited to join with Pope Benedict XVI and the Catholic youth of the world for these amazing days of prayer, discipleship and cultural exchange. We will be developing a fundraising program that will help make this dream a reality. Our trip is open to older teens as well as college students and young adults.

http://en.madrid11.com/JMJ2011ING/REVISTA/cabecerasypies/PortadaHome.asp

Awesome Gospel reading from Mass today!

Jesus said to his disciples:
"The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field,
which a person finds and hides again,
and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
Again, the Kingdom of heaven is like a merchant
searching for fine pearls.
When he finds a pearl of great price,
he goes and sells all that he has and buys it." Matt. 13:44-46

So is your relationship with Christ the pearl of great price in your life?

What are you willing to give away and get rid of so that Christ may be your treasure?

Papa Benedict sporting the ballpark look. Now all he needs is the Phillies "P" on the front.

Bob Rice's 35 Day Spiritual Workout

Bob Rice has posted on his website the 35 Day Spiritual Workout. Those of you who attended Steubenville remember how we were called to commit to 35 days of personal prayer. It takes 3 weeks to create a new habit. What better habit to cultivate than the habit daily drawing closer to the God who loves us. Let us not neglect prayer which is our source of spiritual life and strength.

August Youth Group Schedule

Sunday August 1

Youth Group Bowling Night at The Palace in Downingtown

8-10PM

Sunday August 8
Pizza and Movie Night

7-10PM Youth Room

Sunday August 22

Laser Tag at Grand Slam in Malvern

7:15PM

Sunday August 29

Praise and Worship Night

7-9PM

**J. Crew will meet on Wednesday nights at 7:30 in the Youth Room

Join us for Prayer, Praise and Sharing!

Franciscan University Youth Conferences 2010, "The Word Became Flesh"

Here is the theme song from Steubenville 2010. May we remember the many blessings we received on that weekend in July.

Our God is Greater - Chris Tomlin

New Norbs Youth Group Blog!!!

Hi all. This is my first attempt at setting up a new blog for St. Norbert Youth Group. It is my hope that this blog may be a source of information for both teens, young adults and parents associated with our wonderful St. Norbert Youth Ministry. Please feel free to post comments to blog entries. I am also open to suggestions as to how I can improve this blog in both content and layout.