Last Movie Night of the Summer: The Empire Strikes Back!

Join us for the LAST High School Movie Night this Summer!

Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back
Monday, August 22nd    6-9:30 pm
Activity Room
(open to all youth entering grades 9-12)



Vanilla Ice Cream will be provided...bring a topping to share!

Movie Summary: Fleeing the evil Galactic Empire, the rebels abandon their new base on Hoth. Princess Leia, Han Solo and the droid C-3P0 escape in the damaged Millenium Falcon, but are later captured by Lord Darth Vader on Bespin. Skywalker and the droid R2-D2, meanwhile, follows Ben Kenobi's posthumous command and receives Jedi training by Yoda on Dagobah. Will Skywalker manage to rescue his friends from the dark lord?
Read a movie review here: http://parentpreviews.com/movie-reviews/star-wars-trilogy

FINAL Movie Night 2011: Toy Story

Join us for the FINAL Middle School movie night of the summer!

Monday, August 8th
6-9:30 pm
Activity Room
(open to all youth entering grades 6-8)

Vanilla Ice Cream will be provided...bring a topping to share!

Movie Summary: Woody, Buzz and the whole gang are back. As their owner Andy prepares to depart for college, his loyal toys find themselves in daycare where untamed tots with their sticky little fingers do not play nice. So, it's all for one and one for all as they join Barbie's counterpart Ken, a thespian hedgehog named Mr. Pricklepants and a pink, strawberry-scented teddy bear called Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear to plan their great escape.

Read a movie review here: http://parentpreviews.com/movie-reviews/toy-story-3

Print a Permission Form Here: http://www.stfrancis-church.org/images/stories/Youth/movienightspermission2011.pdf

Steubenville North 2011: UPDATE!

Steubenville North 2011 was another great success!
 Our Rochester group boasted 48 youth including 11 from St. Francis Church--our biggest group yet!  We had a great group of youth this year from all over Rochester, Stewartville and Byron Kasson.  We also had 4 different youth participate in the LEAD program--a 5 day experience before the conference that teaches youth about Leadership and helps them to share their faith.

The conference included great speakers like Tammy Evevard and Sean Forrest.  Sonar provided great praise and worship music.  The highlight from many was the time of Adoration on Friday and Saturday nights.  There was also Mass each day and an opportunity to participate in the Sacrmanet of Reconciliation.

A conference like this is always coordinated by many people.  Thanks goes out to all the parishes and different Knights of Columbus groups who supported the group with fundraisers, scholarships and doantions.  We are especially grateful here at St. Francis to the St. Francis Knights, St. Joan of Arc Group and the St. Patricks Day Dinner group for their fundraising efforts and donations.

Thanks also goes out to Sandy Hocraffer who worked since this spring to arrange the money and paperwork for the entire Rochester group, helped youth get scholarships, and arrange details for the weekend!  Thanks, Sandy!

Thanks also goes out to Dave Hubka, Theresa Perters, Dominic Miron, Jackie Harrington, Mike Eckerman and Jes Brey who all shared their time, energy and faith with the youth  to serve as chaperones.  THANK YOU!

Service Splash 2011

We'll be working to help clean up the Resource Room and around the Church and School grounds. 

Afterwards we'll have water fun!

Bring a snack to share!

Please join us!

Permission forms available at the Gathering Space kiosk or Print Permission Form Here.

Middle School Movie Night: Tangled

Movie Monday: Tangled
July 18th 6-9:30 pm
Activity Room


 Please bring a snack to share.
Pizza, popcorn and lemonade will be provided!

Movie Summary:
After receiving the healing powers from a magical flower, the baby Princess Rapunzel is kidnapped from the palace in the middle of the night by Mother Gothel. Mother Gothel knows that the flower's magical powers are now growing within the golden hair of Rapunzel, and to stay young, she must lock Rapunzel in her hidden tower. Rapunzel is now a teenager has been in the tower her entire life. One day, the bandit Flynn Ryder scales the tower and  Rapunzel strikes a deal with the charming thief totake her on the most exciting and  journey of her life.

Print Permission Form here: http://www.stfrancis-church.org/images/stories/Youth/movienightspermission2011.pdf


Family Movie Review:
http://parentpreviews.com/movie-reviews/review/tangled#primary