Dead Theologians Society
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Make the Faith Your Own.
Find Your Purpose.
Change the World.Join us for the Dead Theologians Society (DTS), a youth group for 8th-12th graders
Meeting every Tuesday from 7:30-9:30 pm at St. Columba Church in the Bishop Dom Room beginning September 19 -
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Is there actually a point to this whole faith thing? And if there is, what does faith look like as a teenager?
Join us for the Dead Theologians Society (DTS), a youth group for grades 8-12 every Tuesday evening at St. Columba in Hopewell Junction, to find your purpose and make the faith your own.
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What you'll do
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Find Your MissionYou're trying to figure out your place in the world and what role faith has in that. Here, we ask - and answer -"Does this faith stuff even matter?"
We do that by talking about the saints - and no, not in a bland back-of-a-prayer-card kind of way, but actually illuminating all of the really messy parts of their lives that led them to holiness - and how to find your own purpose in the process.
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Ask QuestionsYou know, the ones you were always too afraid to ask in religion class - What and why does the Church teach ____?
We want DTS to be a place where you can get actual answers to live your faith with understanding. Each week, we'll draw a question from our anonymous "tough topics" bucket and grapple with them together to discover the truth.
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Fall In LoveNo, we're not talking about youth group romances - we're talking about the One who loves you so much that He died for you, who isn't waiting for you to change or grow up or learn everything to love you.
Our goal with DTS is simple - teach you about people so convinced of that love that they changed the world, and then share that love with you so you'll change the world too.
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why the saints?
Because they're the OG influencers. The saints were real people - often teenagers like you - whose lives were much more complicated and messy than statues and prayer cards will have you believe.
And yet? They lived lives of holiness and service, often in direct contrast to the world around them. Some of them lived hundreds of years ago, but they faced the same challenges to faith we do today. Others were born just decades ago and are already changing the world.Wish there was a "how to be a Catholic in today's society" guide? Each week we’ll break open one of these saint stories and show how it can be a model for us today as we grapple with our own faith.
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Why DTS?
The Dead Theologians Society is a national organization, with a new chapter here at St. Columba. The name is based on a classic movie, The Dead Poets Society, with Robin Williams. (Ask your parents, they'll tell you all about it.)
But the premise was a secret literary society, hidden away from the world, that totally changed how the members looked at the world. That's what we want to do here at DTS: take a break from the bustle of the world to discover our place in it.
That's why we meet by candlelight in a hushed atmosphere. Because you're constantly surrounded by noise, internally and externally, which makes it hard to actually reflect on your life and decide where you want to go with it. Come experience your faith in a different light.
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Faith is better with friends.Being Catholic in today's world can seem pretty isolating. You're not the only teen who is wrestling with these topics - come meet the others at DTS.
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what's a typical meeting like?
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Some yaking and snacking in the Bishop Dom room to catch up on the week
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We move to the Adoration Chapel and begin with prayer. Then one of our moderators leads us through a talk on an unlikely saint (i.e. "There was a saint who slept around, had a child out of wedlock, and then converted") and what we can learn from their story here in the 21st century.
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After the saint talk, we discuss how it relates to our lives today and crack open a tough topic together.
Then we close with some prayers, including intercessory prayer, which is a fancy name for praying for the things going on in each other's lives - sick relatives, big tests and decisions, etc.
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Finally, more yaking and more snacking to close out the night.
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It's time to make your faith your own.Find your community, live boldly, and discover who you are through the Dead Theologians Society.
Become a member by simply showing up to a meeting! After five meetings attended, you'll get officially initiated into the group and receive a DTS hoodie. -
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