St. Helen's Young Adult Ministry

01/20/2022

Young Adult Ministry is back in 2022! Check out our website for more info on new events, including a Book Club and series on Love and Relationships: https://sainthelen.org/young-adult-ministry/

09/01/2021

Our Young Adult ministry is kicking-off this Fall with an innovative video series that tackles the key questions of the human heart through the lens of science, psychology, medicine, art and religion.

Join us beginning Thursday, September 23rd at 6:30pm at St. Bartholomew Church for dinner, conversation and fellowship. All young adults 20-35yrs are welcome. Check out the attached poster for more event details and how to register. Feel free to invite a friend!

07/14/2021

Catholics literally invented everything and we ain't mad at it!

Around 610 CE, a Catholic monk in Italy made baked treats for Lent as rewards to children for learning their prayers. Before baking, he shaped dough scraps into treats resembling a child’s arms folded in prayer. It later became a trend to other Italian monks who would give the twisted goodies to children to remind them to pray. They called it "bracellae," which was Latin for little arms or "pretiolas," which meant little rewards. The word “bracellae” was also the origin of the German word “bretzel”.

In the 7th century, the Catholic church had firmer food restrictions during Lent where meat, dairy, and eggs were prohibited. Since pretzels were made of simple ingredients like water, flour, and salt, it became an ideal food during Lent.

In the Middle Ages, the popularity of pretzels spread across Europe and other symbolisms were associated with the pretzel. One example is that they believed that its three holes represent the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Name a food that has symbolic meaning.

06/25/2021

Cheers to the weekend! Who’s stoked to be back for in-person masses?

05/17/2021

Thank you Angela and Matt for the pre-show reflection on silence, Saint Joseph, and every Catholic’s mutual love for John Krasinski 🙏

Have any prayer requests? Message us or email [email protected]

05/06/2021

“There's nothing worth more that could ever come close”

Join us the first Wednesday of every month for Eucharistic Adoration! Message us for prayer requests 🙏

03/08/2021

Thanks for joining us and our first Alpha - Catholic Context course! We were blessed to wrap up with a surprise guest Q&A and prayer session 🙏

02/05/2021

Perspective is key!

Remember, the Bible was compiled so the Catholic Church would know what books to read in its LITURGY!

The Catholic Church determined which books are inspired and which are not based on the LIVING faith of the believers. If a writing does not conform to that LIVING FAITH, the Church doesn't declare it as inspired. (Although some writings like the Letters of Clement conform to the LIVING FAITH, they were written too far from the time of Jesus and the Apostles).

01/31/2021

Since stocks are all the rage these days

01/28/2021

Too soon?

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