Our Mission

Our youth group is doing an apparel fundraiser to help fund our trip to the Steubenville Youth Conference.

These are the shirt designs they will be wearing as they represent Holy Family at the conference.

We want to offer you the opportunity to purchase these shirts, as well as long sleeve shirts and sweatshirts. 

Please print and return this form with a check made out to HOLY FAMILY by June 1st OR contact Terra Murphy at 573-795-0571 for Venmo information. 

Quest is a fast-paced 24-hour Christian experience for 13 to 15 year olds. It is a time to come together to find out about God, friendships, and self in a fun-filled, exciting, amusing, thoughtful, and carefree surrounding. A time to meet new people while praying, playing, singing, and sharing with them. Quest gives you the chance to search for the real you.

Quest is held at the Franciscan Retreat Center of Quincy University and lasts from 6:00pm Friday to 5:30pm Saturday. The cost for a candidate is $50 and includes room, snacks, breakfast and lunch, and other surprises. Adult observers interested in working with youth are also welcome.

https://greatrivertec.org/quest-registration/

https://greatrivertec.org/events/category/quest/

Steubenville STL Mid-America is a high-energy youth conference where thousands of teens are invited to encounter Jesus Christ through dynamic speakers, engaging music, the Sacraments, small group discussions, and fellowship with other teens. Our conference is an outreach of Franciscan University in partnership with the St. Louis Archdiocesan Office of Youth Ministry. Two conferences are held every year in July and take place on the campus of Missouri State University in Springfield, MO.

See our FUNDRAISERS section for ways to help support our students as they make this unforgettable trip to Steuby!

Teens Encounter Christ

https://greatrivertec.org/tec-registration/

https://greatrivertec.org/events/category/tec/

WHEN: June 16-21, 2024 

Grades: 1st - 6th & 7th - 12th

Times: Grades 1st - 6th: 7:45am - 1:30pm &

Grades 7th - 12th: 6:30pm - 8:00pm

TOTUS TUUS (Latin for Totally Yours) named after St. John Paul II’s papal motto is a fun and energetic parish based summer catechetical program for both grade school age children and middle and high school youth.

TOTUS TUUS gathers together college students and seminarians from across the United States onto teaching teams of four in order to train them and send them out on the road to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ in various participating parishes throughout the Diocese of Jefferson City.

The teachers’ youthfulness, energy, and ability to witness to the Faith make them particularly effective with children and young adults.

Grade School Program

The Totus Tuus Grade School Program is designed for children entering first through sixth grades in the upcoming school year. The Grade School Program runs Monday through Friday.

The students are encouraged to be clear and consistent in their faith. They are shown how to view their Lord as a good Father. This personal relationship gives them the confidence to be Christ’s witnesses in the world around them. Finally, Totus Tuus endeavors to show the youth that a humble and courageous desire to know God must be based upon a steadfast and disciplined life of prayer combined with the reception of the sacraments.

Junior and Senior High School Program

TOTUS TUUS offers an evening program for junior and senior high school youth. Junior High youth are those entering the 7th or 8th grades, and Senior High youth are those entering grades 9-12 for the upcoming school year. These grade levels meet Sunday through Thursday.

We have found that vibrant, faithful, college-aged teachers can effectively impact the youth at this age. This is a great opportunity for teens to see older peers on fire for their faith and insight into discerning their vocation.

The Totus Tuus Junior and Senior High School Program comprises instruction, small group discussions, quiet meditation, prayer, and fellowship. The team teaches in such a way as to offer a dialogue in which each person feels respected in his or her most basic dignity.

Each night there is time for fellowship, snacks, and presentations. Adoration and Reconciliation will also take place on one of the nights (usually Wednesday), and on Thursday there is an opportunity for a social night.