Sunday, May 12th, during our 8:30am Mass we will
celebrate our graduates. All High School and
College graduates are invited to wear their cap and
gowns to Mass and sit up front. Coffee and rolls will
be served after Mass. Congratulations on a job well
done and good luck in the future.

Totus Tuus will be the week of June 22-28th. All
K-5th graders from this year are invited to the
day time program from 9am-3pm Monday
through Friday. Registrations will be mailed in early
May and the cost is $10 per students. All 6th-11th
grade students are invited to the youth program
from 7:30-9:45pm Sunday through Thursday that
week. We will end with a pool party at the Cantata’s
which will be earlier than 7:30pm on Thursday. Cost
here is also $10 per student. Please keep up to date
with the information via the bulletin and the website.
I hope your student can attend. This will be a great
part of the summer.

Calling all Sophomores and older to Teens
Encounter Christ (TEC). We have two TEC
weekends this summer. One in July on the
6th-8th in Garden City and then one here in
Pratt on August 3rd-5th. This can be a very
spiritual weekend and it will be right here in our
parish. You can sign up on the diocese's
website at www.dcdiocese.org/youth.

On May 11th the NCYC youth are hosting a
Disc Golf Tournament as a fund raiser for
our trip. We would gladly take donations for
individual chip bags, cookies, pop, and water to
use for the lunch included in the registration.
The cost to play is $25.00 per person and
includes the option of playing individual and
with a team. Registration is at 9:30am at May
Dennis Park and play will begin for individuals
at 10am. We will offer lunch of hamburger,
chips, cookies, with pop or water. Then team
play will be at 1pm. Please come out and
support the group.
Have a safe and blessed summer.
Erin Crouch,
Director Religious Education

This year the week of June 24-28th we are inviting in a Totus Tuus team from the Wichita Diocese.  The 1st-6th grade (2013-14 grade) will go from 9-3PM Monday through Friday.  The Youth (7th-High School) will meet from 7:30-9:45Pm in the evenings Monday through Thursday.  The 7th/8th grade will meet separate from the High School. I will still need volunteers for during the day.  I need 4 adults for each day during the week and also 1 or 2 to help in the kitchen.   I will need host families to feed the team each evening Monday to Friday.  We would like to do a potluck on the 22nd (Saturday) with the parish after Mass to meet the team.  If you would like to help in any way please contact me.  Parents be on the look out for enrollment forms.  This should be an exciting opportunity.  Cost will be $10 per child or youth.  

NCYC discount cards are still available to purchase through me.  We would also like to request anyone willing to sponsor a bus seat or part of one for $170 please let Erin know.  We are taking 40 people this year and at $600 per person,  it is a lot of money. 
We will have a NCYC youth gathering on April 28th here in Pratt from 2-5pm at the school.  All youth and sponsors attending are invited.  This is an effort to make this a journey of prayer and pilgrimage and not just a cool trip.  

Have a wonderful Spring.  God Bless.

The Wichita Service Camp applications are in my office for any High School Student wanting to attend the service camp this summer June 16-21st.  The registration form and a $50 deposit is due to me by March 15th.  You can see more at http://www.youtube.com/user/newmanservicecamp

NCYC parents we are having a meeting on March 13^th at 8PM to finalize discussion on fund raising for the next 6 months. This will be after PSR like before in the school cafeteria.

I invite all Freshman and Sophomore High School students to consider attending the JOY (Jesus, You, Others) retreat the weekend of Feb. 9-10th in Garden City. It is a wonderful weekend for these students to draw closer to their faith, have fun, and meet new people.  You can sign up at http://www.dcdiocese.org/youth

NCYC update:  We have around 45 people wanting to attend NCYC in November.  The youth are currently selling Discount cards for $20.00.  The cost of the trip is $600 per person.  I have included the list of the discounts below to give you an idea of what they are.  They are all for local businesses and for two in Hutchinson. Please contact the office if you would like to purchase a card.  They are good for 1 year.  If we sell all the cards we can generate $6000.00 towards our trip. 
Have a good January.  Thanks.  Erin Crouch

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  December is here and Christmas will be here soon.   This month the youth will be selling Discount cards for $20 each.  We make $10 per card profit to go towards our trip to NCYC next year.  We have 300 cards to sell.  The card has different discounts to different businesses here in Pratt.  We will be selling these after Masses on a couple of weekends in December.  You can also purchase them by contacting Erin through the parish office or if you know one of the youth going to NCYC, ask them.  We appreciate your help with this fund raiser.
The High School class has been asked to help decorate the church for Christmas on Dec. 19th during PSR class.  So they might go late that night. 
All are invited to Mass on Dec. 5th and Jan 16th during PSR class. Mass will begin around 7:10PM to give time for the classes to get organized before coming to the church. 


May everyone have a wonderful Christmas and travel safely.

Happy Halloween and soon to be Thanksgiving.   I wanted to thank everyone who came to the Greg Walton Youth event and concert on September 29th.  We had low turn out for all of the events but the presentation was great. I would really like to thank Stephanie Becker and family for hosting Greg and Bill during their stay.  On that note, we are gearing up for the National Catholic Youth Conference for November of 2013. We are just now wrapping up our Bierock fund raiser and will begin our Discount card sales.  These cards are $20 each, we keep $10 for the youth.  They have discounts to local businesses and a few in Hutchinson.   The business discounts are mostly different from other discount cards in Pratt.  So please support our youth by purchasing these cards.  If we can sell all the cards we will have $4000.00 in profit to go towards youth events/NCYC. 

Parents of High School and 8th grade students, the High School Youth Rally for the diocese is Nov. 17 and 18th in Dodge City.  The diocese is bring in Jesse Manibusan to work with the youth.  Many of our NCYC students will remember him from NCYC.  Jesse is an awesome musician and the youth loved him at NCYC.  The deadline for signup is Nov. 9th.  The cost for both days is $25 or you can do just Sunday for $15.00 plus $10 for a T-shirt.  I am planning to attend both days and I will leave from the church at 10AM on Saturday the 17th.  I can take 3 students.  I need at least one adult per 8 students.  So if we have 8 students go, I can chaperone them but I will need someone to drive them out and pick them up.  Let me know if you can help with this.  I have sign up sheets for the rally, I also sent them home with the students a few weeks ago during PSR.  If you need financial aide with this please let me know.  I don't want a student to miss this due to money.  It should be an exciting weekend that the youth will enjoy.

The Thanksgiving dinner by the Women of Sacred Heart (WSH) is Nov. 11th.  As always the youth are asked to help.  I have the 8th grade class busing tables from 1-2PM.  I am asking the 9th and 10th grade students to help with tables from 12-1PM.  I also need 11th and 12th grade students to drive for take out delivery.   This is a very important ministry in our parish.  The WSH support our parish through this one big event each year.  Please come, help out, and eat the great food.

Come check out Greg Walton at our church for a youth event from 1-4PM on September 29th with a concert at Pratt Community College at 7PM that evening.  Food will be provided at the youth event.

We are having an exciting event on September 29th, 2012.  I have invited Greg Walton, a musician, to come do a social justice themed event with our youth and also a community wide music event that evening.  You can see his music at www.gregwalton.com.  Please keep your eyes out for more information.

Hello Everyone,  Our High School and 8th grade students are taking orders for cinnamon rolls as another fund raiser for our activities.  Cost is $7/half-dozen or $12 for a dozen.  Pick up is Palm Sunday weekend.  Please call me or email me if you want to order.