Totus Tuus - Totally Yours

Totus Tuus is a week-long Catholic summer "parish mission" program for youth in 1^st - 12^th grade that is dedicated to sharing the Gospel and promoting the Catholic faith through Catechetical Instruction, Christian Witness, Vocational Discernment, Marian Devotion, and Eucharistic Worship.

Goals

The goal of Totus Tuus is to help young people develop their relationship with Jesus Christ so that there is an intimate friendship whereby he may lead them to the Father, as it is only by establishing a real and personal relationship with Christ that we can be led to the love of the Father (cf. John 14:6-7).  To accomplish this goal, the Totus Tuus program emphasizes a devotion and love for our Lord in the Eucharist and for Mary our Mother.

Totus Tuus also seeks to foster openness to vocations.  This openness is accomplished by placing special emphasis on the importance and necessity of living a Christian lifestyle.  One of the program philosophies of Totus Tuus is that vocations, callings from God, can only be heard and responded to if one is living an authentic Christian life.  The teachers for Totus Tuus model this lifestyle by promising to be open to God's will for them and to actively discern God's call in their life.  Because teachers are striving to live an authentic Christian life and are actively discerning their vocation, they can better help young people do the same.

Totus Tuus 2012

Registration for the 2012 season is open:

Parish_Registration_Form_-_2012.pdf

Flyer_and_Calendar_2012.pdf

Summer Schedule

Three teams will be working in the diocese.  If a session has three parishes listed, that sessions is fully booked

June 2 – 8       Internship Week

• St. Francis of Assisi, Hardin (all three teams work together at one parish for this session)
  

June 9 – 15     Session 1

• St. Brigid, Liberty
• Forty Martyrs, Tuscola
• Our Saviour, Jacksonville
  

June 16 – 22      Session 2

• St. Mary, Paris

June 23 – 29      Session 3

• St. Edward, Mendon/St. Joseph, Quincy (joint session with the same team)
• St. Elizabeth, Robinson/Our Lady of Lourdes, Oblong (joint session with the same team)
  

July 7 – 13       Session 4

• St. John Vianney, Sherman
• Ss. James & Patrick, Decatur
  

July 14 – 20      Session 5

• Sacred Heart, Effingham
• St. Peter, Quincy
• St. John the Evangelist, Carrollton
  

July 21 – 27       Session 6

• St. Francis Xavier, Jerseyville