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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)

 And so our parish embraces more fully the family approach to Faith Formation…
Church and family partnering together to learn, grow, and serve together so as to make disciples to further establish God’s Kingdom.

1.   Family Faith Formation: Monthly Option for Grades 1-12 

Family sessions are held monthly, and either
Begin with the 4:00 Mass at the MQP campus
Begin with the 9:30 Mass at the MQP campus

This is not a drop off program ... Youth attend with their parents or guardians. 
A typical schedule has families meeting in a large group setting, then breaking off into age-level groups, then culminating as a large group.

 2.   Children’s Liturgy of the Word: Weekly option for Grades 1-5 

During the 9:30 Mass. just before the  readings begin, children are dismissed where they will hear and discuss the readings on a child’s level.  Children return to their parents before the preparation of  gifts.

3.   Youth Ministry Option: Weekly option for all grades

A weekly gathering where we engage in fun, games, prayer and discussion to experience and grow in our understanding of our faith and challenge us to become more like Jesus!  (Dinner served each week!)
   Grades K-2 on Mondays, 4:30-6 and Grades 3-5.  5:30-7
   Grades 6-12 Youth Ministry on Sundays 5-7:30

 
If preparing for a sacrament,
youth who have not participated in a Faith Formation Program the previous year choose 2 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.