Faith Formation and Education
Religious Education for Youth
Program Summary | Class Details | Schedule and Expectations | Registration and Fees | Volunteers | Links------------------------------------------------------ Greetings from the DRE: Chris Clark I'm glad to to be moving through the 2008-09 year with parents and guardians (the childrens' primary formators), the children and our catechists and other volunteers. If you'd like to offer input, call 549.0300 x14 email me at cclark.newman@gmail.com (staff profile)or set up a time to get together and chat. See you around Newman! Posts to parents, catechists and volunteers------------------------------------------------------ "Leaven in the World" -- thinking of voting in Commonwealth of Massachusetts elections or otherwise participating in the political process? Why not visit the Commonwealth's election page. Why not visit prayer and reflection resources offered by the USCCB around the challenge to exercise faithful citizenship. For the USCCB statement on Catholic teaching and political life visit The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.------------------------------------------------------- Budget Squeezed, Hungry? Help is close at hand. See our "Free Groceries and Meals in Amherst" list on the bulletin board in the main corridor. Or call the Baptist Church, 549.3596, Not Bread Alone, 256.0128, (seniors only call Bangs Center 259.3060), and the Amherst Survival Center, 549.3968. The Amherst Survival Center is close by, on the bus line at 120 No. Pleasant St, 413.549.3968. See the ASC website,. See schedule for food pantry, meals served, free store (warm clothes, yes!) Tough times? Get in touch with a local human service agency like the ASC to put in motion the kind of help you'll need for the fall and early winter months. Serve New England: Good Food, Little Money. SNE is a non-need-based, service-based food collective. Check out the Amherst Chapter of Serve New England, hosted by the Newman Center, UMass. Info/order at the Newman Center on scheduled Saturdays. Phone 413.256.2621 or visit Serve New England online. ------------------------------------------------------- Dear Religious Education Families: Thank you for contributing over $200 to Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl in 2007-08. For more information see Operation Rice Bowl. What's the Point of Religious Education? Consider the story Chris tells:A girl asked me "What Sacrament will I be preparing for this year? I mean, I've received First Communion and it'll be years before I'm confirmed." I said "Yes. But Sacramental prep is part of a bigger thing. We're all disciples of Christ and we're always learning how to be true to God and neighbor. All of the classes help us learn how to respond to God's offer." "I'm a disciple," she mused. "Yes," I paused and continued, "and so we study, pray, worship, practice. Sacramental preparation is part of it. But there are other parts, too. This year you'll be learning about God's Law. That's one of the big ways we know God and stay in right relationship." She looked over her class description for the year. We talked about the way we proceed in REY: using books and handouts with parents to learn lessons; testing and trying out understanding in class by review, games and activities, song and dance; coming together for meals and fun a few times in the year; and choosing to do Christ-like actions like the Thanksgiving Food Drive. "First there were twelve," she asserted, "and now there is me." "Yes." "I think I'll like this."
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