Close to the top of our list of favorite things is talking to others about the blessings of Family Formation! (I know, I know – no surprises there.) One of the missions of our Core Team is to be “enthusiastic ambassadors” for Family Formation in a one-on-one way, our office staff gladly spends hours [...]
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An introduction to our introduction
May 15, 2012Don’t forget your Rosary
May 4, 2012Just a brief reminder to bring your rosary as we will be praying it together as part of May’s Family Formation meetings. The second graders will be leading the procession with flowers and a May Crowning and then all of the classes will help us pray the Glorious Mysteries.
O Come Let Us Adore Him!
March 27, 2012At our recent Catechist Training session we suggested classes arrange a little visit to Jesus reserved in the tabernacle as part of their study of Eucharistic adoration. In that delightful, meandering way discussions often go, someone asked if sanctuary lights are always red like ours, and if so, why. First of all, a sanctuary light [...]
Eucharistic Devotions
March 26, 2012Here at Church of Saint Paul, we’ve had perpetual Adoration for so long that we tend to take it for granted that everyone knows what it’s all about. Likewise, we can be less informed about other similar devotions, just because they’re not a regular part of our parish life. Because this is the topic of [...]
From Today’s Mailbag:
March 22, 2012We had a question from a DRE today about the Modeling Dough With A Surprise activity from the upcoming classroom lesson: I was wondering if you knew how much the “Modeling Dough With a Surprise” makes. And will the colors bleed through if it is made the day before? I know I’ve made it before [...]
Prayer Table Art for March
February 26, 2012Moses with the Ten Commandments I’d like to suggest this piece as the decoration for your prayer table this month. Not only is it the classroom topic for March, but it compliments our recent Home Lesson study of Old Testament stories and the Commandments are an excellent thing to think about during Lent. This work was [...]
Remembering the basics
February 2, 2012One of our distance parishes will begin this month’s lesson on the Sacrament of the Sick by reviewing the basics with this poster: And will then fill out that teaching as they move through the lesson: It’s always a great idea to start with the most basic concept and expand on it. In a classroom [...]
“An awesome mission”
January 31, 2012Thank you so much to this DRE from a distance parish for her reminder of what’s at stake when passing on the Faith the the next generation. I can’t believe I am in my 6th year of Family Formation! It has been an awesome mission with it’s many blessings and sometimes painful issues to deal [...]
All vocations lead to heaven!
January 27, 2012One of our creative catechists made a very eye-catching visual of this truth by taping paths all over her classroom. She demonstrated that even though all the vocational choices are distinct and have certain overlaps, they all move toward the same goal of eternal life in heaven. What a great introduction to last month’s topic! [...]
Field Trip Anyone?
January 23, 2012Many thanks to one of our distance DRE’s for sharing the great idea she’ll be using with her catechists for the February lesson on the Sacrament of the Sick: This month’s Family Formation lesson calls for each catechist to have a small vial of Holy Oil and to bless each student with that oil. We [...]
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