Faith Formation News Dear Families, This past Wednesday our 8th graders celebrated their Confirmation with St. Valentine and Our Lady of Loretto parishes. Bishop Monforton spoke with our students before Confirmation to get to know them and it was a beautiful mass. Thank you to our Catechist, Gloria Platek, for all the preparation with our students…

Dear Families, Our 8th graders will be celebrating Confirmation with their families this Wednesday. Please say a prayer for them and all of our sacramental students. In today’s Gospel, the voice from heaven speaks to the disciples saying, “Listen to him.” The Transfiguration was a focused moment for the disciples when they heard God speaking…

Dear Families, Please continue to pray for our Faith Formation program and especially our sacramental students. We gathered last Wednesday for a family activity in preparation for Lent. We shared a meal, a teaching about Lent and each family created a watercolor craft on their interpretation of Prayer, Fasting and Alms giving. These beautiful creations…

Dear Families, We are looking forward to our Ash Wednesday Family Night. We will start at 5:30pm with pizza for dinner, have an activity for grades K-6, and then we will go over to church for Mass around 6:45pm. 8th grade will be having their regular class but will have dinner with us. 8th grade…

Dear Families, Please continue to pray for our Faith Formation program and especially our sacramental students. As you gather as a family, identify some things that family members are expected to do each day (prepare meals, go to school or work; complete homework assignments, complete household chores, behave appropriately at school, at work and at…

Dear Families, Please continue to pray for our Faith Formation program and especially our sacramental students. Today’s Gospel offers a contrast to many of the messages we hear in our society today. If we were to accept uncritically the “get ahead” messages of our culture, we would think that happiness means having money, being successful,…

Dear Families, Please continue to pray for our Faith Formation program and especially our sacramental students. Take Time to Chat – Jesus tells Peter to put the boat into deep water and lower the nets, even though he has been fishing all night and caught nothing. What do you think Jesus was trying to teach…