Life Teen

As a Eucharist-centered movement within the Roman Catholic Church, Life Teen leads high-school teenagers and their families into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ and His Church. With the Blessed Virgin Mary as our intercessor and guide, Life Teen seeks to unleash the fullness of the Sacramental power present within the young Church. Grades 9-12.

St. Thomas the Apostle’s Life Teen is designed with the intent to lead teens closer to Christ. Our Sunday evenings kick off with the Eucharistic Liturgy Service at 5pm. This "Teen" Mass has a more teen-focused homily and an amazing worship band.  This is followed by Life Nights, an experience focused on faith development. 

The message of Jesus is kept relevant. Teens hear the fuller truth of the gospel and that Truth impacts their life. Faith is explored in relevant ways. Every effort is made to provide teens with personal experiences of God’s love in their life. Sunday evenings are absolutely eventful.

Life Night is not a program! It is a commitment to not ignore teens and recognize their needs. As we share the beauty of the Church with them, they see how their Christian faith is relevant to every aspect of their lives.

Tyler Irving is the new Music Director for the Sunday 5:00 PM Life Teen Mass. From Gilbert, AZ (Phoenix area) he is officially moving to Tucson to continue studies at the University of Arizona.

Tyler has over seven years of experience doing liturgical music, both contemporary and traditional, in multiple parishes in the Diocese of Phoenix, predominately at St. Timothy’s Parish in Mesa. He is very excited to assist in the prayer, praise and worship of all who attend this Mass, especially the teens. 

Summer is coming to an end and our traditional Sunday night Life Teen Masses and Life Nights will be starting again September 8! We would like to expand our Life Teen Music Ministry even more. Music is a very powerful gift to open our hearts and direct our praise to God. It is especially significant and plays a pivotal role for the Life Teen Mass.

Therefore, we would like to extend an invitation to all those in high school and beyond to serve as instrumentalists and vocalists for this Mass. Instruments that we can use are piano/keyboard, guitar, bass, drums, and solo instruments (violin and flute), as well as vocalists in all vocal ranges. Our regular rehearsals will be on Sundays at 3:00 PM. We also plan to hold a few rehearsals in August for all those interested and for the Life Teen Music Ministry to prepare for the upcoming year.

If you have any questions, would like more information, or would like to join, contact our new Life Teen Choir Director, Tyler Irving at tylerairving@cox.net.

To sing, is to pray twice.
St. Augustine

It has been our privilege to provide a parish home that hopefully led you closer to Christ. May you stay connected to God wherever your future plans take you.
 
Isabella Alvarez – CFHS
Casey Cash – CFHS
Emily Chua – CFHS
Isabella Cordova Minder – CFHS
Maddy Fischahs – CFHS
Audrey Ganem – CFHS
Will Glaesser – CFHS
Sean Huelsman – Homeschool
Luke Kim – BASIS North
Lily Lukavich – Homeschool
Robin Lukavich – Pima Vocational School
Angel Lujan – CFHS
Kelly Mannenbach – CFHS
Libby Monthofer – CFHS
Emily Murphy – CFHS
Ryan Pittner – CFHS
Athena Ralles - Salpointe
 
The world promises you comfort, but you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness.      Pope Benedict XVI