religious education 2024-2025
Another F.I.R.E. season has begun!!!
The new year of F.I.R.E. began Saturday, October 5, 2024 with several of our students participating in the Mass.
*Christian and Chelesa were our servers
*Olivia (a Confirmation student) was the reader of the 2nd reading
*The Michael family brought the gifts up to Father
After dinner, Deacon Paul talked to the families about the different types of prayer, stressing the importance of this month’s prayers; PRAYER BEFORE AND AFTER MEALS.
Each student received a prayer card with a picture of St. Francis of Assisi which they will add to their prayer chain.
Deacon Paul also told them basic information about SAINTS. After the lesson the families played several rounds of SAINT bingo! Deacon Paul ended the evening with leading the group in praying the Angelus and blessing the group.
Family Immersed Religious Education and Sacramental Preparation is starting again on Saturday, October 5, 2024. For those not familiar with the F.I.R.E. program, families meet the first Saturday of the month from October through May. Sacrament Preparation classes meet from 3-4 pm on Saturday afternoon and then on the third Sunday after the 9:30am Mass. There will be homework that goes home with your children that covers other things they need to know since there is only so much they can learn once a month.
The schedule is as follows:
*Families sign in and drop off their dinner in Wahl Hall
before attending the 4:30pm Mass
*When Mass ends families will eat dinner together in Wahl Hall
*Fr. Grady or Deacon Paul will present the lesson at 6pm
in the Church
*Following the lesson a relatable activity is planned in
Wahl Hall for each family
*There is a closing prayer and blessing around 7:30pm
The whole family (grandparents, younger brothers and sisters,
HS siblings, even siblings’ home from school are all welcome.
“Catechesis is intrinsically linked with the whole of liturgical and sacramental activity, for it is in the sacraments, especially in the Eucharist, that Christ Jesus works in fullness for the transformation of human being… sacramental life is impoverished and very soon turns into hollow ritualism if it is not based on serious knowledge of the meaning of the sacraments, and catechesis becomes intellectualized if it fails to come alive in the sacramental practice.”
Past Events
Monstrance activity
Confirmation activity
Baptism activity
Fr. Grady enrolling 2nd graders in the brown scapular.
Holy Orders Activity – Fr. Joel paper doll
Deacon Paul leading decade of the Rosary
Divine Mercy Activity
Confirmation Lenten cross activity
