Youth Program News

Youth Retreats and Programs

2009-08-03T15:35:00.000-07:00

VMESC offers day and overnight retreats and educational programs for youth and young adults from middle school through college. Use our staff or bring your own facilitator. For more information, please contact Matt Abramowski at mabramowski@humilityofmary.org or 724-964-8886.

Program possibilities include:
Confirmation Retreats
Generations of Faith Sessions
Cross Country Camps
Bible Camps
Soccer Camps
Band Camps
Kairos Retreats
Service Retreats
Leadership Training
Theme-Based Retreats
Age Level and Intergenerational Retreats

Follow these links for more information on the following topics:
Farm-Based Environmental Education (including Summer Camps!)
Villa Maria-thon 5K Run & Trail Walk (June 4)
Bring a Villa Program to your Church or School
Sign up for an e-mail brochure customized to meet your needs

Leadership Training

2009-08-03T12:26:00.001-07:00

Leadership is a highly specialized skill that needs to be nurtured in order to flourish in your youth organization. Our Villa staff offers outstanding leadership training days or retreats for the core leaders in your group. Our training is filled with solid content and offered in an engaging format designed to inspire leadership that is positive and contagious.

Your group will experience the value of an affirming and motivating style of leadership. They will develop:

A mission for your organization

Measurable, achievable and relevant goals

Ways to incorporate the daily practices that are essential to strategically accomplish identified goals

A plan to implement what is learned during the training

Contact Jim Merhaut at jmerhaut@humilityofmary.org or 724-964-8886 for more information.

Farm-Based Environmental Education (FBEE)

2009-07-22T05:19:00.000-07:00

This unique Ohio and Pennsylvania curriculum-based program can be experienced on our farm as a field trip or in your classroom. Dozens of creative, hands-on lesson plans for grades pre-k through 10 will spruce up your science curriculum and connect your students to nature in a real and lasting way. Please visit the FBEE website at http://villafarmedu.blogspot.com for more information.

Call or email today to set up a program for your classroom, scout troop, 4-H group, or other groups! Contact Sr. Jeanne Thurin at 724-964-8920 x3387 or JThurin@humilityofmary.org.