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Steubenville Information
Our Steubenville trip is June 26-28th. 27 teens, 4 adult chaperones, and Fr. Zwilling will be attending this year. Click here for travel details and packing information.
Summer Announcements and Sign-Ups!!!
Cedar Point - July 1 - for for information go here.
Summer Events - All summer long, the area youth groups throughout Stark county have things planned (primarily on Wednesday evenings, 6-8pm). These activities can be viewed by clicking on "Events" - or the link here. As part of that, Cedar Point with the Stark County Deanery is July 1st (form will be released soon for that).
Resources
Lectio Divina resources to encounter Christ through praying Scripture.
Practical ways to Guard against sinful anger
2026 Summer!
Click on Events along the menu to see all upcoming events, including summer events.
Are you In high school and looking for other teens to explore your faith with, hang out with, or just accept you for who you are? Welcome to Illuminate! That is what we are all about! Come join us and see for yourself. No matter where you are at in high school, you have an open invite to join us. Start off in the fall or summer as a freshman and stick with us for all four years, or join us for the first time in the winter as a sophomore, or perhaps even join us for the first time a few months before you graduate from high school as a senior. No matter where you are, you are welcome - anytime. At Illuminate we do not watch videos or read text books (well, other than the Good Book) - we learn through discussions with one another. The discussions are fun, challenging, difficult, rewarding and thought-provoking. So come experience it - own your faith!
Why?
“Young people – teens – are under incredible pressure to perform. Intense expectations are placed on them. As a colleague of mine has suggested, social media appears to be all about social performance, creating a personality that isn’t real, and teens are experiencing a deep unhappiness about this. I think churches are in a position to create a social space where people can be accepted for who they are and not be expected to perform. I’ve seen some congregations that do this.”
- Christian Smith
Curriculum
Illuminate Youth Ministry uses Life Teen resources for our core teachings. Life Teen is an organization that provides extensive Catholic teaching resources. It us USCCB approved, and stats show that 35% of seminarians come from parishes implementing Life Teen.
What is Illuminate about?
Our ministry program focuses on:
Catechetical teachings
Leadership development
Community service
Exploring different forms of prayer
Praise and Adoration
Faith building and sharing
Social community building
Other benefits of attending:
Positive peer to peer support – teens will lead other teens
Discussion based learning/exploring (no text books)
Positive influences – mentorship with active Catholic adults
Christ-centered environment
Where and When?
We meet in North Room A (in basement of church) at St. Paul, North Canton 7pm – 8:30pm every Sunday during the school year.
Our 2026-2027 year will start Sunday, Sept. 13th and will go through April 25, 2027.
*No meetings on Dec. 27, Jan. 3, Feb. 14, March 28
Who?
Illuminate Youth Ministry is for high school students currently in grades 9-12.
For our summer 2026 events, we will welcome incoming 9th graders as well as all graduates of 2026.
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