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We are part of the Catholic Community of Good Shepherd Church in Montrose. This site was created to give you resources to help you in your daily walk with God and to keep you up to date on the latest news and information about our Youth Group events, activities and meetings.

We meet Sunday evenings from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. in the Youth Room at Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Montrose, unless otherwise noted on the CALENDAR. All high school teens are welcome to join us. Feel free to bring a friend. Our gatherings include: food, fun, faith-sharing, learning, games and friendship.

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7th – 12th grade teens join us for faith, fun, friendship and food Sunday’s 6-8 p.m.

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Good Shepherd will have a Pet and Farm Animal Blessing after Mass on Tuesday, October 3, in honor of St. Francis of Assisi. (Keep animals outside, on trailers, on grass — small animals in carriers or cages can be left in the Family Life Center. Fr. will bless the animals outside!) Don’t have a pet, […]

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Saint John Damascene

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Saint of the Day for December 4

(c. 676 -749)

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Saint John Damascene’s Story

John spent most of his life in the Monastery of Saint Sabas near Jerusalem, and all of his life under Muslim rule, indeed protected by it.

He was born in Damascus, received a classical and theological education, and followed his father in a government position under the Arabs. After a few years, he resigned and went to the Monastery of Saint Sabas.

He is famous in three areas:

First, he is known for his writings against the iconoclasts, who opposed the veneration of images. Paradoxically, it was the Eastern Christian emperor Leo who forbade the practice, and it was because John lived in Muslim territory that his enemies could not silence him.

Second, he is famous for his treatise, Exposition of the Orthodox Faith, a summary of the Greek Fathers, of which he became the last. It is said that this book is for Eastern schools what the Summa of Aquinas became for the West.

Third, he is known as a poet, one of the two greatest of the Eastern Church, the other being Romanus the Melodist. His devotion to the Blessed Mother and his sermons on her feasts are well known.

Saint John Damascene's liturgical feast is celebrated on April 30.

Reflection

John defended the Church’s understanding of the veneration of images and explained the faith of the Church in several other controversies. For over 30 years, he combined a life of prayer with these defenses and his other writings. His holiness expressed itself in putting his literary and preaching talents at the service of the Lord.

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