Totus Tuus camps starting soon
Last Updated on Tuesday, 29 May 2012 12:48 23 May 2012
Registration is under way for Totus Tuus, a fun and energetic parish-based summer catechetical program for both grade-school aged children and junior and senior high school youths based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church and Sacred Scriptures.
The mission of Totus Tuus (Latin for "Totally Yours") is to inspire in young people a longing for holiness, a desire for daily conversion, and an openness to their vocation by constantly challenging them to give themselves entirely to Christ through Mary and by continually strengthening their prayer lives. The five pillars of Totus Tuus are the Eucharist, Marian devotion, catechesis, vocational discernment and fun.
The grade school program (grades 1-6) will run Mondays through Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The junior high and high school program (grades 7-12) will run Sundays through Thursdays from 7 to 9:30 p.m. The following parishes are hosting:
- June 10-15: St. Francis of Assisi in Lenoir, Holy Spirit in Denver
- June 17-22: St. Elizabeth of the Hill Country in Boone, St. Patrick Cathedral in Charlotte, St. Bernadette in Linville
- June 24-29: St. Mark in Huntersville, St. Thomas Aquinas in Charlotte, St. Aloysius in Hickory
- July 8-13: Our Lady of Grace in Greensboro, St. James the Greater in Concord, St. Mary in Shelby
- July 15-20: St. Barnabas in Arden, St. Pius X in Greensboro
- July 29-Aug. 3: Sacred Heart in Salisbury, St. Joseph in Asheboro, St. Dorothy in Lincolnton
For details and registration information, go online to education.charlottediocese.org/faith-formation/totus-tuus or contact Chris Beal, diocesan Totus Tuus coordinator, at 704-370-3247 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
— Photo provided by Erica Bleffer
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FROM THE PASTORS
Read and listen to homilies posted regularly by pastors at parishes within the Diocese of Charlotte:
- Fr. Frank Cancro at Queen of the Apostles
- Fr. Patrick Earl at St. Peter in Charlotte
- Fr. John Eckert at St. John the Baptist in Tryon
- Fr. Timothy Reid at St. Ann in Charlotte
- Fr. Benjamin Roberts at Our Lady of Lourdes in Monroe
- Fr. Patrick Winslow at St. Thomas Aquinas in Charlotte
- Watch full Masses live and on demand, listen to homilies and reflections from Sacred Heart Church in Salisbury
- Listen to homilies from St. William Catholic Church in Murphy