An Edge Issue Night on Bullying

This Edge Issue Night helps middle school youth identify the different types of bullying and their effects while also providing practical examples of responses to bullying that exemplify Christian charity.

An Edge Issue Night on Abortion

The goal of this Edge Night is to explain how both faith and reason demand that we protect unborn babies and help mothers who are considering abortion, leading the youth to feel empowered to help those who are affected by abortion.

An Edge Issue Night on Why Women Can’t Be Priests

The goal of this Edge Night is for the youth to learn the difference between a vocation and career and look at what vocations men and women are called to and why — particularly the priesthood.

An Edge Issue Night on Life Teen’s 2018 Annual Theme

The goal of this Edge Night is to help the youth understand that God is our relentless Father who wants and pursues us, but also that we need Him.

An Edge Issue Night on Life Teen’s 2017 Annual Theme

The goal of this Edge Night is for the youth to understand that God’s heart is constantly seeking after them and they are called to respond to Him. They will learn more about the Heart of God, why they should respond to Him, and why they should desire a relationship with Him.

An Edge Night on Life Teen’s 2016 Annual Theme

The goal of this Edge Night is for the youth to understand that God has great plans for them that are still unfinished. They will learn that with God guiding them they will find the fullness of life and become who they were created to be.

An Edge Night for Girls

The goal of this Edge Night is to challenge the middle school girls to look beyond the world’s perception of beauty and seek to see themselves they way God sees them.

An Edge Night on Sheltering the Homeless

The goal of this Edge Night is to give the middle school youth a better understanding of the need to help those who have no physical place to call their home, as well as those who may suffer from the spiritual homelessness of feeling left out, lonely, or unloved.

An Edge Night on Gifts and Talents

The goal of this Edge Night is to help the youth recognize the many different gifts and talents that God has given them and how to use them for good.

An Edge Eighth Grade Send Off

The goal of this Edge Night is to provide a time to honor and recognize the 8th grade youth who will be moving on to high school and the Life Teen program, as well as give all the youth practical ideas to keep up their relationship with Christ and their prayer life and as they are sent off into summer time.

An Edge Issue Night on Advent

The goal of this Edge Night is to bring to the youth a greater understanding of the season of Advent and build anticipation for the birth of Christ. The youth will also be encouraged to bring baby items to donate to the local crisis pregnancy center.

An Edge Issue Night on Modesty

The goal of this Edge Night is to introduce the concept of modesty as a lived virtue rather than just how to dress. The night will allow the youth to identify how culture affects their ideas of modesty, and present ways to understand their dignity as men and women of modesty and temperance.

An Edge Issue Night on Self Image

The goal of this Edge night is to lead the middle school youth closer to Christ by showing them how Christ sees them. They will learn that they are created in the image and likeness of God and that they are all unique.

An Edge Issue Night on the Conversion of Heart

The goal of this Edge Night is for the youth to learn about the importance of following the example of Jesus Christ in praying for our enemies and the conversion of hearts.

An Edge Issue Night on Divorce

The goal of this Edge Night is to help the youth understand how to live and trust in the love of God in the midst of their own parent’s divorce, or how to support and help a friend whose parents are going through a divorce.

An Edge Issue Night on Proper Dress

The goal of this Edge Night is to bring to the youth’s attention the importance of what we wear and how what we wear reflects the activities that we are doing. The hope is for the youth to be more intentional and aware of what they wear to Mass and learn how to dress not only modestly but also properly for any occasion.

An Issue Night on Death and Grief

The goal of this Edge Night is to encourage youth who have experienced loss and grief to deal with with it in light of the Resurrection and hope for heaven.

An Edge Issue Night on the Second Coming and Last Judgement

The goal of this Edge Night is for the youth to learn more about the Second Coming of Jesus and the Last Judgment as well as the importance to remain prepared for Jesus to come again.

An Issue Night on Community Service

The goal of this Edge Night is to give the youth an opportunity to go out into their community to perform an act of service. This night is meant to put into action all that they have been learning about morality, social justice, and contributing for the good of society.

An Issue Night on Gender Identity

The goal of this Edge Night is for the youth to come to a greater understanding that they were created out of love by God, specifically as male and female. As well as to address to the issue of gender identity confusion.

An Issue Night on Homosexuality and Marriage

The goal of this night is to give the middle school youth a clear understanding of the Church’s teaching on marriage in light of the current issues and confusion in regards to homosexual “marriage.” There will also be a brief explanation of sexuality, of how men and women were created, and of God’s plan for sexuality in marriage.

