SMDM Youth Group Youth Mass at 5:00 p.m. We meet every Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. to serve coffee and donuts after the morning Masses. Meetings are held after the Youth Mass, 6:15 to 7:30 p.m., unless otherwise announced. Every Second Sunday the Youth Group serves as hosts for XLT (eXaLT), an evening of praise, worship and adoration, from 6:15-8:15 p.m.. Everyone is welcome to come and praise God! A sampling of SMDM Youth Group's Activities

SMDM Contemporary Choir Rehearsal is 3-5 p.m. Sunday. The choir sings at the 5 p.m. Sunday Youth Mass. For more information, contact Kim Cazzaniga

Excerpt from St. Augustine Catholic's "YOUTH: The Church of Today," featuring Tommy Gschwind

Catholic Mom Book Club: Youth and Teen Book Selections

Choices Youth Group: The Youth Connection/Connecting Youth with Christ

Disciples Now:  The Place for Catholic Teens on the Web: Disciples Now is a web-based ministry for youth focused on the traditions, life, and mission of the Catholic faith community. As an informational resource, Disciples Now provides opportunities to learn, to discuss, and to celebrate the challenges of discipleship in the context of daily life.

Faith First: Teen Center (Grades 7-8)

Life Teen (very slow loading): Life Teen is a total Catholic youth ministry program with a strong focus on the Eucharist in use in over 400 parishes with over 40,000 teenagers participating on a weekly basis.

phatmass: Phatmass is a site for Catholics of all ages, but geared toward the younger generation, with music, desktop wallpaper, games, apologetics and a very active "phorum".

Pure Love Club: A chastity ministry of Catholic Answers. You'll find over 100 answers to teens' toughest questions on dating, love, and purity. You can also listen to a chastity talk, submit your own question, or browse the online store.

YOU! Magazine: Catholic Youth Online: We are young people, building the moral and spiritual values of young people through innovative projects in mass media, music, and communications. By seeing pop culture through the eyes of faith, we build a bridge between young people and God, and offer Catholic values in a contemporary language and format young people can relate to and call their own.

Youth Apostles Online: Catholic Youth Ministry for the New Millennium

Vocation online: All about vocations to the priesthood and religious life

The Catholic Doors Ministry: Vocations Websites

Other Cool Websites recommended by Catholic Spot

• Catholic Kids Net: Catholic Kids Net is a Catholic, non-profit, educational organization  focusing on the character formation of elementary aged children  incorporating parental involvement, entertaining mass media products and kids' club formation.
• Catholic Mom Children's Book Club
• Sadler We Believe Students homepage

Theme: "You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses." (Acts 1:8) WYD 2008 will be held July 15-20. Link to World Youth Day 2008, Sydney, Australia Website Link to WYD PowerPoint Presentation, given to U.S. WYD coordinators by Bishop Anthony Fisher, OP, of Sydney Archival: World Youth Day, 2005