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Ministry
of Faith Formation - Contact
us via e-mail at: mff@stbrendans.net
All parents, who have
children in grades 1-6, who participate in the Home Faith Program agree to
attend the 4 in-service meetings.
Schedule of Parents Meetings
Dear Parents,
Welcome to the FAITH AT HOME PROGRAM
which is designed for parents to use at home (grades 1-6) in place of the Monday evening sessions held
throughout the catechetical year.
You, as parent, are the
primary faith educator in your son/daughter's life. When you brought your child
to church to be baptized, the priest or deacon asked you a series of questions
which reflected your intention to provide an active, life long faith
environment for your child. You promised at that time to foster this child's
spiritual development and growth. By home faithing your child, you are
fulfilling that promise.
Just as you give shape
and form to your child(ren's) character, you have immersed him/her into our
Catholic faith life. You are and continue to be the first and primary teacher
about God-Jesus-our faith and live out that faith life through community
celebrations at weekend liturgy. You've taught your child prayers that are
special to you. You've shared your faith in times of great happiness (baptisms,
weddings) and in times of sadness and loss (sickness and death.) Faith grows
within our family life.
I continue to be excited
about this dimension of our Faith Formation process. I strongly believe in this
model of faith formation and would like to see it flourish and deepen the faith
life of our families and our children as a result. I will look forward to
working with you and learning from you.
HAVE SOME QUESTIONS? The following Q/A may help.
Q: WHEN WILL THE PROGRAM
BE EXPLAINED TO ME? WHEN CAN I GET THE MATERIALS?
Our first gathering for
parents who wish to Home Faith is on a Sunday morning in September (see "Schedule of Parent Meetings) from 8:30
to 10:15 a.m. in the School Cafeteria.
These meetings are for Parents ONLY. Book "packets" with family name
on them will be prepared for pick up at this meeting for every family
registered before September 1st. If you register after that time, there is no guarantee that books will
be available until a reorder is sent in to the company. Please mark your
calendar and note where and when this meeting will take place.
Q: WILL THERE BE OTHER
MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE CATECHETICAL YEAR?
YES! Meetings for
parents to come together to share their experience of the program and to be
enriched in your own faith will occur from 8:45-10:15 a.m. in the School
Cafeteria. See list above.
Q: WHY ADOPT A TOTALLY
NEW PROGRAM FOR PARENTS WHO HOME FAITH?
This program is designed
specifically for Home Faithing one's children in grades 1-6. Besides the family
format of the Parent Guide, if you have more than 1 child in the program,
direction on where to find the appropriate theme you are explaining is
identified so that the child can follow in his/her text regardless of the age
level of the child. Opportunities abound for you to share your own faith life
with your children. A Web Site (www.faithfirst.com), complete with activities
for children of all ages, is well designed and part of the program.
Q: HOW WILL I KNOW WHICH
THEME TO TEACH EACH WEEK?
Each week, specific
lessons are assigned for completion. A link per grade is at the bottom of this
webpage. There you will find the list of lesson plans.
Q: WHAT IF FOR SOME
REASON I PUT MY CHILD BACK INTO THE MONDAY SESSIONS AND DO NOT DO HOME
FAITHING?
Your child is welcome
wherever you believe he/she needs to be!! Some parents may choose to place
their child into the weekly program in sacramental years for a
"community" preparation experience. The choice will always be yours.
If you decide, for some reason, that you cannot continue in the Home Faith
Program and wish to register your child for our Monday session, you need to
register with the Ministry of Faith Formation Office prior to bringing your
child to class. Please note some classes may be full, so you need to check
class availability.
Q: CAN I PREPARE MY
CHILD AT HOME FOR FIRST EUCHARIST AND FIRST RECONCILIATION AND STILL
PARTICIPATE IN THE PARISH MFF PRACTICES AND CELEBRATIONS DURING THE YEAR?
Absolutely! However, you
will need to purchase books/materials from us which are designed specifically
for these sacraments, attend the parent/child meetings when scheduled and
complete all sacramental requirements.
As you integrate your
faith life into your home/family life, you'll notice a change in the way you
and your children live daily life. Don't believe us??? Ask any Home Faith
parent who has fully embraced the "gift" of the program!
Contact me at the MFF office (876-9533) if you
need further information.
Sister Joanne Fogerty,
Director of Faith Formation
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Registration
& Parents
Agreement Form
Lesson Assignments for:
First Grade
Second Grade
Third Grade
Fourth Grade
Fifth Grade
Sixth Grade
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Roman Catholic Church 2000
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