Blessings!
Blessings of God's ABUNDANT love, peace and joy to you and your families in this new year!! I hope you can make Family night on Wednesday, it is a chance for you and your child/children to learn more about what goes on behind Mass! If you cannot make it, please arrange for another parent to "adopt" your child for the evening! Thank you!
Nancy Longo
Director of Religious Education
562-822-8779 (cell)
512-759-3712 (office)
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NEXT FAMILY NIGHT -
St. Patrick Church Tour for families
January 10th - 4:30 or 6:30
- FAMILY NIGHT -HOW it works!
- At least one parent should be here with your child. If you cannot make it, please designate another parent to guide your child during our Family Faith Activities. We would like to create small Faith Families for the following activities. (no more than 2 or three children per parent)
As you and your child/children see the Church with new eyes, may you all feel more at home at St. Patrick, than you ever have! (Parents: I will give you the answers - so that you can lead the tour! It will be fun for all!)
Family nights are intended for you to learn and to share faith with your children! You learn and they learn in a fun and safe atmosphere!
DID YOU KNOW? You are such an instrumental part of your Child/children's faith development! They can learn about faith at Religious Education classes, but it's how they live out their faith at home that shows them love in action! You make a difference! If you feel you don't know enough.....well, we all feel that way! It takes a life-time to learn more about God and understand our faith better! Just take one Family night or Cafe at a time...
Thank you for all you do to share the love of God with your families! We are here to serve you! Please let me know how best to do that!
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RCIA-Adapted for Children - Parent Meeting - Wed, Jan 10th at 5:30pm. Children have class, as well!
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Sat, Jan 20th -9am - 12:30pm.
All 6th Graders (and 7th/8th graders who haven't attended) - Called To Protect Class for you!-
Called to Protect for Youth
provides abuse prevention education to middle and high school students; helping these young people understand their sacredness as they learn about boundaries and ways to help protect themselves from harm. CTPY is not human sexuality education; it is best described as safety education. Pizza too!
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Calling all Adults! Do you find Mass boring or no big deal? Why do we go to mass on Sundays? Why do we do all those same prayers? Can we really find JOY in going to mass? Why do we kneel, sit and stand? and other great questions about mass!
Come and find out what this beautiful Prayer is all about!
Wed, Jan 17th at 4:30 or 6:30pm
We will be spending the next two weeks teaching your children more about the Mass, so it would be great if you could share what you learned with your child when they come home!
Check out the
Family Website - How to break down the mass with your children in 8 weeks
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CALENDAR UPDATES
Religious Education Dates for January
- Wed, January 10 - Family Night - Tour of the Church - 1st Class back in 2018
- RCIA-Adapted for Children Meeting at 5:30 - January 10th
- Wed, January 17th - Classes - and Optional Adult CAFE - Understanding the Mass - Why do I have to go?
- Sat, January 20th - All 6th Graders (and 7th/8th graders who haven't attended) - Called To Protect Class from 9am-12:30pm (see above)
- Wed, January 24 - Class
- Wed, January 31 - Classes (FYI - Grades K-5th will be presenting Called To Protect at age appropriate levels. Parents, if you would like to see the Curriculum, please email me.)
- Wed, Feb 7 - Classes (FYI - Grades K-5th will finish Called to Protect and then continue with Religious Education - Lent)
- Wed, Feb 14 - NO CLASSES - ASH WEDNESDAY
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Penny's for Good Deeds!
This is a Year-long service project for your families!
- Students are encouraged to do good deeds.
- Parents are asked to give students a penny for each good deed.
- Students will bring their pennies to RE and put them in a jar at the sign-in table.
- Spring money will go to VBS scholarship.
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Our St. Patrick growing family needs your help!
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We need help setting up for Religious Education - either Tuesday afternoons/evenings or Wednesday Mornings.
Call if you can help - even once a month! (512-759-3712)
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Family & Faith
Ideas for living out faith in the home!
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GOOD Catholic RESOURCES for your Spiritual Growth on the Internet!
If there are other things you would like links to - let me know! I will try to keep this updated!
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January Confirmation Classes -
January 22 and January 29th
6:30-8:00pm
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Youth Ministry open to ALL High School Students -
SPY
All teens are invited to SPY on Sunday nights after 5:00pm mass. It ends around 8pm. Dinner is served! (Parents we need your help with this ministry).
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Even though you are busy - check out this app while you are waiting for your child at soccer practice, band, school, etc. .anywhere (except driving, of course!!!)
Laudate also has Daily Mass Readings, Liturgy of the Hours, Order of the Mass, Calendar with daily readings, Rosary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy, How to go to Confession, Stations of the Cross, Basic Catholic Prayers, Latin Prayers, Catechism, Catholic Media, EWTN & Vatican Documents. Everything you wanted to know about being Catholic but were afraid to ASK! You are now smarter than a 5th Graders!
myParish Catholic Life - has all the information you need for St. Patrick - Mass/Confession times/Special Group connections!
USA Catholic Church - USCCB (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops...everything you wanted to know about being Catholic!
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St. Patrick Religious Education Ministry is here to empower and support families in their ministry to form and teach their children about God and the Catholic faith. This is a life-long process that includes us as adults and those families with special needs!
If you have any questions or needs that we can help you with, please feel free to email us or call us! We are here to serve you! I am usually here from 9am - 4:30pm - Mon-Fri. During school year, I will be here during the RE programs, but probably not available by email or office phone.
You can text me at (562-822-8779)
May God bless you with His abundant Love, Peace and Joy as we grow more like Him every day during our journey of faith!
Nancy Longo
Director of Religious Education
St Patrick Catholic Church
2500 Limmer Loop
Hutto, TX 78634
512-759-3712 ext 104
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Communication is a TWO-WAY Street
Here are ways you can always know what is going on:
We will use
REMIND - a texting tool - if you want to receive texts as reminders (I won't over do it, I promise!) then type 81010 in the "TO:" spot on your texting screen and then the message would contain the code of the class you want to join...
and
connect with us on Facebook and/or Instagram: Social Media:
Like us on RE Facebook or RE Instagram.
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