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Junior High Youth Ministry
Regular classes are held between Sunday Masses at Sacred Heart
Church and after the 9:30 Mass at St. Jude Church — unless otherwise
noted. All Junior High Youth are invited to attend.
Preble Street Teen Center
Here’s a reminder from the Junior High Youth
Ministry Team: We coordinated a collection for the Preble Street Teen
Shelter this Spring……...but we don’t want you to limit your
outreach to the Shelter for only that time of year. Their biggest drive
is during Thanksgiving and, after that, they often run out of much
needed items.
They are always needing non-perishable food items,
personal care items, new white socks and underwear, new and gently used
teen clothing, monetary donations.
You can take your time, collect items, and then bring
them to the shelter yourself at any time. The Preble Street Teen Shelter
is at the corner of Cumberland Avenue and Preble Street in Portland.
Also, they are always looking for volunteers. For
more information about their current needs and/or volunteering, please
contact Nicole Witherbee at Preble Street Teen Shelter at (207)
775-0026, ext. 162
DID YOU KNOW…..
Homeless teens between the
ages of 12 and 21 who are faced with serious issues of poverty, physical
abuse, drug abuse, mental illness, illiteracy, and low self esteem do
have a place to go. Since 1996, teens that face these issues have been
able to turn to the Preble Street Teen Center and the Preble Street
Lighthouse Shelter. Preble Street is a low-barrier agency — which means
that anyone can ask for and receive services. Preble Street concentrates
first on providing basic survival services such as a place where they can
find warmth, safety, meals, and healthcare. Preble Street programs meet
the immediate needs of these young people while thinking long term by
enhancing self esteem, building life skills, promoting responsibility and
independence — skills that will move these young people ahead to a
positive future. Statistics show that annually Preble Street has provided
11,760 meals, distributed 3,150 clothing and hygiene items and provided
102 youth with 972 bed nights (at the Lighthouse Shelter). Sacred Heart
Parish’s youth ministry has already provided some assistance, and in the
upcoming weeks our Jr. High Youth Ministry will ask for your help in
supporting Preble Street programs.
DID YOU KNOW…..
An estimated 10 million
people in over 14,000 parishes, schools, and faith communities participate
in Operation Rice Bowl. Operation Rice Bowl started in Allentown, PA in
1975. It was started by an inter-religious group consisting of a Catholic
Priest, a Jewish Rabbi, and Protestant Ministers in response to a drought
in Africa. The US Catholic Bishops in 1976 adopted the operation as a
national program for the 41st International Eucharistic Congress. In 1977,
the operation became Catholic Relief Services Official Lenten Program.
International projects receive 75% of the contributions and 25% remain to
assist local communities. For more information on Operation Rice Bowl, go
to www.catholicrelief.org. *
* All this information was taken from
www.catholicrelief.org. Search under Operation Rice Bowl.
Contact Ann Peacock or Debbie Gagnon for
further information tel. 846-5584
Ann Peacock's e-mail:
apeacock@sheartparish.org
Debbie Gagnon's e-mail:
dgagnon1@sheartparish.org
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