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Parish
Life
ST.STEPHEN’S YOUTH MINISTRY
T.G.I.F. (Teens Growing In Faith)
TGIF is a ministry designed to support teens ages 7th grade thru high school years. Activities and church sponsored events are scheduled throughout the year. Many of the events can be used for service project hours necessary for all 8th
Grade RE students as well as high school teens.
Anyone interested in learning more about TGIF and our planned activities, can contact Jenny Gorka at 708.342.2400 ext 149.
Please contact the youth office to sign up for any of the following:
| August 9th |
Car Wash 11:00am to 2:00pm |
| September Date & TBA |
Knights of Columbus Tootsie Roll Drive
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| September 20th |
Autumn Fest Food Stand 9:00am to 12:00pm
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| October 5th |
Tinley Park Food Pantry Scavenger Hunt 4:00pm to 6:00pm
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| December 13th |
Christmas Babysitting for families of our parish 11:30 am to 3:30 pm
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| January 3rd & 4th |
Collection for the Homeless after all masses
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SENIORS
YOUNG @ HEART
This energetic group meets on the last
Monday of each month. Some activities that
are planned are retreats, trips to shrines
as well as informative monthly meetings with
speakers talking on a variety of senior
concerns. This group fosters spirituality
for seniors.
ST.
STEPHEN MEN’S CLUB
All men of the parish are invited to join in
and participate in the Men’s Club. The Men’s
Club exists to instill a deeper knowledge of
our Catholic faith, the personal
sanctification of its members, to be an
active participant towards the
beautification of all church properties, to
foster the interests of St. Stephen’s Parish
and to promote harmony and cooperation
within the church and the community. The
Men’s Club meets on the second Wednesday of
each month at 7:30 PM.
ST.
STEPHEN CATHOLIC COUNCIL OF WOMEN
After electing officers, St. Stephen
Catholic Council of Women, had its first
meeting on May 16, 2000. The group’s purpose
is to promote friendship with unity and true
Christian charity among our members. To
further the spiritual, social and material
interests of the parish, the Women’s group
organizes social activities and fundraising.
The group holds one yearly retreat. Some
meetings include a guest speaker or
entertainment; for special occasions we have
dinner meetings. The group has day trips for
members to relax and socialize and
encourages participation of friends and
family.
Click here for
information on upcoming CCW events!
PATH
MINISTRY
The PATH Ministry (People Acting Together
with Homes) is our parish’s effort to keep
in touch with all our parishioners. As the
parish grows, it is important that no one
gets lost in the crowd. A PATH Minister is
the local contact with our parish staff. As
a PATH Minister, you will be asked to make
two contacts a year with between 10 to 20
fellow parishioners who live in your area.
The two contacts would be before Lent to
drop off materials relating to our Lenten
Program and in the fall, to drop off
materials about any upcoming parish
activities and school activities.
No financial appeal is part of the PATH
Ministry. One or two meetings a year will be
held. The area coordinators will help in the
organization for the two yearly contacts. If
you are interested in this ministry, please
contact Deacon Chuck at the parish office at
(708) 342-2400 or e-mail him at
dcnchuck@ststephentinley.com
MARRIAGE
PREPARATION
A parish based marriage preparation program
designed to help give couples insight into
marriage. This program is presented by
couples of the parish trained by Family
Ministries of the Archdiocese of Chicago.
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