An Issue Night on Loneliness and Depression

For the youth to come to know that in the midst of loneliness and depression they are not alone and that there is a God and a community that loves and cares about them.

An Issue Night on Pope Francis and World Youth Day 2013

The goal of this night is to help the youth get to know Pope Francis through his messages at World Youth Day 2013 in Rio. Youth will learn about Pope Francis and also grow in their understanding of the themes of the most recent World Youth Day.

An Issue Night on Profanity and Speech

The goal of this Edge Night is to help the youth see the importance of words and how they impact other people. Furthermore, they will be able to see how their words shape the person they are and their witness as Christians.

An Issue Night on Safe Environment

The goal of this night is for the middle school youth to come to a greater understanding of their dignity, worth, and their call to live healthy, happy, and holy lives. This Edge Night is intended to be a part of the Catholic Church’s initiative for continuous training and awareness in Safe Environment.

An Issue Night on Life Teen’s 2012 Theme

The goal of this Edge Night is to introduce the youth to Life Teen’s 2012 theme, Radiant Joy, and to help the youth understand that true joy comes from having a relationship with God

An Issue Night on Technology

The goal of this Edge Night is for the young people to explore the role of technology in their lives, recognize the impact it has on us – especially in the way we communicate – and identify ways that we can use technology (and especially social media) in moderation.

An Issue Night on Spirituality & Evil

The goal of this Edge Night is to teach the youth to be aware of spiritual darkness and how to avoid it and walk in the light of Christ’s love.

An Issue Night on Gossip

The goal of this Edge Night is to discuss the ways that rumors, gossip, and slander can hurt not only the dignity of the people around us but ourselves as well; the Christian response to gossip will also be discussed.

An Issue Night on Eating Disorders

The goal of this Edge Night is to help the middle school youth see that they have been created in the image and likeness of God. Because all people are created in God’s image, they have fundamental worth. This means that they have worth, regardless of image or weight.

An Issue Night on Theology of the Body

The goal of this Edge Night is to make the middle school youth aware that our bodies speak a language through our body language, facial expressions, and the way we present ourselves.

An Issue Night on Service and Corporal Works of Mercy

This year we are focusing on the corporal work of mercy of “giving drink to the thirsty.” This Edge Night will give the youth an awareness of the lack of clean water to millions of people in the world. Through a “change drive,” the global Life Teen and Edge community will raise money to build and maintain four water wells in Africa. Finally, this Edge Night will reveal Christ as “living water” for all our needs.

An Issue Night on Forgiveness

The goal of this Edge Night is to allow the middle school youth to learn about the importance of forgiveness. They will learn why forgiveness is so important not only in their daily lives, but as a party of their relationship with God as well.

An Issue Night on Morality

To help the middle school youth understand that morality is not about following a set of rules, but rather it is a response to God’s call for us to be in a relationship with Him.

An Issue Night on Popularity

The middle school youth will come to a deeper understanding that popularity should not be our goal, but rather life in Christ, which leads to true happiness. This night will call the group to challenge their assumptions about popularity and seek acceptance and belonging in Christ instead.

An Issue Night On Depression

The middle school youth will take a deeper look into the serious topic of depression and how this is manifested in their lives. The sessions will also help the middle school youth to seek Jesus Christ to help them, as well as their friends and family when they experience depression.

An Issue Night on Physical and spiritual Poverty

The middle school youth will come to an understanding that we need to be spiritually poor in order to better follow Jesus

An Issue Night on Service and Poverty

To help the middle school youth look at the excess that often crowds our lives and how excess (both physical and spiritual) often leaves no room for God.

An Issue Night on Patience

The middle school youth will come to a deeper understanding of the virtue of patience and the role it plays in their daily lives in order to develop a more patient and enduring heart for Christ.

An Issue Night on Lent

The middle school youth will develop a deeper awareness of the season of Lent; its traditions and signi cance to the spiritual life of a Christian.

An Issue Night on Cheating

The middle school youth will develop a greater understanding of why cheating is destructive and how we are called to act as Catholics.

An Issue Night on Priorities

The middle school youth will examine the priorities in their lives and be challenged to see the importance of setting Christ and their faith life above all other things. Their other priorities will fall into place when God is set as number one.

An Issue Night on Making Good Choices

The middle schoolers will recognize the importance of making good choices; whether small or large; in their lives. They will realize that many of the choices they make affect them more than they know, as well as realizing that their choices can affect other people too.