Youth and Family Ministry

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St. Philip Youth & Family Events

Regular Activities

Fellowship Fridays: Faith, Food, & Fun, 3:30-5:30 pm

Join students in grades 6-8 for prayer, games, and refreshments to support one another in our journey of faith. Feel free to bring a friend!

Women of the Word: Wednesdays 7:30-8:30 pm

Ladies in grades 9-12 are welcome for prayer and fellowship. Feel free to invite friends to join us.

Altar Boys

All boys who have made their First Communion are eligible to serve in this ministry. Please contact Fr. Briggs for training and scheduling.

Upcoming Events: For permission forms, email Sister using the email on this page

"Gaga Ball Build" & "Angelic Arts & Crafts," Sat., Feb. 22, 2-4pm

Boys in grades 6-12, come help us build our own gaga ball pit! Because of the risks involved in our building project, we cannot invite younger boys to participate this time. You will be welcome to use the gaga ball pit when it is ready.

Girls who have received their First Communion are welcome to sacristy service and to prepare for Lent, including burning palms for Ash Wednesday. Feel free to bring palms to burn!

Quo Vadis and FIAT Camp Lottery, Feb 3-28

Boys and girls in grades 9-12 can apply to grow in their prayer and relationship with Christ as well as in friendship with like-minded young people during a diocesan summer camp for

boys (Quo Vadis, July 13-17) and girls (FIAT, July 20-24). More information is available

at ArlingtonDiocese.org/QuoVadis and ArlingtonDiocese.org/FIAT. If you apply,

please inform Fr Donahue or Sister Marie Benedict so we can pray for you!

Youth Ministry Contact

With questions, ideas or to sign up, please contact

youth@stphilipfc.org

Sister Marie Benedict is our Director of Youth Ministry. She grew up at St. Mark Parish in Vienna, VA, attended the University of Virginia, and worked in the DC area before entering the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist. She lived at the Community's Motherhouse in Meriden, CT, for 10 years, where she completed her formation to become a fully professed religious sister.

During that time, Sister Marie Benedict also taught classes and conducted campus ministry at an archdiocesan Catholic high school. Now in Falls Church, Sister Marie Benedict divides her time between theological studies at the Catholic University of America and St. Philip Parish.