We have served at parish breakfasts, worked at the Bazaar, hosted graduation parties, and provided babysitting. We offer workshop days for children during Advent and Lent and a Vacation Bible School during the summer. We have trained peer counselors eager to help other teens with needs. We have representatives on the Southern Region Youth Council and our own parish council. We have gone to see Pope John Paul II at Central Park, to National Catholic Youth Conferences, and to World Youth Days in other countries.
Teens are able to serve liturgically in the music ministry, as Eucharistic ministers and as lectors.
OLA offers athletic programs through the CYO in basketball, cheerleading, volleyball, softball, bowling and soccer. We offer high school faith formation classes and sacramental preparation. Our programs offer the opportunity for high school youth to make a personal commitment to Christ through prayer and service. Teens prepare through classes, service and retreats to become fully initiated adult members of the church. We follow the diocesan guidelines for comprehensive youth ministry.