Page 0: Page 1: ELIJAH’S KNIGHTS Volume 1, Issue 1 “WITH ZEAL HAVE I BEEN ZEALOUS FOR THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS” – 1Kings 19:10 July 2010 SANTA CRUZ YOUTH GROUP NEWSLETTER Welcome! What’s new? Welcome to the inaugural edition of “Elijah’s Knights”, the newsletter of th e Santa Cruz Youth Group. In an effort to communicate to the parents and guardians of our youth as well as the community of our parish, we will put out a quarterly communication about what the youth group of your parish is doing. We have been very busy sin ce we took o ver as directors of your youth group this past December. In January, we p articipated in the March fo r Life. Over Rodeo weekend, we held a retreat for our teens. In May, we facilitated a day-long retreat for the 8th grade students of San Xavier, St. John the Evangelist and Santa Cruz s chools while at the same tim e providing a weekly get together for our youth. Our next goal is to take a group of our teens to a charismatic weekend retreat over Labor Day weekend (September 3 -5th , 2010) along with our sister parish of St. Margaret Mary’s Youth Group, to Anaheim, California. On the back of this newsletter you will find a list of fundraising events we are hosting this month. Your support would be greatly appreciated. Why Elijah’s Knights? The name of our newsletter is based on the origins on Mount Carmel in Palestine where w e read in the II Book of Kings about the great p rophet Elijah. Elijah defended the true faith in th e God of Israel, and he, also saw the small cloud that brought life-giving rain after a long drought. Carmel is deeply asso ciated with Elijah and our Mother Mary. From Elijah, the Carmelites inh erited a burning passion for the living and true God and the desire to make His Word intimately their own in order to witness to Its presen ce in the world: with Mary, the most Pure Mother of God, they are committed to live “in allegian ce to Jesus Christ” with the same intimate and deep feelings which w ere Mary’s. We pray that as Elijah’s Kn ights, we can be active defenders of the Catholic faith as we walk in Christ with our Blessed Mother. During a game night, Oscar tried to stack 36 cups on top of each other in a pyramid and then stack them in a single stack again in one minute. He fell short. Youth Group going to SCRC! Growing up today as a teen can be very diffi cult. In order to give teens the tools needed for their spiritual growth, we will participate in the annual teen retreat put on by the Southern Califo rnia Ren ewal Community (SCRC) Labor Day weekend, September 3rd through the 5th in Anaheim, California. We will be traveling by bus with our sister parish, St. Margaret’s Mary’s Youth group. This retreat is an opportunity for our youth to be transformed by discovering a n ew openness to the reality of the Holy Spirit along with thousands of other Catholic teens from across the southwestern United continued on page 2 For more info rmation about getting your teen involved with our youth group or to make a donation, please call one of the directors: Peter & Yo landa Martinez (520.370.3070) o r Marco & Lourdes León (520.282.1498) “Youth Knights” are every Wednesday from 7:00p m to 8:30p m. Elijah's Knights 1 Page 2: SCRC from page 1 July Fundraising Events Saturday, July 10 Car Wash 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Breakfast Burrito Sale - Following 8:00 a.m. Mass Hot dogs and Hamburger Sale Following 10 :00 a.m. & 12:00 p.m. Masses Car Wash 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Breakfast Burrito Sale - Following 8:00 a.m. Mass Hot dogs and Hamburger Sale Following 10 :00 a.m. & 12:00 p.m. Masses Car Wash 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Car Wash 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. States. We h ave been fundraising through car w ashes and hamburger / hot dog sales and will continue to do so to raise the funds. We are hoping to take over 20 teens but the cost alone is estimated at $400.00 per teen. We would appreciate any fin an cial contributions you could make to our youth group to support them in this endeavor. Checks can b e made to the Santa Cruz Youth Group and left in th e parish office. Contributions made to the youth group are tax dedu ctible. The church’s tax id number is 623-640-1861. In addition we will be having the following fundraising events this month. Please support us any way you can and keep our kids in your prayers. Sunday. July 11 Saturday, July 17 Sunday. July 18 Saturday, July 24 Thou shall…. Saturday, July 31 Upcoming Events: Using Linked Text for Paralle Friday July 16th - Feast Mass for Our Lad y of Mt. Carmel, patroness of the Carmelites with a rosary starting at 6pm, bilingual Mass at 6:30pm and reception to follow in the Carmelite Hall. Youth Knights: Wednesday July 21st – Join us for an intimate evening of Adoration & Praise & Worship with our Lo rd in the church. Bring your p arents and family for this one! Wednesday July 28th – Grab a glove and a bat as we hit the “Field of Dreams” for an evening of softball. l Articles You can use linked text boxes to flow text in parallel “columns” from page to page. This method gives different results than using the Column command on the Format menu, which causes text in column 1 to flow o r “snake” to Galiana and AnaLisa smile for the camera while listening to Tío Rico give them the low down on God’s laws. School may h ave let out over a month ago but the teens have b een getting a high dose of God’s love in th e fo rm of the Ten Commandments. Rico Ch apa, one of our Santa Cruz Eucharistic ministers / lecto rs has sp ent the last few “Youth Knights” breaking down each Commandment of God’s law showing our kids how each on e is related to them. Elijah’s Knights, i s our parish youth group. W e meet every Wednesday from 7 – 8:30 pm in the Carmelite Hall. Youth Knights are for all teens in our parish between the ages of 14 and 21. For more information about what we do, check us out online: Catholic Fact: Did you know there are more Catholics in the U.S. Congress than any other religion? www.facebook.com/S anta_Cruz_Youth_Group www.myspace.com/S anta_Cruz_Youth_Group Elijah's Knights 2 Page 3: