On the first and third Sundays of the month, a group of high school teens meets in the St. Pius parish hall (under the Church) from 7 - 8:30 pm. These meetings, hosted by Fr. Patrick and students from Providence College, include games, food, catechesis, and prayer (usually Eucharistic adoration). Drop in and check it out!
Students (fourth grade and older) and enrolled in either St. Pius V School or the parish religious education program may assist during Mass as Altar Servers. New servers are recruited and trained each year during Lent.
Contact: the Associate Pastor
The St. Pius Middle School Youth Group is for 6-8th graders and meets on the first Friday of each month from September through May at 7pm in the Church. Following adoration and confession, the group watches a fun film or plays games in the church hall with meetings ending around 9:30. In addition, each month includes either a fun outing (a hike, a visit to a trampoline park, skiing, etc.) or a corporal work of mercy (visits to local nursing homes, participation in the Providence bread lines, yard work for local parishioners, etc.).
For more information, please contact Raymond Hain at rfhain@gmail.com or 401-274-0357.
All children, Pre-K through Grade 5, are invited to enroll as campers in our bible school each summer. Campers circulate with their crews (small groups of children with a youth leader) through multiple stations each day, which all reinforce the daily bible point in creative ways – through scripture stories, crafts, games, singing, and short films followed by discussion. Even the treats station has a mini-lesson using snacks geared toward the teaching of the day! This interactive way of learning scripture and the message of God keeps kids interested and engaged. They make new friends and have lots of fun all week long.
A Pre-School group is also part of the camp. These little ones begin and end the day with all of the campers. However, they experience all of their stations within their own, exclusive program, geared towards the younger age group.
Adult volunteers and teenagers help to lead the particular stations, as well as supervise set construction, or assist in other ways, such as snack preparation, decorating, and chaperoning.
Our Vacation Bible School is parish family event, engaging young and older alike. Please contact the parish office for more information, or to volunteer your services.
St. Pius V Cub Scout Pack 53: St. Pius V’s Cub Scout Pack is for boys K-5th grade and meets regularly from September until the beginning of June. Pack meetings are the first Thursday of each month from 6-7pm in the Church Hall. Den meetings are held on the other weeks of each month and time and location are determined by each individual den (although most dens meet on Thursdays from 6-7pm). The Pack also organizes regular additional outings and events each year, including marching in the Providence St. Patrick’s parade, participation in the annual Scouting For Food service project, overnight campouts to Camp Champlin and Cub World, and the annual Pinewood Derby.
For more information, please contact the Cubmaster, Chris Ryan, at ryans824@gmail.com or 401-602-0796.
Members attend a weekly meeting (on Thursday nights) in the St. Pius V Church Hall. For more information, contact Matthew Symmes, Scoutmaster. Visit the Troop website, here: http://troop53.tk/index.html