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Welcome to St. Clare of
Montefalco Religious Education Program
2011-2012
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"...to
put people not only in touch, but
also in communion and intimacy with
Jesus Christ."
Catechesi
Tradendae - On Catechesis in Our
Time - John Paul II, 1979.
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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES LEARNING PRAYERS
This year, all of the students in religious education classes
are assigned the following prayers to learn at home with their
parents. Prayer
begins at home.
Parents are the first teachers of the Catholic Faith to their
children.
Catechists will be reviewing these prayers with children
throughout the year, so be sure to make prayer an important part
of your family life.
All the prayers your children are learning may be found
in the appendix in the back of their textbooks, as well.
Prayers to be learned by grade levels. Parents should teach
their child these prayers:
Kindergarten : Sign of the Cross and Glory Be
Grade 1 Our Father and Hail Mary
Grade 2 Act of Contrition
Grade 3 Apostles’ Creed
Grade 4 Grace Before/After Meals
Grade 5 Rosary and Hail Holy Queen
Grade 6 The Ten Commandments
Grade 7 Nicene Creed (New Roman Missal edition)
Grade 8 Nicene Creed
(New Roman Missal
edition)
WOMENS' BIBLE STUDY
Mondays
Join us after
8:00 a.m. Mass on Mondays!
8:45 a.m. to
10: 15 a.m.
in the faculty room of the school.
January 9, 16, 23, 30
February 6, 13, 20, 27
March 12, 19, 26
April 16, 23, 30
May 14, 21, 28
Coming in January 2012, Monday mornings:
The Letters of John and the Book of Revelation.
We will use a new text by Dr. Scott Hahn from
Ignatius Press. Bring your Bible, bagels to share,
and a friend! For more information,
please contact: Michelle Brock, DRE at (313)
647-5057
for the
2011-2012 Catechetical Year
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All registration forms for the 2011/2012 school year are
below:
Registration Forms must be printed off,
filled out and mailed in to the Religious Education
Office at
16231 Charlevoix
Street Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230-1165.
Tuition rates will be the same as last year.
Registering early and on time allows us to staff
programs and background screen all adult volunteers who
are working with young people, per the requirements of
the Archdiocese of Detroit.
Please note: to be fully registered, you must include,
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the
Registration Form, page 1
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the
Archdiocese of Detroit Emergency Card
Form, page 2
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and include your
payment, or pay online (see directions below) before
the registration forms will be processed.
Please
include any 6th grade Bible fee,
or any
Confirmation
Book fees (for students in both the 7th and
8th grade Confirmation Program) along with registration.
Registrations are completed on a
first come, first served basis.
DROP OFF AND PICK UP OF
STUDENTS:
Please drop
your child off at their classroom through the main
entrance on the south side of the school, so that you may meet
your child's catechist. Please also note
that children will not be dismissed from class into the parking
lots.
Parents must come into the Church building to pick up their
child(ren.) We encourage parents to arrive at 7:45
p.m. and meet us in the Church for "Liturgy Lesson"
where we will be learning about the Mass and
the
changes to the mass with the New Roman Missal.
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Pay your religious
education
tuition online for 2011-2012 by clicking the
parish pay
logo below:
We have brand
new textbooks from RCL Benziger,
The Faith First Legacy Parish Edition
for grades kindergarten through 8th
grade for this year. These texts feature the New Roman
Missal changes to the Mass.
For a peek inside these exciting new books and
to see all the online resources for
catechists and parents, click here:
http://faithfirst.com/
Includes great online Catholic faith
games for your kids!
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St. Clare offers Religious
Education for children in Pre-school through 8th Grade, adult faith
formation and R.C.I.A. We also have a unique high school youth ministry program
for teens.
(See parish home page under "Quick Links" on the right
hand side.)
Religious Education Staff:
Michelle Brock, M.A.
