Lifelong Faith Formation
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 CONFIRMATION
– Parishioners who will be Freshmen in High School or older are
eligible to celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation next spring. If you
missed orientation and are still interested in Confirmation preparation,
please contact Ann or Barbara “ASAP” so we can get information to you
and count you in for our planning.
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ECUMENICAL VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL (EVBS)
– registration forms and volunteer
sign up sheets are available in both parishes. The dates this year are
July 19-23. We will begin at 6:30 p.m. and end at 8:30 p.m. We will be
learning to tie-dye this year so bring a white t-shirt! For more
information call Christa Naville at 282-1231.
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HearGodsCall.com: Everyone has a calling ... What's yours? Learn more about
vocations to the priesthood
Sr. Nicolette Etienne's Vocation Story
- the vocation director at Our Lady of Grace Monastery for the Sisters of St.
Benedict in Beech Grove, Indiana shares the joys of Religious life.
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This year a vocation cross will be sent to a different CFF classroom each
week beginning with the 8th grade. Students will be given prayer cards to use to
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June 2008 marked one full year of a clustered Faith Formation Ministry, are an opportunity to pause and reflect on the first year of the Faith Formation Ministry serving both parishes. This opportunity has indeed been "the best of times"--the best of times to look at where we can grow in our ministry to reach out to all our parishioners in some way to invite them to grow in formation of their faith, the best of times to look at the way things have been and work together to see what meets the needs of our parishioners (what we should keep and what we could look at in a new way), the best of times to see what is duplication of service and how we can tweak what we do, the best of times to let go of being a Board of Total Catholic Education and embrace the Faith Formation Commission concept as a "clustered ministry", the best of times to combine our RCIA processes with a coordinator and team to look closely at how we can truly serve both communities, the best of times to be recognized nationally for our work with families, and the best of times to begin another planning process to look at the overall picture and set goals for the next three years.
I think of the struggles during our first year together but find that communication has been the key to getting through those times. I thank you all for being open to the "Spirit" as God works in our community. We have journeyed together sometimes slowly but always going forward. I am grateful to each and every volunteer who has worked hard in Faith Formation this year. Thank you all for your support in this ministry and also in my family's personal tragedy. I am always very humbled when Fr. Torn prays "For our Pastoral Team" at Mass and am grateful to serve as Director of Religious Education for our parishes. Your prayers and support are truly appreciated as we continue "the best of times" for the Faith Formation Ministry for the Catholic Community of Jeffersonville-Saint Augustine -Sacred Heart.
Love and peace,
Ann Northam
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"The object of catechesis is communion with Jesus Christ. Catechesis leads
people to enter the mystery of Christ, to encounter him, and to discover
themselves and the meaning of their lives in him."
(National
Directory of Catechesis [Washington, DC; United States Conference of
Catholic Bishops, 2005], no. 19B)
Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to
observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always,
until the end of age. (Mt 28:19-20)
TEAMWORK
Together we can achieve the
extraordinary
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