Welcome to the Youth Community at
St. Joseph's Church!  

You're invited! Middle School and High School teens, grades 6-12, are welcome, and encouraged, to attend and participate in Youth Group! Teens in Grades 8-12 will meet generally twice a month on Sundays, beginning with the 5 PM Sunday Mass, and ending at 8 PM! Teens in Grades 6 & 7 will meet on the OPPOSITE Sundays as the older teens, generally twice a month, beginning with the 5 PM Sunday Mass, and ending at 7:45 PM!

There are other special events like social activities and service opportunities set up each month. All teens, again grades 6-12, are welcome to sign up and attend these events.

All teens do need to be registered for Youth Group, even if you will be attending only a few Youth Group Nights or partcipating in just a few extra activities/events. This is for safety purposes. There is no registration fee for Youth Group!

Take a look at the Calendar on the submenu at the right of this page, to see the Youth Group dates and activities. A calendar for the 2019-2020 school year is available and will be updated occasionally so be sure to keep checking it for changes, and/or added, events.

You're very welcome to bring a friend, even if they're not a parishioner. Just click this link to fill out the emergency contact form, print it out and bring it to the meeting with you.

Parents or guardians are also welcome to attend any Youth Group Night meetings!

Parents or guardians are needed to help volunteer at Youth Group Nights. Help is needed from monitoring open gym time, to checking teens in, to setting and cleaning up the food, to assisting catechists during break-out sessions. If you can't come to a Youth Group night, we also need your help by sending in donations of sides and desserts for the evening's meal. Please keep an eye on your email to sign up to volunteer for Youth Group. (If you are not on the Youth Group email list, please email Lisa Bianculli at lisa.bianculli@sjcpenfield.com.) We do ask that all parents volunteer at a Youth Event at least once every other month. Thank you!

We look forward to having the tweens and teens of St. Joseph's join us! Please contact Lisa Bianculli, Director of Youth Ministry, at lisa.bianculli@sjcpenfield.com with any questions, concerns, or suggestions you might have about Youth Group. 

Thank you once more! May God bless you always.