Totus Tuus 2023 was a wonderful time for all involved! Thank you to all who donated their time, money and love to support THE CHILDREN of our parish and surrounding communities! Brimfield, Wyoming and Kickapoo students joined Princeville students this year.  The kids enjoyed the entire week. Enjoy the pictures!

The Steubenville Conference is a weekend-long event that gives high schoolers the opportunity to encounter Christ in a personal way through great speakers, dynamic worship, Sacraments and community with 1,000s of peers. Members of our youth group drove 9 hours to have an incredible experience together.

Please help us in applauding long time parishioner Diego Lopez who competed in the 2023 Special Olympics Summer Games. Diego earned a silver medal in the 25 meter backstroke and placed fifth in 25 meter freestyle narrowly missing bronze by 0.2 seconds!  We are all inspired by your determination.

We had a terrific celebration of the Resurrection of our Lord, we saw 5 people enter the Church and receive the Easter Sacraments, and after our Sunday morning Mass, the children of the parish had a blast hunting eggs in the front lawn.

Discussion at our youth group meetings have recently focused on the evidence of God's existence, the good and bad influences we allow into our lives, and the need for regular prayer to live in relationship with God. We also attended Princeville's Christmas tree lighting ceremony together and took a great picture around our parish tree!

In honor of St. Francis of Assisi, we had a pet blessing the weekend before St. Francis's Memorial Day. It is always a lot of fun to see all the pets interacting and to have the chance to meet one another's animals. After saying a prayer thanking God our Creator for the beauty of nature and the gift of pets, he sprinkled each animal with Holy Water - a little blast of grace for each one.

Beginning in October, our parish began hosting "Totus Tuus Saturdays" on the first Saturday of each month. This event, which goes from 9:00-10:30 am, is for children in grades K-6. We begin with a children's Mass where the kids read, serve and bring up the gifts, then we head to Soseman Hall for a snack and some major fun. This month happened to fall on the Feast of St. Therese of Lisieux, the Little Flower and the Saint of the Little Way - a perfect way to kick-off this monthly event.

Our parish youth group is for 7-12 graders and we just had our kick-off event. It was supposed to be kayaking and swimming at a nearby lake, but the weather didn't cooperate. We still had a great time meeting new people, having a home-cooked meal, playing sports and spending time with the Lord in prayer.

This summer our parish was blessed with the presence of 4 college aged students who hosted the Totus Tuus summer camp for a week of fun and faith.