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Upcoming Events:
Our youth group has some AWESOME events coming up this Fall!
- October 16th: 1-3PM - West End Creamery Fall Festival - Check out the photo album here.
- November 13th: 11AM-12:30PM - Purgatory Chasm Hike - Check out the photo album here.
- DECEMBER 11TH: How special it was to spread some holiday cheer to residents with Bingo, Ornamnent making, Tree decorating and Christmas cards! Check out some photos here.
- DECEMBER 17TH: What a wonderful evening! We had a great turnout with s'mores making, hot cocoa and treats on a warm night. Kids playing hide-n-seek, adults and teens warming by the fires, and even movies and music! See some photos here.
Want to find out more about GYG, email one of our youth leaders:
Emily Crossin: crossin.em@gmail.com
Mackenzie Hanna: mackenziechanna@gmail.com
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Advent Outdoors Candle Lighting!
What a wonderful evening! We had a great turnout with s'mores making, hot cocoa & cider and treats on a warm night.
Kids playing hide-n-seek, families warming by the fires, even movies and music! See some photos here.
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Registration Form:
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Join Our Flocknote Group:
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GYG Wants YOUth!!
It's hard to believe we are in our fourth year! What started as a hopeful wish to engage our youth in September 2017 has blossomed into a vibrant ministry, linking Religious Education, Ministry and Outreach with acitivities in and out of Church!
Our youth have served meals at shelters, made gifts for our Homebound parishioners and raised money for the Grafton Food Bank. We also have a lot of FUN with activities such as Bowling, Snow Tubing and Touring the "Christmas Festival of Lights" at LaSalette Shrine!! Whatever we do and wherever we go, we provide a safe, nurturing place for like-minded youth to hang out and have some fun.
Don't forget to check out our Upcoming Events section for details and signup links!
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Recent Events:
Whitewater Rafting @ Crabapple Whitewater
Our youth had an AWESOME time on the Deerfield River in Charlemont, MA! Check out some photos here.
Thanks to Darleen Farland, Tim Messenger and the Worcester Diocese for sponsoring the event!
We had a wonderful gathering on Friday evening, May 7th enjoying some pizza, praying togehter for our Moms, making Mother's Day cards and concluding with a procession for Mary and crowning of her statue. See the photo album here.
Mother's Day Prayer Gathering for Families:
Volunteering at the Community Harvest Project:
We had 8 eager volunteers at the Farm on Saturday, May 8th. We transplanted many plants and planted even more. Altogether, our work touched 1,156 plants and will become over 7,700 servings of fresh vegetables to nourish our hungry neighbors in need! See the photo album here.
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Youth Group Service Projects:
-- Community Harvest Project May 8, 2021. We had 8 eager volunteers at the Farm that transplanted many plants and planted even more. Altogether, our work touched 1,156 plants and will become over 7,700 servings of fresh vegetables to nourish our hungry neighbors in need! See the photo album here.
-- Market Sunday and Beyond Food Drive Oct. 24-25, 2020. We were overwhelmed with the amount of food and money donated! THANK YOU to both parishes for your generosity. See some pics here.
-- Community Harvest Project Sep. 14, 2020. We had a great turn out with 15 youth, including some new members, volunteer to help prepare the fields for winter planting. It was a beautiful day to get dirty! Check out our FB photo album here! Thanks for the hard work kids!
-- Souper Bowl Collection Feb. 1-2, 2020. Thank you for your generous
donations that will help local Grafton residents to TACKLE HUNGER!
-- We created Christmas cards and crafts for ~40 Homebound
parishioners at all 3 Catholic churches on Friday, December 6th, 2019.
-- Helping serve at the semi-annual Veterans' Lasagna Dinner, Monday,
April 15th, 2019.
-- We created Easter cards and crafts for ~24 Homebound parishioners at
all 3 Catholic churches on Friday, April 5th, 2019. The children also led
Mary's Way of the Cross for the congregation at St. Mary's.
-- Preparing a meal for IHN House on Monday, March 11, 2019. Leaders
and youth members delievered the meal and Easter goodie bags and
shared in the meal with residents.
-- Helping serve at the semi-annual Veterans' Lasagna Dinner, Monday,
October 15th, 2018.
-- Helping at the "Grafton Celebrates the Holidays" Frosty StopSunday, December 3rd, 2017 from 12-4pm-- Meal preparation for IHN (Interfaith Hospitality Network)
St. Philip Parish, helping out however needed
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017 from 2:00–4:30 pmPrepared a meal at St. Mary's Kitchen, then brought it to IHN to
share with the residents.
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GCYG Photo Albums:
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2020-2021 School Year:
Community Harvest Project Service 5/8/2021:
We had 8 eager volunteers at the Farm on Saturday, May 8th. We transplanted many plants and planted even more. Altogther, our work will become over 7000 servings of fresh vegetables to nurish our hungry neighbors in need! See the photo album here.
Mother's Day Prayer Gathering 5/7/2021:We had a wonderful gathering on Friday evening, May 7th enjoying some pizza, praying togehter for our Moms, making Mother's Day cards and concluding with a procession for Mary and crowning of her statue. See the photo album here.
Pizza, Easter Craft & Stations of the Cross 3/19/2021:THANK YOU to all who joined us Friday, March 19th at St. Mary's! After everyone enjoyed some pizza, many went to the Parish Hall to make shrinky-dink stained glass window ornaments and fill out Easter cards for our homebound parishioners. Then we gathered together outside for Stations of the Cross, led by our youth. They did a great job! Check out our photo album here!
Thanks for helping make this Lenten season special for all!
Thank you to all who supported our
Annual Luminaries Fundraiser Nov. 2020!The money raised will help support our twinning parish in Haiti and future GCYG events.
The Grafton Catholic Youth Group had an exciting Advent Season at St Mary’s!
Advent Outdoors!
We “lit up” St. Mary’s with outdoor Christmas trees and an Advent wreath on the front lawn. The goal was to bring this season out to our Parish community, especially for those who are not comfortable worshipping inside.
We lit a candle on the Advent wreath each Friday night in conjunction with an outdoor activity. THANK YOU to all who joined us!
See our photo album here.
