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  I liked him and I let him~

  I let him and I lost him~

Before you make a decision that could change your life forever, please talk to someone.  Talk to your parents. Talk to your teacher.  Talk to your priest.

Say NO because you KNOW.

Purity is the new Cool!!!!!

By Monica Hernandez - bio | email

JACKSON, MS (WLBT) - Every stroke of Matthew Harry's paintbrush is a glimpse of hope for the Sandles family. Harry is part of a team working to finish the Sandles' addition to their West Jackson home.

According to the Sandles, a contractor left without completing the job seven years ago, leaving only a frame.

Teens from the Catholic HEART work camp are working to change that.

"It means a lot. I know my grandchildren won't be able to believe their eyes when they come in. I just can see the little smiles on their faces," said Julia Sandles, who has lived in the home for over 30 years.

135 teens from across country are in Jackson this week, volunteering with charity organizations and people in need as part of the Catholic HEART work camp. The long-running camp is held in nearly 40 cities around the United States.

It's been held in Jackson every year since Katrina hit in 2005, aimed at helping those who moved here after the storm and those who just need help.

And organizers say that benefits the campers, too. "I think the thing that it makes the biggest impact on is their faith. We talk about their faith, but when you put it into action, it seems to stick, it seems to have an impact that goes farther into the future," said Peter Fletcher, a youth minister for the work camp.

The teen's home base for the week is St. Joseph Catholic High School in Madison, where they sleep on air mattresses and sleeping bags before working out in the community.

The work includes sorting clothes at a local Goodwill and bringing groceries to low-income seniors through a group called Deliver Me Seniors.

A team stopped in LeFlore Haven in Northwest Jackson to deliver groceries to eight families.

"It means a lot to me because I'm not able to go out and go shopping and everything. I just think it's a blessing from God," said Corrine Gordon, who receives assistance from DMS.

And the teens say the impact they make can go far beyond the time they spend here.

"One little act of love can go all the way through an entire community and shape everyone's life," said Matt Fries, 15, of Houston, TX.

"We hope we serve the people here, but they obviously teach us a lot more than we teach them," said Fletcher.

National work camp helps Jackson in need
	Click the link to the left to view a video of the youth "on assignment" in Jackson, Mississippi.

Pictures from our high school family event held on Friday, October 31, 2008

What a Success!  Thanks to All Who Made it Happen:

David, Michael, Matthew and Mary Belgard and Sky; Molly Capone; Earl McCarthy;

D.J. Landon Johnson; Chris, Vickie, Emily, Matthew and Charlie Flanders; Andy, Danette, Brittany and Cody Castello; Bernadette, Abraham and Rebecca Loebs; Ron, Debbie, Connor and Tyler Usie; Aidan Fletcher; Dorothy Kuhlman; Martha Simmons; Butch Cambre; Jimmy McKenzie; Glen Desselle; Don and Pat Metcalf; Dora Cooper; Gerry and Alicia Clesi; Julie Behrnes; The Men's Club of St. John's; The St. John's Rosary Altar Society; Dereck and Alex Myers; Kathy Connerly; Theresa Mondello.

Many thanks to anyone who may have inadvertently excluded from this list.  Our Bonfire event could not have been possible, had it not been for the generous donation of time, money and resources from our Parish Family.  Thank you for helping our kids to find fellowship, fun and refuge in the church.

God Bless you!