/ Our Lady of Jasna Gora Life Teen, based on the National Life Teen program, is dedicated to bringing teens closer to Christ. This is accomplished in three ways:

1) Through the celebration of the Eucharist

2) Through the teachings of Christ and the Church

3) Through an experience of being loved and accepted

At the heart of the program is the weekly teen-focused Mass celebrated at Our Lady of Jasna Gora parish on Sunday night at 5:30. Lively music and a friendly, open environment make it special to all who attend. After Mass all teens are invited to join us for what is called the Life Night. Beyond the Mass and Life Nights, we have a full calendar of activities you can check out. We will also run special events ranging from retreats to ski trips.

/ One of the key components to the LIFE TEEN MINISTRY is the core members . They are dedicated adults who are flexible, creative, and have a love for God and the teens they are serving. The core members are found in the "trenches" working to bring the teens closer to Christ. Where there is Life Teen, you will find the core members. What many people don't realize is that the core members spend a lot of time "Behind the scenes" planning, be it Life Nights, retreats, or outings. Without the core, there would be no ministry.

For more information about our Life Teen ministry or how you can be involved, you can email us or call us at (978) 365-2724.

/ LIFE TEEN follows the Church's mandate to make Jesus Christ the center of everything that we do. It is centered on Jesus, in particular Jesus in the Eucharist. To that end, LIFE TEEN is a total youth ministry program that tries to reach teens of all kinds. This means teens of different social and economic groups, different cultures and race, different interests, talents and spiritual maturity. LIFE TEEN ministers to the "churched" and the "unchurched."

LIFE TEEN is open to all high school teens grades 8 - 12. However, teens of all faiths are invited to come. No formal attendance is taken. There is no registration and no fees are collected. The reason for this is to more easily effect LIFE TEEN's goal of having teens come to a deeper, more personal relationship with Jesus. Teens cannot be coerced into such a relationship. In the same way, they come to LIFE TEEN because they want to come, not because they have to come.

/ LIFE TEEN is a comprehensive program designed to minister to high school teens of all faiths from a uniquely Catholic base. Reaching teens on a spiritual, emotional, and social levels, LIFE TEEN responds to the need to be loved. Offering meaning and direction and hope in a world plagued with indifference, aimlessness and shallow materialism.

Through the Sunday Night Liturgy and LIFE Nights, high school teens learn more about their Catholic faith and grow to love the Sacraments, the Word, and the Mass. At LIFE TEEN, a priest, youth minister, the music ministry and a CORE Team of volunteers build an environment where teens feel loved, accepted, and compelled to reach deeper into their faith.

Sunday Night Liturgy: To provide this direction, LIFE TEEN encourages teens to embark on a journey of faith in a relationship with God through Jesus Christ and His Church. At a Sunday Night Liturgy, teens experience the depths of God's love through the Word, the active presence of the priest, the faith community, and the Eucharist. All teens are welcome to gather around the altar as a family to more intimately experience the Eucharistic celebration.

LIFE Nights: Following the Mass, trained youth ministers and core members lead the teens deeper into their Catholic faith in the LIFE Night experience. Teens grow as a faith community, increasing in understanding of what it means to be young and Catholic in today's world.