Catholic
Youth Activities
for parish 7th & 8th graders
Contact: Fr. Fimian at (703) 814-7992
Attention all 6th, 7th and 8th Grade Youth
Participation in Catholic Youth Activities is an opportunity to strengthen your spiritual life while making new friends who share your faith and values.
St. Timothy Catholic Activities are open to all parish 7th and 8th graders, providing opportunities for spiritual, service and social activities. The schedule of activities and events will be posted here on this web page. For those events that require advance notification, fees or permission slips will be indicated.
Upcoming Catholic Group Activites
permission forms
October 27th, day off from school ACTIVITY
Dear Parents,
I spoke briefly to you at Back to School night about developing a program to bring St. Timothy's middle schoolers to a deeper level in their understanding of their Catholic faith. The program will be four pronged: educational, spiritual, service and social. The spiritual will be an overlay of all we do. The educational, while primarily in the classroom, will be carried through in the service and social programs. I propose to average one major service and social program per quarter and I hope you and your child will participate. The involvement of parents is critical, particularly, at this stage as they move into adolescence. I would like to schedule our first activity for Monday, October 27. St. Timothy has a school holiday for a teacher's conference.
We will be taking the 6th-8th grade students to Camp Highroad in Middleburg , VA. Camp Highroad is run by the United Methodist Church and specializes in leadership and teamwork development. The program we would like to do is the Ropes and Initiatives Course:
ROPES & INITIATIVES COURSE (Year Round)
The Ropes & Initiatives Course is a program in which small groups of people are challenged to work together and trust one another while overcoming increasingly more difficult obstacles. It includes development of skills in problem solving, group building and self appreciation. The events vary in degree of physical and/or mental challenge. They range from those events with virtually no perceived risk to those events with a high perceived risk. The Ropes & Initiatives program is supervised and safe, yet challenging and fun. The sense of accomplishment, both for individuals and groups, is tied to the basic Highroad goal of growth in living and experience.
One event which is part of the 4 hour courses is the Zip Wire Complex. This is a series of events ranging from ground level to a platform 40 feet up a tree. The event culminates with a ride down a 400 foot cable. Participants are secured to a special harness and carefully supervised throughout the event.
We propose to leave at 9:00 a.m. from St. Timothy School and return around 5:00. Our school buses will not be available that day so we would need drivers that will also serve as chaperones. The cost would be $30 and would include the Ropes and Initiatives course and lunch. We will begin the adventure with Mass. At this point we need to know how much participation we can expect. Please respond to your roommother by Friday, October 17 and let us know if:
- Your child will attend
- You will attend. If you can take students with you, how many can you fit in your car?
This promises to be an exciting day that I think will not only be fun, but productive. I look forward to getting to know you and your children in this coming year.
Fr. Fimian
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