Apostles Creed This year in the 2023-24 Family Faith Formation we will study the Apostles Creed. We will take words or lines of the prayer and dive deeper into learning the significance of this prayer. In the first pages of your notebook you will glue the 3 printouts of prayers. You will then glue toContinue reading “Lesson 1: I Believe”
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Oral Tradition
Introduction This year in the 2023-2024 Family Faith Formation we will study the Apostles Creed. In conjunction with the in person classes our family attends at our Parish we will be creating supplemental lessons for our children. This year we have a first year Conformation student and a non-sacramental grade school student (fourth grade level)Continue reading “Oral Tradition”
Family Faith Formation 2023
Welcome to the 2023-2024. Family Faith Formation year. In 2020 Our parish changed the method of the catechism program. The teaching faith formation has moved away from a parent dropping off children and has been changed to include parents and children inside the classroom together in small groups with a leader guiding the classroom. Purpose:Continue reading “Family Faith Formation 2023”
Lesson Building
For the past few weeks this has been my dining room table. Piles of books and papers. Several mugs of coffee constant distractions and general disorganization. I do not have a designated work space in our home I have to carve out a spot on the dining room table. I try to set up 2Continue reading “Lesson Building”
Parish Visit
Saint Joseph Catholic Church Dayton, Ohio We attended the Assumption of Mary noon Mass at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Dayton, Ohio. A holy day of obligation for Catholics this mass was full of a wide variety of people. Many families, elderly, and from what I determined given this church’s location inside the city, peopleContinue reading “Parish Visit”
Parish Visit
Saint Joseph Catholic Church Hays, Kansas We have been on vacation visiting family in Colorado for the past week. There we spent time enjoying the outdoors and all the wonders of Colorado with family. After stopping by a few more National Parks in Colorado we began our return journey back East to Virginia. On SaturdayContinue reading “Parish Visit”
Parish Visit
Sacred Heart Catholic Church Colby, Kansas Traveling as a family cross-country means we make time to find a church to attend on Sunday morning. We were heading to Colorado to visit family for a long needed vacation. Day two of our drive put us in Colby, Kansas for the night. We began our day withContinue reading “Parish Visit”
Fall 2023 Update
Dear Friends in Christ, Over the summer we have been thinking deeply about our role as catechists. Asking ourselves: Where do we want to grow in our vocation of parenting and teaching the faith? While we had considered return to the classroom setting this year we decided against it. Our interest still remains. Our callingContinue reading “Fall 2023 Update”
Buona Festa del Papà!
San Giuseppe (St. Joseph’s) Day The Sicilian-Italian tradition to honor St. Joseph on March 19 has become a day of celebrating all fathers. On this day, in Italy, people wish Tanti auguri to their own father and grandpa, and in general Tanti auguri a tutti i papà, all the best to all fathers! Saint Joseph is considered the ideal symbol ofContinue reading “Buona Festa del Papà!”
Feast of the Epiphany
Epiphany is traditionally observed on January 6th. It is often called Three Kings Day. (Read more here. And the 9 Things you need to know about Epiphany.) It marks the visitation of the Magi bearing gifts to Jesus. If this celebration has not found its way into your holiday festivities perhaps you will consider trying one orContinue reading “Feast of the Epiphany”
The Small Pencil Catechist 