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UPCOMING EVENTS

July 7 - 13

CLI

Join over a hundred teens and young adults for a week that will change your life forever. CLI is a summer camp like no other. Fun, faith, and fellowship combined with talks, outdoor games, team building challenges, prayer experiences and leadership development. It will be the best week of your life!!!

CLI is full. Register to be put on the waiting list 

Past Events

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Sept

16

Join us for an evening of adoration and fellowship as we kick off our ministry year with our first XLT night. Joel Stepanek will be the keynote speaker for the evening.

HS XLT 

OCT 14-15

“Under Construction - Build Them Up” is a retreat for Middle School youth in grades 6th - 8th.  The retreat will allow the teens to spend some time answering the questions - Who am I?, What do I need?, What is my purpose? and How do I get there?  We are always moving and this retreat will give them the tools they need to move toward God and build His Kingdom.  The retreat will include skits, games, music, prayer, and fellowship.  For more information contact Ms. T at the office of Youth Ministry @ 337-439-7400.  You can register for this event at www.dolcyouth.org.  

Middle School Retreat

Oct

28-29

DOLC Fall Confirmation Retreat

Join other Confirmation teens for a retreat experience to help you better prepare to say, “AMEN” to becoming a fully initiated member of the Catholic Church. Spend time in reflection answering two basic questions, Who Am I? and Whose Am I?, as well as discovering the reason why God created you. The retreat will include music, skits, talks, personal witness, prayer including Adoration, confession and Mass. Call the DOLC Youth Office for more information.

NOV 11

FALL MIDDLE SCHOOL RALLY

Join the youth of the Diocese of Lake Charles for a day of spirit-field fun and fellowship as we “GET ACTIVATED” in our faith and in God’s love! This day long rally will be filled with music, games, talks and of course lots of good food!

Nov

15-19

Every other year, Catholic teens and adults come together to pray, learn, and grow in their faith. In addition to opportunities to receive the sacraments of the Eucharist and penance, NCYC participants attend general sessions with amazing music and keynotes as well as breakout sessions on topics relevant to living as a disciple of Christ in today’s world.  They also have the opportunity to visit with organizations that provide resources and other support to youth and youth ministry, spend time in personal and communal prayer, and engage in service to others.  NCYC is an event you do not want to miss.  Get more information at www.ncyc.info  Download pricing and forms by clicking the download button.

NCYC

Jan

5 - 7 

DOLC Spring Confirmation Retreat

Join other Confirmation teens for a retreat experience to help you better prepare to say, “AMEN” to becoming a fully initiated member of the Catholic Church. Spend time in reflection answering two basic questions, Who Am I? and Whose Am I?, as well as discovering the reason why God created you. The retreat will include music, skits, talks, personal witness, prayer including Adoration, confession and Mass. Call the DOLC Youth Office for more information.

Feb 2-4

Reach Girls   Retreat

God our Father is constantly reaching out for our love though His mercy, the Church, His Mother and through our feminine nature. REACH is an all girls high school weekend retreat were we take time away from the noise and distractions to grow in friendship, encounter Christ and learn He reaches for our own unique heart so that we may run into the only embrace that will fully captivate and fulfill our souls. 

Feb 16-18

DOLC Confirmation Retreat

Join other Confirmation teens for a retreat experience to help you better prepare to say, “AMEN” to becoming a fully initiated member of the Catholic Church. Spend time in reflection answering two basic questions, Who Am I? and Whose Am I?, as well as discovering the reason why God created you. The retreat will include music, skits, talks, personal witness, prayer including Adoration, confession and Mass. Call the DOLC Youth Office for more information.

MAR

9 - 11

DYC is the annual youth conference for high school teens and 8th graders hosted by the Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry. It is a 3-day conference which includes live music, great skits, keynotes, teen witnesses, breakout sessions, Mass with our Bishop, Eucharistic Adoration & Benediction, confession, cajun dancing, a talent show, games and lots of fun and great food. Each day begins and ends with prayer and there is a prayer chapel with the blessed sacrament all weekend which you can visit at any point in time. As an adult, I can tell you that DYC has and continues to change my life. It is a beautiful and fruitful experience. Do not miss out on an amazing weekend!  

DYC
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