Steubenville
Steubenville | St. Paul is a weekend conference that evangelizes, equips and empowers 8th-12th grade youth to become radical, joyful disciples. Enjoy keynote speakers, praise and worship, Eucharistic Adoration, Reconciliation, and much more.
Part of a series of 25 Steubenville Youth Conferences across North America that serve 50,000 young people annually, Steubenville | St. Paul is held on the University of St. Thomas Campus in St. Paul, MN.
For more information regarding Steubenville Conferences in Minnesota visit partnershipforyouth.org.
Steubenville 2023
2023 Theme: REFUGE:
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. (Mt 11:28)
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. (Mt 11:28)
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Contact Katey at Katey@stjohnschurchfoley.org for more information on Steubenville 2021
Totus Tuus
June 11 - 16, 2023
Totus Tuus (Latin for Totally Yours) is a fun and energetic parish based summer catechetical program, for both grade school age children and junior and senior high school youth. We gather together college students and seminarians onto teams of four in order to train them and send them out on the road to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ in various parishes throughout the Diocese of St. Cloud. Their youthfulness, energy, and ability to witness to the faith make our teachers particularly effective with children and young people.
Grade School Program: Grades 1-6
Monday, June 12-Friday, June 16, 9am - 2:30pm
The program for 1st-6th grade students runs Monday-Friday from 9:00 am to 2:30 pm. The day is spent in fun learning sessions led by the team of college students, broken up by skits, games, songs, and a daily decade of the rosary. Students attend Mass at 11:15 am each day (all are welcome to join us for Mass!), and the Sacrament of Reconciliation is available for students throughout the week. Students should bring a cold lunch each day, which will be stored in the refrigerator until lunch. On Friday, we have fun with water in the afternoon to end out the week, so all are asked to bring clothes they can get wet, consider a change of dry clothes, and a towel!
Junior High & High School Program: Grades 7-12
Sunday, June 11-Thursday, June 15, 7-9pm
Junior high & High School students have the unique opportunity to spend time with the Totus Tuus team in the evenings Sunday-Thursday from 7:00 pm-9:00 pm. Teens will hear personal testimonies from the Totus Tuus team, play games, pray together, and have the opportunity to ask questions about our Catholic Faith. On Tuesday, we will have Eucharistic Adoration and the opportunity for Confessions, which is always a favorite night! On Thursday, we will end out with a ‘Grill the Team’ apologetics night and a messy game of shaving cream wiffle ball!
Grade School Program: Grades 1-6
Monday, June 12-Friday, June 16, 9am - 2:30pm
The program for 1st-6th grade students runs Monday-Friday from 9:00 am to 2:30 pm. The day is spent in fun learning sessions led by the team of college students, broken up by skits, games, songs, and a daily decade of the rosary. Students attend Mass at 11:15 am each day (all are welcome to join us for Mass!), and the Sacrament of Reconciliation is available for students throughout the week. Students should bring a cold lunch each day, which will be stored in the refrigerator until lunch. On Friday, we have fun with water in the afternoon to end out the week, so all are asked to bring clothes they can get wet, consider a change of dry clothes, and a towel!
Junior High & High School Program: Grades 7-12
Sunday, June 11-Thursday, June 15, 7-9pm
Junior high & High School students have the unique opportunity to spend time with the Totus Tuus team in the evenings Sunday-Thursday from 7:00 pm-9:00 pm. Teens will hear personal testimonies from the Totus Tuus team, play games, pray together, and have the opportunity to ask questions about our Catholic Faith. On Tuesday, we will have Eucharistic Adoration and the opportunity for Confessions, which is always a favorite night! On Thursday, we will end out with a ‘Grill the Team’ apologetics night and a messy game of shaving cream wiffle ball!
Registration Forms coming soon.
What is Totus Tuus?
The team serves for a week in each parish, which includes the evening program for high school and junior high youth Sunday-Thursday. Our goal is to put the youth in contact with the Lord so that they can develop a deep personal relationship with Him. To this end, we have a night of Adoration and the opportunity for the Sacrament of Reconciliation, catechetical instruction on topics important to young people, and a night of fellowship with the team members.
The team also presents a grade school program (grades 1-6) that runs Monday-Friday. Time is spent on catechetical instruction, songs, games, daily Mass, the opportunity for the Sacrament of Reconciliation, lunch, recess and more! Traditionally, the week ends with a large water fight with the children or a human (team member) ice cream sundae in celebration for the week. The focus is on imparting an understanding and love of the Eucharist, devotion to Mary, catechetical instruction, vocational discernment, and providing an enjoyable experience.
The team serves for a week in each parish, which includes the evening program for high school and junior high youth Sunday-Thursday. Our goal is to put the youth in contact with the Lord so that they can develop a deep personal relationship with Him. To this end, we have a night of Adoration and the opportunity for the Sacrament of Reconciliation, catechetical instruction on topics important to young people, and a night of fellowship with the team members.
The team also presents a grade school program (grades 1-6) that runs Monday-Friday. Time is spent on catechetical instruction, songs, games, daily Mass, the opportunity for the Sacrament of Reconciliation, lunch, recess and more! Traditionally, the week ends with a large water fight with the children or a human (team member) ice cream sundae in celebration for the week. The focus is on imparting an understanding and love of the Eucharist, devotion to Mary, catechetical instruction, vocational discernment, and providing an enjoyable experience.
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The Five Marks of Totus Tuus
1. Proclamation of the Gospel: To arouse faith 2. Explanation: Examination of the reasons for our beliefs 3. Christian Witness: An experience of Christian living 4. Celebration of the Sacraments: Especially Holy Eucharist and Confession 5. Active Witness: Participating in the Missionary Spirit of the Catholic Church |
The Five Pillars of Totus Tuus
1. The Eucharist 2. Marian Devotion 3. Catechetical Instruction 4. Vocational Discernment 5. Fun |
Pope Paul VI wrote, “Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses” (Evangelii Nuntiandi, 41). With this in mind, Totus Tuus team members are immersed in a life of prayer and give witness to the fruits of that experience of Christian living to the youth.
The Eucharist has a place of pride in the Totus Tuus schedule, for both team members and participants. Prayer provides the structure, but the celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is the “source and summit” of the daily schedule. Totus Tuus catechists will lead the young people to Jesus for a week; however, Mary will lead them to Jesus for a lifetime. Therefore, Totus Tuus promotes Marian devotion. Meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary, we come to see how Mary always leads us to her Son. Praying with her and to her, we hear her say to us, “Do whatever He tells you” (John 2:5).
The team also enjoys getting to know the parish and its members. In order to do this, they stay with families of the parish, eat with different families throughout the week and invite the entire parish to a potluck dinner on Wednesday night.
Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. (2019). Totus Tuus. Retrieved from https://www.archspm.org/catholic-education-youth-formation/family-ministries/totus-tuus/.
The team also enjoys getting to know the parish and its members. In order to do this, they stay with families of the parish, eat with different families throughout the week and invite the entire parish to a potluck dinner on Wednesday night.
Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. (2019). Totus Tuus. Retrieved from https://www.archspm.org/catholic-education-youth-formation/family-ministries/totus-tuus/.
Contact Katey at Katey@stjohnschurchfoley.org for more information on Totus Tuus