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Religious Education

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Jesus with Chrildren 

 

 "Let the children come to me,
   and do not prevent them;
   for the kingdom of heaven
   belongs to such as these."

                                                           Mt  9:14

 

Office

 

Address: 

 45 Library Place (Use Side Door) 
 Metuchen, NJ 08840

Director:

 Debra Schurko

Phone:  (732) 548-0100 x226

<< For your Information >>

 

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2011 - 12 Semester

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Religious Education Parent Handbook 
(NOTE: Parents need to read the Handbook and submit the form at the end.)

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Information - Registration Form

<< Religious Education Offerings >>

 

 

 

 Traditional Weekly Program - 2011 -12

    

    Traditional Weekly Program (Full Schedule 2011-12)  New
 

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This program offers the choice of either Monday, Tuesday or Thursday classes.

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Classes are held weekly from September through May. 
Class times are listed on the attached registration form. 

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Regular Mass Attendance required—Participation in our Catholic Faith

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(3) unexcused absences permitted per school year.

       See Patent Handbook for full details.

 

 

 Monthly Family Centered Program- 2011 - 12

 

     Family Centered Program (Full Schedule 2011-12 New
 

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This program is held once a month,
    on a regularly scheduled Sunday morning � 9:00 a.m. till 11:45 a.m. 
Classes are held monthly from September - May.

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It is open to students/families in grades 1 through 8.

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Students attend regular grade level classes.

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It is mandatory that at least one parent/guardian of enrolled students attend
the Adult Learning Session that is held at the same time students are in their classes.

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This program offers a total family approach to catechesis (this is not a student drop-off program).

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This program is designed for a family to grow in faith together.

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Regular Mass Attendance required—Participation in our Catholic Faith.

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(1) unexcused absence permitted per school year. 

 

  Parent/Adult Sessions:

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Are held in the Upper Room of the CYO Building across from the School.

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Begin at 9:15 am allowing time for Parents to bring children to the School. 

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One parent/adult must attend the adult learning session.
   ( This is a requirement of the Family Centered Program. )   

     See Patent Handbook for full details.

 

 

 E-connect—Call to Faith

 

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Student Text Material covered online at home and during (5) in-class sessions
with grade assigned catechists—Oct., Dec., Feb., Apr., and May held in the Parish
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Parents must be registered in the adult on-line component and participate. 
They are the home partners with the parish catechist. 

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Participation in (3) activities with Faith Generation
 � An Inter-Generation Faith Sharing Component open to all families in the Parish.

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eConnect connects your children and youth to a state-of the-art Catholic network
that they can access anytime, anyplace
� this is a program model that is age-appropriate catechesis made available
     to today’s technology savvy generation. 

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To receive login information select: eConnect

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Families in this program must have a computer and a basic level of computer knowledge/literacy.  

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Regular Mass Attendance required—Participation in our Catholic Faith.


     See Patent Handbook for full details.

 

<< Liturgy of the Word for Children >>

 

Liturgy of the Word for Children

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One Sunday a month at the 9:00 am Mass.

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For children from K -  4th Grade. 

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Special Liturgy of the Word presentation in the Cathedral Community Room.
(During the Liturgy of the Word in the Cathedral).   

          Facilities Used:  CCR or FR

<< Gospel Champions Video Game >>

 

New Free Video Game will make the weekly liturgy come alive for children of ALL ages!
           
(See Gospel Champions 2009- 10 Information  in PDF or Word formats for download information )

                (Download size of the Video Game is about 157 Mb.
                  It is only practical to download this game using a high-speed DSL or cable modem.)

 
       Note: A limited number of CD's of this game are available from the Religious Education Office.

 

Gospel Champions is a monthly video game series based on the Gospel readings in the Catholic Mass. Each month the software unlocks a new game level that recreates a Gospel story from the readings in Mass that month. As children play the game throughout  the month, it keeps the Gospel story prevalent in their minds until they get next month's story.

<< Sacraments >>


                                  FIRST PENANCE

Parents Meeting:

Sun. Dec. 11, 2012   5:00 PM - Cathedral Community Room

Reception of First Penance:

Fri. Feb. 24, 2012   6:00 PM - Cathedral (Group 1)
Sat. Feb. 25, 2012 11:00 AM - Cathedral (Group 2)

                                    CONFIRMATION

Candidates / Parents Meeting :

Sun. Sept. 25, 2011   5:00 PM - Cathedral Community Room

Important Confirmation Dates (2012)

  Confirmation Schedule - 2012  

Reception of Confirmation (2012):

Sat. Jan. 7, 2012 11:00 AM - Cathedral

                             FIRST COMMUNION


Parents Meeting
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Sun. Mar.11, 2012   5:00 PM - Cathedral Community Room

Reception of First Communion:

Sat. April 28, 2012   9:30 AM - Cathedral (Group 1)
Sat. April 28, 2012 12:00 Noon - Cathedral (Group 2)