With groups welcoming Children, Youth and Young Adults
Meet our Teams
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Children's Liturgy
We welcome primary school children and younger siblings with parents/guardians to share faith and fun activities during 8am Mass at St Gerard’s or 9:30am Mass at St Paschal’s.
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Youth Group
We welcome teenagers 13yrs-17yrs to share faith, fun and friendship.
Come explore our
- Youth group 6pm Fridays fortnightly at St Gerard’s during school terms
- Youth Mass 9:30am at St Paschal’s, First Sunday of each month except January.
Stay up to date with our social media: Encounter Northside
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Young Adult Ministry
We invite Young Adults 18yrs-30yrs to share faith, formation and fellowship with regular Mass and gatherings at St Gerard’s. Please contact us to get involved.
“Our purpose is to inspire young people to encounter Jesus, glow together and live with Gospel joy”.
Upcoming events
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YOUTH GROUP
6pm-9pm
Fridays fortnightly during school terms
St Gerard Majella Church
146 Maundrell Terrace, Chermside West QLD. 4032
Share fun, faith, friendship, food…
Please bring a gold coin donation.
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YOUTH MASS
9:30am-10:30am
First Sundays monthly (except January & July school holidays)
St Paschal Baylon Church
30 Warraba Avenue, Wavell Heights QLD. 4012All are welcome to attend or volunteer :)
We’re happy to guide new volunteers as
Mass Readers, Gift Bearers, Singers, Musicians, Welcomers…
just contact our Youth Coordinator.
We also invite everyone to share a wonderful morning tea after Mass :)
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MUSIC TEAM
Please contact us if you are interested in exploring our Youth Music Worship team.
Come meet our Youth Leaders
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Rachel
OLA Youth Coordinator 2025-
Rachel is vibrant, welcoming, friendly and inspired to nurture fun, faith and friendship with our youth and community.
0414 017 269
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Alice
OLA Parish Youth Coordinator 2023-2025
Alice is passionate about sharing fun, faith and friendship, nurturing Christian spirituality, education and inclusivity.
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Abbey
OLA Youth Coordinator 2021-2023
Abbey loves nurturing friendships and sharing the love of Jesus with youth. She continues to enjoy accompanying our community to Ignite Youth events and local gatherings.
0472 702 010
OLA YOUNG ADULT GROUP
welcomes 18-30yrs
“Let yourselves be taken over by the light of Christ, and spread that light wherever you are…”
St Pope John Paul II
our community welcomes you
Our OLA Young Adults community welcomes everyone 18-30yrs. Are you
a high school senior or uni student?
a graduate starting your career?
a young parent looking to connect?
or are you just looking to meet other 18-30yrs?
We know it can be hard to connect with other young adults seeking to grow in faith and friendship.
Our OLA young adults team welcomes you!
Young Adult Group meeting times:
6:30pm regularly on Saturdays
St Gerard Majella Church, Chermside West.
We also visit larger Archdiocesan events throughout the year.
If you're 18-30yrs, don't hesitate to contact us - we’d love to meet you!
For more info please contact Antonio
yac.chermsidewest@gmail.com
Young Adult Leadership
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Antonio
Young Adult Coordinator 2023-
Antonio is a kind, studious, devout person of Traditional faith, who loves meeting people.
0478 087 830
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Mori
Young Adult Coordinator 2021-23
For Parents: Ethos and Safeguarding
Youth (13-17yrs) and Young Adult (18-30yrs) ministries offer
an intentional way of engaging younger people with the message of the Gospel.
Our Youth Leaders are all qualified in Archdiocesan Safeguarding training.
We encourage our youth to:
be themselves
make new friends
share fun
grow spiritually and socially.
We offer an invitation to be part of something greater.
To step into the discipleship journey as part of a community.
We invite young people to grow in faith, share a sense of identity and make lifelong friends who share the same core beliefs.
Youth ministry is a not just an invitation to young people to hear the Good News of Jesus - it is also a challenge to follow Him.
For this reason, the foundation of Youth ministries is rooted in the Gospel message, empowering young people to serve and evangelise in their own way.
It is a task and mission which the vast and profound changes of present-day society make all the more urgent.
Parish Youth Group is not just a social group, not an entity in and of itself, it’s more than that! It is a place of joy, evangelisation, transformation, a place where young people can be accepted and be themselves.
It’s part of and deeply connected to a bigger picture; the parish community; the Church and ultimately, Jesus Christ.
Everyone is welcome to say helloyc.chermsidewest@bne.catholic.net.au