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Catechetical Programs:
 The
Kindergarten through Fifth Grade Sunday Morning CCD Program meets
from 8:30-9:25A.M. in Boumans Hall throughout the fall and spring semesters
for 25 sessions. Students are escorted to the 9:30A.M. Mass to sit with their
parents for the Sunday Liturgy. Lessons are a combination of Catholic
doctrine, Sacred Scripture, and the liturgical year. The Sacrament of
Reconciliation is scheduled in the spring for eligible students.
..........- Contact person: Sharon Cruice,
Coordinator
..........- Additional resource:
..........- Registration Forms
The
Kindergarten through Fifth Grade Monday Afternoon CCD Program meets
from 4:30-5:30 P.M. in Boumans Hall throughout the fall and spring semesters
for 25 one-hour sessions. Lessons are a combination of Catholic doctrine,
Sacred Scripture, and the liturgical year. Annual Sacramental experiences
include Eucharist and Reconciliation.
...........- Contact person: Sharon
LaBarbera, program coordinator
...........- Additional resource:
...........- Registration Forms
The
Junior High Sunday Evening CCD Program for Six, Seventh and Eighth
grade students meets from 6:15-7:30 P.M. in Boumans Hall for 23 sessions.
Lessons are structured on a two-year cycle according to the four pillars of
the Catechism of the Catholic Church, i.e., Creed, Liturgy/Sacraments,
Morality, and Prayer. Annual Sacramental experiences include Eucharist and
Reconciliation.
...........- Contact church office
...........- Additional resource:
...........- Registration Forms
The High
School Life Teen Sunday Evening CCD Program (Ninth through Eleventh Grade)
meets in Founders Hall or Bomans Hall on scheduled Sunday evenings for Life Nights from 6:15
- 7:30, September through April. Entry into the Life Nights is through the
5:00 P.M. Sunday Mass, students are challenged through the Life Nights to
live the good news of our faith. By means of teaching, issue, and social nights,
the high school cycle journeys the students through the four pillars of the
Catechism of the Catholic Church, i.e., Creed, Liturgy/Sacraments, Morality,
and prayer. The Sacrament of Reconciliation is part of the program.
...........- Contact person: Janenne deClouet, Life Teen coordinator
...........- Additional resource:
...........- Registration Forms
CCD
Eucharist & Reconciliation
- Eucharist: Special student Liturgies are celebrated at
certain Sunday Masses to give our CCD students the opportunity to serve in
ministerial roles.
...........- Children's Liturgies (celebrated at designated 9:30A.M. Sunday
Masses for students in grades Three through Five)
...........- Junior High Liturgies (celebrated at designated 9:30A.M. Sunday
Masses)
...........- High School Life Teen/Confirmation Liturgies (5:00P.M. Sunday
Masses)
- Reconciliation: The Sacrament of Reconciliation is a
scheduled opportunity offered to all eligible students at least once during
the school year.
Vacation Bible Camp (VBC)
is a five-day summer morning camp for children four through
ten years old. Each year in July campers explore a faith-filled theme
utilizing the media of music, art, Scripture theater, activities, and prayer.
The Camp is staffed by a team of adult volunteers (16 and older) and junior
volunteers (13 through 16 years old).
...........- Contact person: Naomi Broussard, Coordinator
...........- Additional resource:
...........- Registration Forms
Adult Education focuses on the ongoing catechetical needs of adults through
various media: annual Scripture studies and programs that emphasize the
Church’s social Gospel; RCIA, Respect Life opportunities;
guest speakers; Lenten mission, and Special Issue newsletters. All programs
in some way provide ongoing education into our Catholic faith.
...........- Contact person: Fr. Harold Trahan, Pastor
Sacramental Programs
Pre-Baptismal Seminar focuses on the beauty and dignity of Christian Baptism and
the role parents play as being the first and best teachers of the ways of
faith for their children.
...........- Contact Persons: Tiffany Foreman, Coordinators
...........- Additional Resources:
First Reconciliation and
First Eucharist for second-grade students and
those with special circumstances is a home-based program of parental
instruction under the auspices of the Pastor
and guidance of the DRE and religious education staff. First
Reconciliation is celebrated in November. First Eucharist is celebrated prior
to Easter in the spring. Sacramental preparation begins with the parent
meeting in early September. A copy of the candidates’s Baptismal certificate
must be presented at the meeting.
...........- Contact person: Tiffany Foreman
...........- Additional resource:
Confirmation (Eleventh
Grade) is open to all eligible Eleventh grade
students and those with special circumstances. Public and private school
students registered in the Life Teen program are automatically
enrolled into the Confirmation Program. Catholic School students who are not
registered in the Life Teen program must register for the
Confirmation program by completing the Confirmation section of the High
School Life Teen registration form, attaching a copy of the
candidates Baptismal certificate, and returning it to Naomi Broussard, Confirmation Coordinator.
Sacramental preparation begins with candidates and parents at the annual
September meeting. All Candidates are required to attend all Confirmation
sessions and the Confirmation retreat, to complete 12 service hours, and to
participate in various ministerial roles at assigned Sunday 5:00 P.M. Masses.
...........- Contact persons: Naomi
Broussard, Confirmation Coordinator
...........- Additional Resource:
Rite of Christian Initation of
Adults (RCIA) is the means the Church uses to
welcome unbaptized and baptized non-Catholics into the Church and to fully
initiate Catholic adults who have not been Confirmed. Because of this, the
program is composed of both catechumens and candidates. Catechumens are those
people who have not been Baptized in the Trinitarian formula while candidates
are those who have. The process begins in late September with full initiation
at the Easter Vigil. Sessions are conducted on Wednesday evenings.
...........- Contact Person: Cindy Guidry,
Coordinator
CCD Volunteers who staff our all volunteer Religious Education Programs
are deeply appreciated for their dedicated generosity of time and talent to
the religious education of our young people. Opportunities for volunteer
service are:
- Sunday Morning Kindergarten through Fifth Grade Program,
8:30 - 9:30A.M.
- Monday Afternoon First through Fifth Grade Program, 4:30 -
5:30P.M.
- Sunday Evening Junior High Program, 6:15 -
7:30P.M.
- Sunday Evening High School Life Teen Program,
6:00 - 7:30P.M.
- Confirmation Program, TBA
...........- Contact Person: Church
Office or Program Coordinators
Sunday Morning CCD volunteers under the coordination of Sharon Cruice are
a dedicated team of generous hearts for our St. Mary children.
CALENDAR
Sunday
K-5 Calendar
Boumans - 8:30-9:25, Mass @9:30
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Monday
K - 5th Calendar
Boumans - 4:30-5:30
Student Liturgies
Grades 3-5
Sunday, 9:30 AM Mass
Junior
High Schedule
Sundays, Founders, 6:15-7:30
Junior
High Liturgies
Sundays, 9:30 AM Mass
Life Teen
Schedule
Sunday, 6:15-7:30
Confirmation
Schedule for High School Students
First
Reconciliation & First Eucharist
Vacation
Bible Camp
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