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Promo Videos: coming soon
Music: coming soon

Speakers: Bishop Loverde, Jackie Francois, Popple
Registration: Registration will open September 20th!

Check-in & Times: What time? Where do I go?
Directions: How to find Bishop O'Connell High School

T-Shirt Info: When will I get mine?
Pictures & Downloads:

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Open to all high school aged students. All must register through the parish youth office- call your parish office today!

Every year the Office of Youth Ministry sponsors RALLY as our largest outreach event that celebrates our faith and love of the Lord! We are planning for hundreds of high school students to gather for over eight hours of music, inspirational speakers, and Sunday Mass with Bishop Loverde. RALLY is designed to be open to any high school aged youth wanting to attend; please welcome and invite them to participate in the life of the Catholic Church!

51 of the 68 parishes in the Diocese of Arlington attended RALLY 2009 -- we would love to see even more of you there this year! Imagine if all 68 parishes and 6 Missions brought youth to this annual event...we would have to find a bigger venue!

RALLY Promotional Videos

Music -

VOTA

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The Speakers

Bishop of the Diocese of Arlington,

Most Reverend

paul S. Loverde

Bishop Paul S. Loverde was installed as the third Bishop of Arlington at the Cathedral of Saint Thomas More on March 25, 1999. He was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, on September 3, 1940, to Paul Loverde and Ann Marie Conti. Bishop will be celebrating our Mass at RALLY again this year! 

Bishop Loverde serves on the Board of Directors for Christ the King Seminary, East Aurora, New York; Mount Saint Mary's College and Seminary, Emmittsburg, Maryland; Catholic Distance University, Hamilton, Virginia; and The Institute for the Psychological Sciences, Arlington, Virginia.

Read more about our Bishop here >

Jackie  francois

Jackie Francois is a singer/songwriter/guitarist, speaker, and youth minister from Placentia, CA (the less well known part of “The OC”). For 22 years Jackie attended St. Joseph Catholic Church of Placentia, where the LIFE TEEN program started during her freshman year of high school. Through LIFE TEEN retreats, Steubenville Conferences, and WYD 2000 in Rome, Jackie experienced Jesus in a deeper way. However, it wasn’t until after senior year of high school during her experience as a Young Apostle at Steubenville West in 2002 that she fell in love with the Eucharist and the Catholic Church, started going to daily mass, and began studying apologetics. In June 2003 when Tom Booth got a hold of a two-track CD Jackie made in her friend’s backyard shack, things started happening. Booth became a mentor both spiritually and musically, and invited Jackie to sing at events such as LIFE TEEN Inspiration 2004 at Magic Mountain, the LIFE TEEN 20th Anniversary in 2005, and Steubenville San Diego in 2007. Her debut album, Your Kingdom is Glorious, was released with SpiritandSong.com/OCP on November 5, 2008.

popple

Kyle and Dan met, played music, wrote music, recorded music and now are full-time musicians and speakers. They travel the country sharing their unique blend of comedic-acoustic-fun-loving music and their passion for their faith. Popple plays for youth groups, camps, retreats, rallies, adoration events, backyard parties and anywhere else that their ministry is needed. At times it is a ministry of joy, at other times a ministry of prayer and yet others a ministry of faith sharing. Either way, it is always fun.

Registration Procedures

RALLY Online Registration will open on Monday, September 20th, 2010.

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Young people that want to participate must sign up through their parish Coordinator of Youth Ministry. The cost is $25.00 per participant (youth and adults), which includes all of the great entertainment above, a T-shirt, dinner, and snacks.

Procedure for Coordinators of Youth Ministry to sign up your group:

1. Get your youth excited about RALLY by downloading copies of the poster (large posters mailed out in mid- September) and posting them at your parish, watching the promo video on You Tube (due late-September).
   
2. Get a head-count of how many will be participating, and download the RALLY Permission Slip (English click here) / RALLY Forma de Permiso (Español haz clic aquí) for each to complete.
   
3. Online Registration will be open from Monday, September 20th thru Wednesday, October 13th, 2010!

Check-in Procedures

On Sunday, October 17 (the day of RALLY):

1. Eat lunch before you arrive at RALLY! (We will be serving an early dinner around 3:15 P.M.).
2. Come to Bishop O’Connell High School on Sunday, October 17th (check-in begins at 11:30 A.M.). Be sure to bring a copy of the SIGNED ORIGINAL permission slip for each participant and keep it with you at all times.
3. When you check-in, you will verify your list of attendees, pick up pre-printed name tags and sign a statement agreeing to have the OYM bill your parish $25.00 per attendee.
4. Your parish will be sent an invoice following RALLY. Instructions on making your payment will be included.
5. RALLY begins at 11:30 A.M. & concludes around 8:00 P.M. after the concert. A short autograph signing time will be afterwards.

Directions

Directions to Bishop O’Connell High School from the Capital Beltway (I-495):

1. Take I-66 East to Exit 69 (Lee Hwy./ Washington Blvd).
2. At the end of the exit ramp turn left.
3. Proceed across the bridge and through the light to Underwood St.
4. Turn Left onto Underwood St.
5. Continue approximately two blocks.
6. You will see a football field on the right and then a parking lot.
7. Enter this parking lot and park your car.
8. Enter the building through the doors that face the football field.

T-Shirt Info

Please note: T-shirts will be ordered in two phases:

1. Parishes that are more than two hours away from Arlington Co. will be able to take their shirts with them from RALLY that evening; and
2. Parishes closer to the Chancery will have the shirts sent via mail or special delivery approximately three weeks after RALLY.

Pictures

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