At the beginning of our experience of adulthood, high school is a crucial time of change in life. Teenagers start to re-evaluate their traditions, their personal values, and their worldviews. At Nativity, we want to guide them to bring to light their experience and help them see it anew through the truthful and merciful eyes of Christ, who calls them friends.
2026/2027 SCHOOL YEAR INFORMATION
MEETINGS: SUNDAYS, 6–9 PM
BEGINNING AUGUST 9, 2026
Registration is required to attend, and once you register, you will receive Flocknote email communications for this group. Even if you were registered in the past, you need to register each new school year.
To guide Nativity’s high schoolers on their journey, Father Emanuele, F.S.C.B. and Sister Teresa, M.S.C.B. invite all teenagers to join in this friendship with Christ and with each other by joining Nativity’s GS-HS youth group.
Meetings:
SUNDAYS, 6–9 pm
Frassati House, 580 W. 3rd Ave. Dr. (during the school year)
We typically eat dinner together, play incredible games, have thought-provoking discussions, and pray together. Throughout the year, we have charitable activities and special events, for example Advent and Lenten retreats, and winter and summer vacations together in the mountains. In the summer 2025, we traveled to Italy for the Year of Jubilee.
Registration Fee: $25
Registration fees help pay for materials used by the group during the year and are greatly appreciated. Join anytime.
For more information, please email Cathy Schaffer at c.schaffer@nool.us.
→ Read Fr. Emanuele Fadini’s article on the 2024 GS Summer Vacation
CHARITABLE WORK
Charitable work offers an opportunity to share our time and recognize the dignity and value of every human person made in God's image. All activities are closely supervised by Fr. Emanuele, Nativity staff, and/or parent volunteers. We are offering several opportunities for you to serve the parish and the community.
sharing a meal & visiting with denver Homeless
see signup for dates & details. start/end at frassati HOUSE.
Our high school youth group will be partnering with the Christ in the City missionaries for their second Saturday “Lunch in the Park,” where we will share meals and fellowship with our homeless brothers and sisters in Denver.
Important Details
You must attend an initial training session in order to be cleared for all Christ in the City volunteer opportunities.
Supervision: Fr. Emanuele Fadini, F.S.C.B., and/or two dedicated adult volunteers
Stay tuned in fall 2026 for a signup of future offerings.
During Jubilee Pilgrimage in Rome, August 2025
* GS stands for Gioventù Studentesca, which means “Student Youth” in Italian. Founded in Italy in 1954 by Father Luigi Giussani, it is the direct precursor to the larger Catholic movement Communion and Liberation (CL).
