The Church is a family of families. Encountering the love of Christ and learning about what life in Christ looks like, often happens first in the home with the family. Therefore, accompanying the whole family on their journey of faith by offering guidance, instruction, and support for not only children, but to parents as well, is the overall purpose and mission for Faith Formation. At Sacred Heart Catholic Church we engage in a Whole Family Catechesis Model for our Faith Formation Classes.
"Who are catechists? They are people who keep the memory of God alive; they keep it alive in themselves and they are able to revive it in others."
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Interested in expanding your faith? Franciscan at Home offers a wide range of online workshops to study your faith. The style of learning for Franciscan at Home classes allows individuals to complete the workshop at his/her own pace. Most workshops are setup in a video with reflection style and are typically 8 short videos per class. Access to Franciscan at Home has been provided by the Knights of Columbus free of charge.
The Catechetical Institute views parenting as the critical catechetical role in the Church. Our desire is to help families in our challenging modern culture see God’s plan for the domestic church and the school of holiness it creates as the decisive element in bringing about a culture of life. The workshops in this track are not intended to result in any certification but instead aim at a far more fundamental end: forming adults who know how to live a missionary life in marriage and judge nothing in life as great as the work of parenting toward sainthood and striving for spousal sanctity. To foster this, a great variety of pragmatic and imaginative workshops are offered by the Catechetical Institute as electives in every track and collected together in this track.
The purpose of this three-part series of workshops is to help those working in diocesan pro-life or family life offices, as well as parish coordinators, health care workers, and employees or volunteers serving pro-life apostolates (i.e. crisis pregnancy centers, legal advocacy groups, and post-abortion healing ministries).
The demanding skill set needed for effective pro-life ministry draws from fields as diverse as health care, politics, formal theology, bioethics, counseling, sociology, catechetics, law, life sciences, and policy history. This track address all these and more, delving into related aspects of fostering a culture of life: the nature of human liberty in Catholic social teaching, the feminine genius, the masculine genius, evolution, environmental stewardship, service to the poor, outreach to those addicted, depressed, or those discarded by society, and the critical importance of prayer and spiritual combat to oppose the pervasive culture of death.
In this time of unprecedented challenge, this brief and very doable set of workshops can help parents who won’t be able to send their children back to parish-based or school programs in the normal way. It is intended to help parents attune to a more home-focused formation during the coming months at least, if not longer. There is also a couple of workshops for parish leaders trying to find creative ways to help families during this time.
But only say the word and my soul shall be healed…
Called to Him. Kept in Him. Made new in Him. God’s generosity and His Fatherly love is most fully manifest in His Son’s incarnation in ancient Israel and His continuing presence in the Blessed Sacrament upon every altar. Our lives flow from the Eucharist and lead back to the Eucharist, so that we may be filled with God’s life, sent into the world to proclaim the Good News, and be strengthened and invigorated for a life lived for others. This pragmatic and deeply inspiring set of workshops addresses three critical aspects of the Eucharistic renewal so needed today:
It is our privilege to pass on this magnificent inheritance of faith to the next generation, echoing the action of faithful disciples from the centuries before us. This track is designed to help you, whether you are a priest, parent, parish catechetical leader, catechist, teacher, youth minister, or parishioner, to better understand the Eucharist and its matchless importance in God’s plan for humanity.
Sacred Heart is committed to the mission and ministry of protecting our children and young people. Through the Safe Environment program, our clergy, employees, teachers, and our volunteers who regularly work with children and youth have been trained to support this effort to provide a safe environment for our youth. We believe strongly in our moral obligation to keep the young safe and provide them with a caring environment in which they can grow and flourish in their faith.
Go to www.virtus.org, register for a VIRTUS training, review and sign the Code of Conduct, answer the Background Questionnaire, and submit the Background Check information.
Turn in the Background Disclosure and Authorization Form to your supervisor. This form is faxed to the Office of Child and Youth Protection by the parish or school: 888-820-6032.
Read, Sign, and Turn in your Code of Conduct to Mary Rowley at the Parish office.
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Attend the VIRTUS training. Be sure to sign the attendance form at your training, and be present for the entire workshop to receive credit for attending.
Any suspected or known abuse of a minor must first be immediately reported to the Missouri Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline 800-392-3738 or 844-CAN-TELL; or for suspected or known abuse of vulnerable or eligible adults, the Missouri Adult Abuse and Neglect Hotline 800-392-0210.
Violations of the Code of Conduct for Clergy, Employees and Adult Volunteers of the Diocese, Parishes, and Schools may also be reported to the Diocesan Director of Child and Youth Protection, (417) 866-0841, or childandyouthprotection@dioscg.org or a Victim Assistance Coordinator.
Concerns may be discussed with your supervisor, the Director of Child and Youth Protection or a Victim Assistance Coordinator. The TIPS online reporting system may also be used, and is available on the home page of this Website. Go to www.dioscg.org to view the Code of Conduct for Clergy, Employees and Adult Volunteers of the Diocese, Parishes, and Schools for other important information, including a link to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishop’s document, “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People.” If you are unable to access the Website and desire printed information, contact the diocesan Office of Child and Youth Protection at (417) 866-0841. Bulletin Announcement
