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LITURGIES AND PRAYER

Liturgical Celebrations and Prayer Experiances We celebrate our life experiences as a Christian community through liturgy and prayer. Our children participate in:

• daily classroom prayer using a variety of media and methods, songs, formal prayer, Scriptural reflection and journal writing;
• classroom or all-school para-liturgies called forth by special events or seasons of the year
• weekly Eucharistic liturgies with total school involvement:
  • 11:15 A.M.: Thursdays or special Feast Days
  • Parents are always welcome to join their children.

Through these experiences, it is hoped:

• that children personally come to know and relate to God as One who loves and cares for them.
• that children learn their Christian faith and doctrine through familiarity with the person of Jesus and His message in the Word.
• that children are aware of belonging to a community of faith, and that their concerns for the needs of the wider community grow.
• that children respond in SERVICE to the WORD OF GOD shared each week.

Family prayer, full participation in Sunday Eucharist and the sacraments, and daily Gospel living and service are the essential foundational components upon which the school can build.

Reconciliation The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be scheduled within the school year during school hours once each semester during Advent and Lent. Proper preparation for the reception of the Sacrament will be carefully planned.

Religious Instructions: The priest celebrate Mass once a week with the children, participates in various prayer services with the children, interacts with the children in a number of different settings, and visits the children when invited to the classrooms. Although the teachers of the school are the regular teachers of religion for the children in the parish setting, our priest also teaches in the school, but in a manner more directed toward special seasons of the Church year, the sacramental preparation cycle, and special events, rather than the textbook programs of each grade. The schedule for our priest in relationship to the school is flexible because of the responsibility of the priest for many other areas of parish life. The priest also works with the school faculty and the school administration in giving leadership to the school community, decision-making, and formation.

Each class is dedicated to service throughout the school year. This service may include, but is not limited to, visiting the elderly, pen pal letters or feeding the homeless. The school also participates in school-wide service during Advent and Lent.

It is hoped that through this education, the students develop a personal responsibility as members of the Catholic/Christian Church to serve others as Jesus would.

Serving for Worship The boys and girls of Grade 3-8 are invited to be trained to become Mass Servers.

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