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The next Teens Encounter Christ will be held October 24 to October 26, 2020 at St. Leo's Church!  Click here to register.  ​www.gidiocese.org/yya/tec
TEC is a spiritual movement for older teens and young adults. It begins with a retreat weekend filled with dynamic reflections, music, sacraments, adoration, small group dialogue, and prayer. Afterwards, the TEC community evolves into a network of support that both reinforces parish involvement and personal spiritual growth. TEC leads participants to integrate Christ’s Paschal Mystery (dying, rising, and going forth) at a time of passage through young adulthood.
The cost is $85 and includes a t-shirt & other special gifts. 
            Young Neighbors offers more than the opportunity to serve those in need.
                 It helps youth connect the service they do to Scripture's call to bring justice to the world.  Just as rain penetrates the earth and saturates everything,
​                       God calls us to be people of justice   
                                      who seek human rights
                                                       for all of God's people.
Information about the summer 2021 YNIA service trip will be updated in September.  Check back for details and registration info.
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Attention middle school, sophomores, juniors, seniors - Come join 30-50 other young people and staff members in beautiful Western Nebraska for five days of fun and Christian community building.  From Sunday evening to Friday noon, you will enjoy an informal atmosphere, where you have the opportunity to get to know more about yourself, others and God.  Find out how rewarding it can be to play, pray and work together as a faith community.  Past participants report life-long positive benefits!
Click the button to learn more about Higher Ground!!

Higher Ground  Weeks for high school:
   Cancelled - May 31 - June 5, 2020
   Cancelled June 7 - June 12, 2020
​Registration Opens February 1, 2020
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Higher Grand Middle School  July 12 - July 16, 2020 
Registration Opens February 1, 2020

   Cancelled ​June 19-21, 2020, Denver CO
​This summer, over 50,000 Catholic teens across North America will attend one of 25 Steubenville Youth Conferences to encounter the God who calls us out of the darkness and into his marvelous light. Lift your eyes to the glory of God. Be restored.

 National Catholic Youth Conference 

​​November 18-20, 2021                                                        INDIANA CONVENTION CENTER
AND LUCAS OIL STADIUM
Want to know what the universal Church looks like?! Every other year, Catholic young people and their chaperones—youth ministers, campus ministers, parents, catechists, priests, coaches, and scout leaders—come together to pray, learn, and grow in their faith. 
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​Imagine joining 20,000 other young Catholics and encountering God in a powerful way.  In addition to opportunities to receive the sacraments of the Eucharist and penance, NCYC participants attend dynamic general and breakout sessions on topics relevant to living as a disciple of Christ in today's world, visit with organizations that provide resources and other support to youth and youth ministry, spend time in personal and communal prayer, have fun at the giant theme park and engage in service to others.  It is an experience that will have a profound impact on your life.  Email rita@saintleos.org for more information.
                                       
                                                                          St. Leo's                                                                                            2019  delegates                                                                                                                                   - Magdalene, Ember, Sydney and Trevor
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​Totus Tuus is a Catholic youth program dedicated to sharing the Gospel and promoting the Catholic faith through catechesis, evangelization, Christian witness, and Eucharistic worship. The goal of Totus Tuus is to help young people grow in the understanding of, and strengthen their faith in, Jesus Christ. It is only by establishing a real and personal relationship with Him that we can be led to the love of the Father in the Spirit and so be made sharers in the life of the Holy Trinity. "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me" (John 4:16). Totus Tuus strives to bring our faith to life by creating a balance between knowledge of the meaning of the Sacraments and an authentic Sacramental life.