Three words: it's about YOU! You are the reason LIFE TEEN exists. Based on a program created in Mesa, Arizona, a group of people from St. Kevin and St. Francis parishes met in 1995 to create a program for you, the high school teens in the Springfield area. LIFE TEEN was created to bring the Eucharist to teens and teens to the Eucharist. In other words, it's a fun way to examine your faith with your friends and the Core Team-young adults who are here for you. (Are you sensing a theme here yet?)

Every month, we meet at St. Francis for the LIFE TEEN Mass. It's everything you've experienced in the celebration of Christ's body and blood-and more! Did we mention the music? It rocks, and the people who make it? They're teens! At school, they're your classmates, your teammates, and your friends. At LIFE TEEN, they're Revelation, and they're awesome. Our priests, meanwhile, bring Jesus' message and his gift of the Eucharist to you. When Mass begins, you're there in procession. When the Word is read, you proclaim it. When the gifts are offered, you bring them forward. This is your Mass!

And after the Mass, it's your Life Nite. The Mass' message continues in games, skits, small group discussions, presentations by guest speakers, and a range of activities. The Life Nite is designed by the Core Team with your input. During the Life Nite and beyond, the Core Team is there for you, and what you share with them at Life Nite and beyond remains confidential.

In case we didn't say it before, it's all for you! E-mail us, call us, stop us in the grocery store. Tell us how to make it better, and then join us for your celebration of the Eucharist - LIFE TEEN.