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“There are two powerful influences on the planet-
the church and the home.
They both exist because God initiated them.
They both exist because God desires to use them to demonstrate
His plan of redemption and restoration.
If they work together they can potentially make a greater impact than if they work alone.
They need each other.
Too much is at stake for either one to fail.
Their primary task is to build God’s Kingdom in the hearts of
men and women, sons and daughters.”

(from THINK ORANGE IMAGINE THE IMPACT WHEN CHURCH AND FAMILY COLLIDE by Reggie Joiner)

 Options for youth in Grades 1-5

More options are being added so that we can meet in smaller groups.

Not knowing whether or not there will be any resurgence of COVID-19, we are scheduling sessions so that our group gatherings are completed by the Fall in the event we will need to physically distance ourselves for the safety of the most vulnerable. 

Faith Formation will now incorporate several group gatherings  of 5 families each in the Summer or Fall and then an online and at-home component for the rest of the year.  The online at-home component for Faith Formation will consist of activities to be experienced and discussed at home with a summary to be sent in.  Each month will have a developing theme:

Faith Formation Options for Grades 1-5 

Option 1: August Mondays and Wednesdays
             Monday & Wednesday 4-5pm       Aug 3, 5, 10, 12       and then Winter at-home
Option 2: August Mondays and Wednesdays
             Monday & Wednesday 4-5pm       Aug 17, 19, 24, 26    and then Winter at-month
Option 3: August Tuesdays and Thursdays
      Tuesday and Thursday 10-11am         Aug 4, 6, 11, 13        and then Winter at-home          Option 4: August Tuesdays and Thursdays
      Tuesday and Thursday 10-11am         Aug 18, 20, 25, 27    and then winter at-home
Option 5: Fall Sundays 
      Sundays 10:30-11:30am               Sept 20, 27, Oct 18, 25    and then Winter at-home
Option 6: Fall Sundays 
     Sundays 1-2pm                                Sept 20, 27, Oct 18, 25    and then Winter at-home
Option YM 4:30 or YM 6: Youth Ministry
     From Sept-Apr, a weekly gathering with fun, games, prayer and discussion to grow in
     our understanding of our faith and challenge us to become more like Jesus! 
          2 times are offered so that groups are smaller.
              YM 4:30         Grades 1-5 on Mondays, 4:30-5:30
              YM 6               Grades 1-5 on Mondays, 6-7
Option At-Home for families with health-risk members
     Famlies will be given a book for each child to be discussed at home. 
     Monthly check-ins with the Faith Formation Office will be arranged.

             

 Faith Formation Options for youth in Grades 6-12

Middle School and High School have a couple options: either youth meeting in small groups on Wednesdays Dec-Feb for a more personal experience in developing their relationship with God and becoming the Body of Christ or the youth ministry experience.... meeting time tbd.

Option 7:  Grades  6-8 on Wednesdays 5:00-5:45 Dec-Feb
Option 8:   Grades 9-12 on Wednesdays 4:00-4:45 Dec-Feb
Option YM for Grades 6-12: TBD 

If preparing for a sacrament,
youth who have not participated
in a Faith Formation Program the previous year
choose the YM option WITH one of the numbered options.

Restored Order of the Sacraments of Initiation

Our diocese is in the process of restoring the sacrament of Confirmation to its original place in
the initiation sequence:   Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist. 

In celebrating Confirmation later, it may appear that Confirmation was the “crowning sacrament”, when, in actuality, the “crowning sacrament” is the Eucharist.  Baptism and Confirmation prepare us for the Eucharist.  By Baptism we have been given access to the family of the People of God.  In Confirmation we have been sealed in that relationship.  Now, we have the right to sit at the “family table” and share in the Body and Blood of Jesus.  The new practice will be First Reconciliation in grade 2 and in grade 3, Confirmation and Eucharist will be celebrated within the same Liturgy.

Catholic School youth are exempt from regular Faith Formation classes, but do attend sacramental meetings and retreat... so registration is necessary.