Youth

Activities shown here are always current. If you have any questions about the shown events, feel free to contact Deb Malcom at (918) 455-4451 ext. 230 or cell at (918) 498-1144.  Most Youth events will also be on the information wall in the Commons.

Further Information

High School Youth

Our high school youth group meets on Wednesday nights. Activities vary between service projects for groups such as Day Center for the Homeless, Birthright of Tulsa, Joy in the Cause, or Catholic Charities, spiritual activities such as Praise Nights or bible study, or social activities like lock-ins, swim parties, and “squad wars”. Most activities begin in the youth room around 7 p.m., but locations and times can vary depending on the activity. Check the youth calendar on this web page, or call/text Deb Malcom at 918-408-1144 to find out what is coming up.

Mission Trips

• Catholic Heart Work Camp (CHWC): Most summers during June or July, St. Benedict youth travel to a location in the United States to attend CHWC. At CHWC, youth are divided into work groups with youth from around the country and assigned a service site to work at Monday through Thursday during the day. In the evenings, CHWC staff lead games, devotionals, and praise and worship, and priests offer daily Mass, Reconciliation, and Adoration of the Eucharist to our campers. Friday is “free day” to visit a fun site in the area. For more info about CHWC, visit www.heartworkcamp.com.

• Steubenville Mission: St. Benedict youth attend the Steubenville youth conference every summer. For a three or four days before the conference, youth do service work in Springfield, MO., or in another area that is on the way to the conference. For more information about the Steubenville conference, visit www.steubenvilleconferences.com.

Fund Raising

Often our high school youth need financial help attending the mission trips and other St. Benedict youth activities. Youth can participate in a variety of fundraisers, including Breakfast Burritos, bake sales, etc. Some fundraisers are reserved specifically for the Lourdes Mission or World Youth Day trips; some of these fundraisers include selling Christmas wreaths, Amish Jam, religious statues, etc.

TYME Leadership Team

St. Benedict juniors and seniors can apply to be part of the TYME team. TYME stands for “Total Youth Ministry Experience”, and its mission is to engage our 5th through 12th-grade youth in catechesis and community. The TYME team plans and facilitates religious education classes for our 5th through 10th-grade students once a semester, as well as a Saturday retreat for 5th/6th-graders, a lock-in for 7th/8th-graders, and a weekend retreat for high schoolers each year.

Middle School Youth

The Church of St. Benedict offers many activities for our youth in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades:

  • Summer 4 x 4:  Four days x Four hours each day = tons of fun!  Monday through Thursday during a week in June and a week in July, middle school youth meet in the youth room at 1 p.m., return to the youth room at 5 p.m., and go on a fun field trip in between!  Two days of the week we go somewhere like Catholic Charities or Broken Arrow Neighbors to do a service project.  On the other two days, we go somewhere like SkyZone or Nienhaus Park Pool to play.
  • TGIF: TGIF (To Gather in Faith) meets on Friday nights at 7 p.m., September through April (with the exception of school holidays and Fridays during Lent).  Some Fridays we stay in the youth room for bible study, “nerf night”, service projects, or “drama nights”.  Other Fridays we go somewhere for laser tag, ice skating, hayride, etc.  Ending times vary depending on the night’s activity.
  • CLP: For the first three or four Fridays of Lent, our middle school youth host a program with music, skits, games, and arts and crafts for the preschool and elementary school children.  The middle school youth arrive at 5:45 p.m. for a cheese pizza dinner and to set up for the night.  The younger children join us from 6:15 to 7:30 p.m.  At 7:30, we join our parish community in praying the Stations of the Cross.
  • Diocesan Activities: Our St. Benedict youth join with other middle school youth from the Tulsa Diocese for an overnight summer camp, and JCYC ( Jr. High Catholic Youth Conference).