Director of Religious Education
R.C.I.A. Coordinator
Adult Faith Formation Coordinator
mcbrockDRE@stclarem.org
(313)
647-5057
absence hotline (313) 647-5056
Carmen Dotterer
Religious Education Secretary
cdotterer@stclarem.org
(313) 647-5056
Sarah Piepszowski
Sunday Family and Wednesday Family Building Supervisor
(313) 647-5056
(click day in blue below for
handy 2011-2012 calendars that you may print off for
your fridge!)
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Sundays after 9:00 a.m.
Mass from 10:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. -
Families with children in Kindergarten through 8th grade.
Classes began September 18, 2011.
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Wednesdays
from 6:30 p.m.to 8:00 p.m. Grades Kindergarten through 8th
grade. Classes began September
21, 2011.
Faith Formation Committee information:
click here
Grade Level Plans/Syllabi
Preparing for Sacraments
Important information,
forms, permission slips, and dates
for all parents
regarding
Sacramental Preparation
for 2011-2012
(click sacrament below)
Confirmation
Penance
Eucharist
Baptism
As parents, you are the primary educators
of your children. In the sacrament of Baptism, you
promised to be your child’s “first teachers in the ways
of the faith” and to be “the best of teachers”. Saint
Clare Catholic School and Parish are here to help and
support you in this important task.
NOT CATHOLIC?
WANT TO LEARN
HOW TO BECOME A
CATHOLIC?
(click below for 2011-2012 R.C.I.A. calendar)
Adult Sacraments; R.C.I.A.
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
If you are an adult who hasn't been baptized, or
received your first communion, or been confirmed, or if
you just want to learn more about what it means to be a
Catholic, this class is for you! Come and See! No
pressure!
January 31, 2012 Sacraments of Healing, Anointing of the
Sick, Penance/Confession/Reconciliation,
with Fr. Tom Griffin, OSA
February 7, 2012 Sacraments of Service: Marriage
and Holy Orders, Deacon Larry Ruehlen
February 14, 2012 Valentine's Day, no session
February 21, 2012 What Is Lent? Deacon Larry
Ruehlen
February 25, 2012 2:00 p.m. Call To Continuing
Conversion for Adult Candidates at Blessed Sacrament
Cathedral
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What is
Catechesis?
"Catechesis
aims to bring about in the believer an
ever more mature faith in Jesus Christ,
a deeper knowledge and love of his
person and message, and a firm
commitment to follow him."
United
States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
National Directory for Catechesis,
No. 19A. Washington, DC: United States
Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2005.
What makes a
great Catechist?
"Therefore, the
careful selection of women and men
called to be catechists and their
initial
and ongoing formation are the greatest
factors in assuring the quality of
catechesis in the parish, school and
diocese. Formation will help the
catechist grow in maturity as an adult,
a believer and an apostle."
Congregation for the Clergy. General
Directory for Catechesis,
No.
238. Washington, DC: United States
Catholic Conference, 1998.
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All Religious Education
students are expected to bring their textbooks, journals and
Bibles home each week.
Since
parents are the primary educators of their children in the
faith, they are asked to review the lesson and prayers weekly
with their children. Please return the textbooks each week
with your children to class.
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Sunday Family
Program
10:15 a.m.
-11:30 a.m. in The Faculty Lounge in School
The Sunday
Family Program is Lectionary-based catechesis for grades kindergarten through
8th grade, including a special session on the
Sunday scripture readings just for adults. The
program
takes place after the
9:00 a.m. Mass each week.
Next Sunday Family session is February 5, 2012.
We will be showing the final part of the film, Entertaining
Angels, the Dorothy Day Story and
discussing it. Class begins at 10:30 a.m.
after the Sunday Social this week.
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Catechist Lesson
Planning Meetings for 2011-2012
in the faculty room of the school
February 20,
2012
Lent Lesson Planning Meeting, and lockdown
safety drill and tornado drill procedures reviewed
by all catechists.
Catechist Thank You Party
May 23, 2012 7:00-8:30 p.m.
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