Whole Family Catechesis Youth Faith Formation
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The Mission of St. Ann Parish Whole Family Catechesis
Family faith formation recognizes that parents know their children best and therefore are uniquely equipped to hand on the faith. Family-based catechesis is a relationship-focused religious education. We have found a real need for family-based catechesis. It is not enough to know about God, but we must love God and have a relationship with Him. The two great commandments Jesus Christ gives us tells us to “love God and love your neighbor as yourself.” We exercise our love of God by loving our neighbors. Our first neighbors and first obligation is to our families.
St. Ann Parish Religious Education Program works to evoke and mature in each person an intimate relationship with the Person of Jesus Christ, a love of the Church He founded, and a lifelong process of conversion and missionary witness. It endeavors to develop this relationship with Christ through the liturgy and the sacraments, the promises, and commandments contained in the Good News of His Gospel message, as well as through prayer and service. This effort is accomplished within the context of the student’s family with support from the parish community. “True education is directed towards the formulation of the human person in view of his final end and the good of that society to which he belongs and in the duties of which he will, as an adult, have a share.” (Declaration on Christian Education, 1)
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Summary of Changes for Religious Education 2019-2020
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For Families who have children who have not yet received their First Holy Communion
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1 dedicated Atrium space for both level 1 (3-6-year-olds) and level 2 (6-7-year-olds)
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CGS curriculum offered at multiple times weekly
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Tuesday evenings 5:30pm-7:30pm
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Thursday afternoons 4:00 pm-6:00 pm
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Thursday evenings 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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Parents will be observing and participating with child(ren)
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Multiple ages in space at one time with different presentations available
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Sessions offered weekly on a year-round cycle with multi-week breaks to provide roughly 35 sessions
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For Families with children who have made First Holy Communion
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A monthly gathering for whole family participation
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Catechists assigned to support and work with families
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Materials and resources provided for at-home use
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Feedback solicited for making improvements and accountability
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Following a liturgical calendar rather than an academic calendar.
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Registration
Click here for 2019 Registration
Please click on the above registration form and submit. You can also have a form emailed to you.
Please make payments to "St Ann Catholic Church" and give it to the Director of Religious Ed or parish office, (not to the teacher or in the collection basket). If there are any problems, email bobbyk@stannaugusta.org.
You can pay online by clicking the link.
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Curriculum
The curriculum for each grade focuses on 6 subjects: Creed, Sacraments, Moral Development, Prayer, Saints, and Scripture. All grades use doctrine from the Catechism of the Catholic Church plus vocabulary in order to teach these 6 subjects. This Religious Education curriculum is used for the whole diocese of Kalamazoo in parish CCD programs and the Catholic Schools and was last updated in 2014. Find a pdf of the full curriculum here.
As of this 2018, the diocese of Kalamazoo has put out a new compact Parish Curriculum
Here is our 2019-2020 Family Catechesis curriculum
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Contact Us
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Bobby Kinkelabobbykstannaugusta.orgAssociate Director of Religious Education
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Religious Education Documents
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My Parish App
Religious Education is using My Parish App to stay in touch with parents. To get the My Parish App go to: myparishapp.com/appstore or Text App to 88202. We will use this App like the public schools use “Remind” as a way of communicating events at Pack the House and general events at Religious Education- Then search for and select St Ann Augusta parish
- Tap the “groups” button
- Join the “Religious Education” group
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