Youth Ministry
Contact: Mary Shetler, Youth Minister, (812) 459-4420, or mshetler@evdio.org
Click here for the complete 2024-2025 Registration Packet. The packet includes a calendar, detailed information, and a registration form for Youth Ministry, Religious Education, and Sacramental Preparation for First Reconciliation and Communion, as well as for Confirmation. If you would like to fill out the digital Google form Click Here!
Questions regarding Youth Ministry (or if you are an adult and would like to volunteer) and or questions specific to Confirmation: Please contact Mary Shetler at 812-459-4420 (cell) or 812-867-3718 (Parish Office) or email mshetler@evdio.org.
All youth from any parish ages thirteen through senior year are welcome to join us each Wednesday evening we attend adoration and confession from 4:30-5:15 and then at 5:30 we attend Mass. Following the mass at 6:00 pm, we start youth ministry and we go until 8:00 pm. If you have any questions please reach out. This is a great group of kids and we love getting to grow closer to God together while forming fun and lasting friendships. Our Schedule for the year is located below. We will have some events that are not listed yet!
- Our regular Youth Ministry meetings, called “Apostle Nights”, start on Wednesday, August 21. They integrate both High School Religious Education and Confirmation Preparation and are held in the Gym at St. John the Evangelist.
- “Apostle Nights” are held every Youth must attend at least 75% of Apostle Nights, participate in 1 retreat (Source + Summit) and 1 service activity, and regularly attend Sunday Mass to receive Confirmation through our Parish. The family must be registered parishioners and have been enrolled in a faith formation program during the previous school year or have gotten pastoral permission from the parish you are a member of.
- Mandatory Parent Meeting for parents and youth group kids on August 21st, 6:00 pm in the
- High School Safe Environment Training*: Wednesday, August 21, 2024
- Youth Ministry Christmas Party: Wednesday, December 18, 2024
- Confirmation Rehearsal: Wednesday, May 7th, 2025, 6:00 m.
- Confirmation (10th grade and older): Thursday, May 8th, 2025, arrive at church at 5:00 pm. 6:00 pm.
- “Source and Summit” Retreat: April 4-6, 2025, at Memorial High School (ages 13 and up)
- Graduation Mass & Cookout: May 21st, 5:30 pm with a special blessing for the seniors followed by a cookout and games for all high schoolers.
- More details and information about other activities will be announced throughout the Please sign up for Flocknote!
GENERAL INFORMATION FOR BOTH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND YOUTH MINISTRY
Communications Policy
The ordinary form by which you or your high school student will directly be contacted is by email and cell phone. Please make sure that all email/cell phone information is kept up to date with the Parish Office, as it is how you will be contacted about updates, emergencies/illnesses, cancellations, etc. Other forms of social media may also be used. Parents/guardians have the opportunity to access sites or be copied on all material sent to their children via text, email, or social media.
*Safe Environment Training
According to Diocesan policy, all employees and volunteers who work with children/youth must receive safe environment training. In addition, this training is available to all parents who so desire. Likewise, all children/youth in our programs are required to be given age-appropriate safe environment training that is in accord with Catholic moral principles. The Diocese of Evansville provides such training through its Safe Environment Curriculum. Parents can review the content of this curriculum online at www.evdio.org and may choose to withhold their child from participation in any part of it.