Assumption Youth Group

Fantastic kick off for our new year of faith building, service and fellowship. The teens enjoyed 5 PM mass, followed by dinner, an ice cream bar, lawn games and prizes!!!

Wonderful start to the new youth group year!!

A big THANK YOU to all my wonderful teens who showed up to help out at the CT Foodshare distribution in Norwalk last weekend. Over 150 families received much needed groceries.

We also joined teens from several parishes for a barbecue and teen Holy Hour at St A’s in New Canaan!

Right after our Steubenville East adventure, teens took time out to serve help out at Hall Neighborhood House in Bridgeport. As always, serving with a smile !

We have been busy!!!!A terrific weekend in Springfield for the Steubenville East Conference where our teens joined others from CT and around the country, building faith and making new friends!

A few pics from our Friday night Holy Hour!

It was a busy week for our group! Our teens participated in a day of service with other young people from the Diocese, helping Filling in the Blanks which feeds hungry children, as well as putting on aa carnival at Malta House for the children while their mothers got to take a break and enjoy the barbecue! The next day, many got together for a special Teen Holy Hour, followed by pizza and an ice cream bar! A special Thankyou to our Seminarian Joseph who guided the teens through a beautiful adoration complete with reflection time, a talk from Joseph and live music!

Fantastic Easter Egg hunt this past Easter Sunday!!! Lots of fun was had by all, young and old!

A wonderful group of young people took time out of their weekend to spend two hours in freezing temps to help with the Malta House/ Connecticut Foodshare distribution over the weekend , feeding more than 150 families ! As always, they served with a smile !

Lots of fun during our ever popular Grilled Cheeses and Jesus event! After attending 5 PM mass together, we enjoyed grilled, homemade tomato soup( yes I will give you the recipe!) , dessert and fellowship!

Our Assumption Youth Group hosted some teen visitors from St. Francis, Weston for fun, fellowship and to participate in the Braid Missions Cards of Hope program. The group wrote encouraging birthday cards which will be distributed to children in the foster care system, whose birthdays often go unnoticed.

Our teens have been busy, taking time out to serve others! Shortly before Christmas, we helped with the Malta House food distribution at Ben Franklin School in Norwalk. And just last week, they joined other young Catholics at St Aloysius in New Canaan for a day long service event. The group also enjoyed fellowship, small group discussions and Adoration!

A huge turnout for our annual Backpack Outreach program! We were joined by confirmation students and teens from St Francis to fill packs with food, toiletries and winter weather gear- all much needed by those less fortunate. Thank you for your generous donations and for taking time out of your day to help!

Thank you to all the teens who took time out to help
organize donations for our annual Backpack Outreach program that will help those in need. We may reach our goal of filling 100 packs!

Fantastic time!! 28 teens from the Assumption, St Francis and St Luke's Youth Groups took a field trip to Lake Compounce for the Fall Phantom Fest! BOO!!!!!!! Here's just a few of you. I think the rest were hiding, too scared to come out!

Excellent work making scarves that will be included in our annual Backpack Outreach Program!!! The packs, to be filled with food, toiletries, and cold weather gear will be distributed to those in need in Bridgeport.

Great effort for our youth sponsored Save the Sound Clean Up at Compo Beach! Not only did we clean up the trash littering the area, we cleaned up a bunch of Lantern Flies tormenting beach goers!

Fantastic time at our fall Kick Off! I’ve cream bar, fun and new friends !

Our amazing teens spent a week serving at Hall Neighborhood House, a Bridgeport community center. As always the teens served with a smile as they helped young ones with homework, activities and crafts, theater workshop, among other things. Well done !

Check your emails!! We are helping out at Hall Neighborhood House next week. There are available slots, and I've sent a permission slip! Here are just a few pics of last year!

A few more from our day of service, as our teens joined others from throughout Fairfield County last week!

Our Assumption Youh joined teens from throughout Fairfield County for a day long service event. They helped fill 500 snack bags for Filling in the Blanks, which helps feed local children in need before heading to Malta House to entertain youngsters with a carnival while their moms relaxed and enjoyed socializing and a barbecue! Malta House cares for young single mothers and their babies! The group also attended mass and prayed together throughout the day.

A few more from our Drexel
Hill mission trip. The woman below is Mary who kindly welcomed us into her home so we could help her get things in order. We are all now life long friends.

Just a few quick pics from our trip. Been too busy to take many! Oh and out of the thousands of photos taken last year all over the country and abroad it was mine they decided to put on the big auditorium posters 🤦🏻‍♀️.

Some of our Assumption Youth spent time with our friends at St. Francis, Weston for fellowship and fun! Games and Giveaways was a hit. Check your emails for local summer service opportunities at Malta House and Hall Neighborhood House! and look for updates from our group traveling to the Philly area next week for Catholic Heart Work Camp!

A big Thank You to the teens and parents who baked and to our wonderfully generous parishioners ho helped make our fundraising bake sale a success. All proceeds go towards our our program outreach, including our Philly mission trip, work with Hall Neighborhood House and Malta house.

Work continues on our Assumption Youth sponsored prayer garden. We managed to get all the flowers done as we watched a huge storm cloud approach that forced us to run for cover. We also have a few new visitors to our garden this year-A family of geese with 16 babies and a piping plover( endangered, protected shore bird) nesting nearby.