Katarina Goitz Foundation for Youth and Young Adult Ministry

2024 "Inspire a Saint" FundRaiser

Support Youth Ministry

KATARINA GOITZ FOUNDATION for YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY

Blossom Heath Inn

24800 Jefferson Ave

St. Clair Shores

Friday October 25, 2024

Dinner by: Fox 2 Culinary Star Chef Bobby Nahra

Music by: Michele Ramo Jazz Trio

Guest Speaker: Fr. Jude Ezuma, Galveston, Texas

100% Proceeds fund youth

Tickets $125 or $900 for Table for 8

Pay by Credit card or mail check payment to: Katarina Youth Ministry

PO Box 806243

St Clair Shores MI 48080

A snapshot of what katarina youth ministry has done

Corazon Puro

We provided funding for young Hispanic adults form St Anne's Church in Detroit to travel to New York for training them to teach about Theology of the Body, Corazon Puro in order to bring the program to Detroit youth.

Curriculum and Books

Provided funding for the curriculum and books for confirmation and high school programs for Christ the King Parish in Ann Arbor.

Young Adult Ministry

Helped a young adult ministry program for sharing faith at the Waterloo Iowa Catholic Parishes by providing funding for them to attend a 5 day faith enrichment program at the SEEK FOCUS conference (Fellowship of Catholic University Students) along with almost 20,000 young people in attendance

Summer Mission trips

We provided funding for a Notre Dame Echo youth minister's program and curriculum in Meadville PA and also sent 8 of the youth on a mission trip to the Catholic Heart Work Camp in Michigan. "6 of the 8 kids told us they did not want to be there. By the 4th day of the trip all the boys were rushing to the stage for praise and worship and we were able to dig deeper and deeper during our breakout sessions. One of our kids had not gone to confession in years and went and shared how much it changed him. this momentum has carried into this year and our programs are stronger than ever. We are hoping to take the kids back on mission trip and we have many families with financial difficulties that want to send their kids."

Brave the Wilderness summer camps

We provided assistance for the Holy Family Parish high school by supplementing the group's fundraising efforts to allow 22 students to go to The Brave the Wilderness Youth summer camp and retreat for middle school and high school students.

High school 5 day University Faith Experience

We sent Michigan High school students to Notre Dame Vision's lively summer experience designed to help participants to discover and renew God's call in their lives. This summer experience was very crucial to the development of Katarina's faith!

Life Teen

We supported Life Teen annually in their efforts to develop more summer camps and to help youth be able to afford to attend.

Young Life

Funding provided for Young Life summer camp Scholarships

Fellowship of Christian Athletes

We supported annual fund raising efforts to provide scholarships for Michigan chapter of FCA athletes wishing to attend faith based summer athletic camps

Conference for our seminarians to reach our youth

Provided partial funding to enable 16 seminarians to attend 5 day SEEK FOCUS conference to better train them to reach our youth and young adults

Renewal Ministires

Provided funding for Ann Arbor high school youth discerning the priesthood and seeking to do missionary work with Renewal Ministries

ABout Katarina and her passion for Jesus and service

ABOUT KATARINA:

KATARINA'S KIND AND GENTLE WAYS, LOVE OF THE LORD, AND COMPASSION FOR OTHERS, INSPIRED THE YOUTH SHE SERVED. SHE LOVED GOD ABOVE ALL THINGS AND SHARED HER ENTHUSIASM BY EXAMPLE IN HOW SHE LIVED. HER WARM AND CONTINUOUS SMILE EXHIBITED A SINCERE JOYFULNESS THAT WAS CONTAGIOUS. SHE WAS INCLUSIVE; SHE NOT ONLY WELCOMED BUT PERSONALLY REACHED OUT TO OTHERS TO JOIN HER AND IMMERSE THEMSELVES INTO THE FAITH COMMUNITY SHE HUMBLY SERVED.

KATARINA WAS SELFLESS. SHE ALWAYS HAD TIME FOR OTHERS TO LEND AN EAR OR TO SUPPORT AND PRAY FOR THEIR CONCERN. SHE FOUND PEACE IN ADORATION IN CHRIST'S PRESENCE AND SOUGHT HIS WILL IN ALL THINGS.

SHE WAS NOTED TO TACKLE EVERY NEW ADVENTURE WITH TREMENDOUS JOY AND ENTHUSIASM. YET, SHE ALSO LOVED HAVING FUN, WHETHER SINGING, IRISH DANCE, TEXAS 2 STEPPING, FLYING A KITE, HAVING ICECREAM, OR AN OUTING. SHE ENJOYED BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER.

ABOVE ALL THINGS, KATARINA WAS GENUINE IN PURPOSE--SHE LIVED TO SHARE THE JOY OF JESUS' MESSAGE WITH ALL SHE MET, THROUGH ALL SHE DID, AND TO HELP THEM FIND THEIR WAY TO HIM!