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Protection of Children & Youth
The Office of the Protection of Children and Youth’s (OPCY) mission is to respond to victim-survivors who report sexual abuse by assisting them in the process of healing and reporting allegations, and ensure the Archdiocese is providing services to prevent future instances of sexual abuse. For a complete listing of programs and services, please visit their website at:
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FAQ for 2020-2021 Religious Education
What Will the Religious Education Program Look Like in the Fall?
Plans are being made to meet the needs of your children's religious education. This year’s program will differ greatly from that of previous years due to the uncertainty brought by the coronavirus pandemic.
Religious Education classes will begin on Saturday, October 10, 2020. Classes will be family catechesis at home, supported by monthly Zoom-based classes based on the Finding God textbook materials published by Loyola Press.
This document will provide you a summary of Key Features of our 2020-2021 Religious Education plan. Should you need any further information, please call or email the Religious Education office. -
Family Catechesis
Family Catechesis is a Religious Education program in which parents fully participate in the faith formation of their children.
Excerpts from the General Directory of Catechesis and the National Directory of Catechesis:- Family catechesis precedes…accompanies and enriches all forms of catechesis. (GDC 226)
- Parents transmit and bear witness to human and religious values. This activity which is both human and religious is a “true ministry” through which the Gospel is transmitted and radiated so that family life is transformed into a journey of faith and the school of Christian life. (GDC 227)
- It is for this reason that the Christian community must give very special attention to parents…they must help them assume their responsibility of educating their children in the faith (GDC 226)
- Parents are the primary educators in the faith. The family is defined as a "domestic Church", that is, in every Christian Family the different aspects and functions of the life of the entire Church may be reflected: mission, catechesis, witness, prayer etc. (GDC 255).
- Within family-centered catechetical programs are opportunities for parents to catechize their children directly, for spouses to catechize each other, and for children to catechize one another and their parents. (NDC 259
- When children are baptized, parents accept the responsibility to bring up their children in the practice of the faith and to see to it that the divine life that God gives them…At the same time, the Church promises to help parents foster their children’s faith and assists them specifically in their role as catechists of their children. (NDC 235).
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