Prince William County Catholic
our church hearing messages of hope and love and I get more ideas! Our religious education program for Grades K-6 will be held in the main church this year while classes for Grades 7-12 will meet across the parking lot in Seton Hall, our next-largest space. Parents accompanying their children, learning together, and sitting with our Lord. They will learn about Him while sitting with Him. This pandemic has changed our program’s dynamics and I’m really excited with possibilities. I feel like COVID has given us a unique opportunity to evangelize the family. In addition to on-site participation, we will be live-streaming all K-8 classes and offering Zoom for high school families.
K-6 Family Faith materials include: Hardback Catholic Children’s Bible Colorful Bible tabs YouCat Youth catechism Holy Water bottle - Father will bless small sealed water bottles so they can be filled with holy water Beautiful Rosary Guide with scripture reading, virtues, and lectio divina R o s a r y Celebrating Catholic Families book “Hope” tote bag to hold materials Our intent is that the materials will be
placed in a “sacred space” in the home where participants in the program can add their own items like a crucifix, statues, prayer intentions, more rosaries, etc. Attendance and accountability will be an assignment for families to work on together, but will be grade- level appropriate. They need to be turned in weekly. I am in the process of figuring out an email option and adding a separate email address just for these assignments. I will have 3 presenters at each K-6 session each week to incorporate different voices, personalities, and to keep it lively. The lessons will be cohesive and include a monthly virtue and a weekly saint. Our entire program will be centered around Liturgical Living. Our Youth Ministry and Adult Faith Formation will be fol-
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