St. Bernard offers training for youth in grades 6th and above who have an interest in developing their vocal gifts as cantors.  

Choir is another way to share the gift of music with our parish. Youth in 2nd grade and above are invited to participate in choirs at our weekend Masses, or our special events and liturgies that focus on our children. Teens who play guitar or piano are also invited to be involved at our weekend Masses and our religious education music days.

We also offer monthly Praise and Worship music during our Religious Education classes with Father Bower and our youth accompanists.  We work to learn new songs and develop their love and familiarity with the music sung at our liturgies throughout the year.

Our youth group for children is hosted monthly on Tuesday evenings.  We begin with evening Mass at 6pm and wrap up by 8pm. Pizza, snacks and drinks are provided.  We do a faith component, crafts, games and fun! Teen volunteers are always welcome to help out!

Our High school formation group meets twice per month during the school year.  All teens and their friends are welcome to come learn about our Catholic Faith, participate in Lectio Divina, small groups and great conversation.  We also include reflections with adoration and live music opportunities. Contact [email protected] for more information. 

At St. Bernard, we offer serving opportunities for boys and girls, 5th grade and up.  Server trainings are offered at scheduled times and we also offer training opportunities during religious education for interested individuals. Please prayerfully consider joining the server team, as more of our teens are graduating high school, young servers are needed to join.  This is a beautiful opportunity for an even more enriching experience at our Masses.

Our parish participates in the Diocesan Knights of the Holy Temple program for high school boys.  All high school boys are encouraged to join and work to develop a deeper spiritual relationship with Christ, serve at our Masses and grow in fellowship with other knights through the amazing opportunities for trips, camps and programs that our Diocesan Vocations office organizes. Contact the parish office for more information!

Our parish teen girls group offers opportunities for spiritual growth, fellowship, volunteering in our community and at our parish, and helping with various ministries at the parish.  The girls group is open to all girls grades 7 and up. Contact Annie Roach or Mini Simpson if you are interested in joining.

Our parish attends the high school retreat in February at Guerin Catholic High School for all high school teens. This retreat is incredible and the primary focus is to invite teens to have a more personal relationship with Jesus, and to open their hearts to the love and mercy He offers to those who are seeking Him, and inviting Him into their lives! We will announce the dates as soon as they are available for pre=planning activities around the retreat dates!

We offer Vacation Bible School in July- with a Catholic twist! All children ages 3 and up and invited to come out and spend the afternoon with our big team of volunteers and our Evangelization Team to learn about our Catholic Faith, do fun activities, sing praise and worship songs and make new friends! ​

Youth are welcome to volunteer at our parish! We love to work with them to nurture their love of Jesus and teach them how to serve His Church in many different ways with a deep love of service and charity.  We have an abundance of ministries and areas of the parish that provide something for everyone's unique gifts and talents. We also have family volunteering available.  Please contact the parish office if you or your children are looking for meaningful ways to help the parish!