Parish event for high school students combines Mass, supper, 'Narnia'

Published: 2005-12-05

ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) -- Nativity of Our Lord Parish in St. Paul is making it easy for high school students to see the film "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," based on the book by C.S. Lewis. "We're going to rent one of the local theaters, and we're going to promote it as a youth ministry event in our parish," said Randy Mueller, Nativity faith formation director, who was organizing a Dec. 11 event with Robert Fischer, youth minister. "We're hoping to have 300 high school youth come to an event that includes going to Mass, light supper and going to the movie." Mueller and Fischer were inspired to plan the event -- open to any student in ninth to 12th grades, not just parishioners -- after attending an ecumenical meeting of pastors and faith formation leaders. There they saw a short trailer of the film. The brief preview and personal experience led the two men to encourage youths and parents to see the film and do further reading.

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