Saint Gregory the Great - A Catholic Faith Community

 

 

 

 Welcome!

The clergy and staff at St. Gregory the Great welcome you to our Faith Formation program. We hope that you find all the information you need here and if not, please do not hesitate to call or e-mail us!

 

 

  

Faith Formation Classes Begin Soon!

Classes are filling - Register now!

 

First classes:

Elementary

The sessions will begin with a parent orientation and a children’s orientation with the catechists. The parents will be dismissed to Mass. Children will stay through their regular Faith Formation time and join their parents for the Liturgy of the Eucharist as usual.

Saturday Elementary:     9/25      4:15pm             Parents and Children attend

Sunday Elementary        9/26      7:00am             Parents and Children attend

                                                   8:15am             Parents and Children attend

                                                   10:15am            Parents and Children attend

                                                   4:15pm             Parents and Children attend

Thursday Elementary     9/30      5:30-6:30pm      Parents and Children attend a late start this week only to accommodate parents

 

Middle School

Classes will have a shortened class schedule this week only to accommodate orientation schedules.

 

Sunday Middle School    9/26      6:16-7:30pm      Parents and Children attend

Thursday Middle School 9/30      7-8pm               Parents and Children attend a late start this week only to accommodate orientation

 

 

We are still very much in need of catechists!

We provide everything you need to teach - no prior experience is required. You simply need to have a love of children, be in good standing with the Catholic church and be actively practicing your faith. Please help if you can!

May God bless you abundantly this year!

 

 

 

 

Dear Faith Formation Parents:

We want to thank again those who participated in the parent meetings we held in March to discuss the new Diocesan Catechetical standards, the current state of the St. Gregory the Great Faith Formation Program, where we need improvement and how we might realize those improvements. Here are those documents for your review:

New Diocesan Catechetical Standards:

·        Grade 1

·        Grade 2

·        Grade 3

·        Grade 4

·        Grade 5

·        Grade 6

·        Grade 7

·        Grade 8

Current Issues In the St. Gregory the Great Faith Formation Program

 

The parents present broke into groups and brainstormed methods by which we might solve some of the issues and improve the Faith Formation program, making it more family-friendly among other things. Here is a Meeting Summary Chart of the Ideas, Pro’s and Con’s that were recommended at the meeting.

As a result, the Faith Formation staff, with permission from Fr. Nick, have decided to make the following changed to next year’s program:

·        Elementary Faith Formation Session times will begin 15 minutes earlier, with the exception of the 7:00am and Thursday Sessions. There will be no time changes for the Middle School Faith Formation sessions.

·        There will be Pre-School Faith Formation at 8:15a.m. & 10:15a.m.

·        Parent participation will be increased by

o       Inviting parents into the classroom as occasional volunteers

o       Introducing a Family Faith Formation Session during Advent

·        Faith Formation will be held on more weekends (fewer weekends off)

·        Communication will be improved

o       Faith Formation will try to send single topic e-mails instead of long, multi-topic, epic novels. J

o       Catechists will be strongly encouraged to communicate on a weekly basis with their parents via e-mail, Twitter, a Facebook page or whatever means is deemed the most useful.

o       Faith Formation is also going to consider more up-to-date means of communicating as well.

·        All-new format parent/child orientation meetings in the fall will explain family roles in catechesis as well as allow parents to meet their catechists face-to-face, get contact information, etc.

I hope this provides you with plenty of information! Don’t forget to go to the website for a deeper explanation of the issues involved!

  

Your Faith Formation Staff,

 

Cheryl, Deb, Ginger and Judy

 

 

Please check around the website for Faith Formation calendars, Newsletters, Sacramental Preparation information and the Kid's & Family Page.

 

CURRICULUM

Our first grade through eighth grade programs follow the lectionary cycle using the spiral curriculum developed by RCL and is called Faith First. Kindergarten will be following Sadlier’s We Believe program.  It is important to note that Faith Formation should be a life-long process and children learn at different depths throughout their academic careers. Children are expected to remain in Faith Formation continuously through 8^th grade in preparation for life as adult learners. Faith Formation should not be solely considered for the purposes of Sacramental preparation.

RCL maintains a wonderful, interactive and informative website at www.FaithFirst.com. We hope you will take the time to explore its content and introduce your children to the games and activities available to them.  Sadlier also has a wonderful website at www.webelieveweb.com.

 

Keep checking back in! We're updating and upgrading the Faith Formation website on a regular basis. If there is information you would like to see on the site, please let me know - cheryl@stgg.org.