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Office of Evangelization and Catechesis
Office of Child and Youth Protection
Roman Catholic Diocese of
Springfield - Cape Girardeau
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Have your teachers gotten started?
26 Parishes and
22 Schools are well on their way to becoming certified.
Hurry! You don't want to be the last to enroll!
After the Office of Evangelization and Catechesis page opens, click on the image similar to this one to find information and forms for the new process.
If you are unable to print this information, please contact Rosie Francka at
rfrancka@dioscg.org or (417) 866-0841 to request copies of the booklet or forms.
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Check out this new website
from the Vatican!
The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
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Safe Environment Children's Lessons
This is a reminder that there are NEW safe environment lessons for children in grades K-12. Parishes and schools received a copy of these lessons last fall. The bottom of the lessons should have a 2004-2015 copyright date. Diocesan policy requires two short safety lessons per academic year. Virtus will not publish Lesson 2 until late spring 2017, so for the second lesson for this academic year, please instruct your teachers to quickly review Lesson 1, and then do one or more of the activities not completed last fall. The Report of Completion is due to the diocese by April 15, 2017. For your convenience, the 2017 Report of Completion is attached. If you need copies of the lessons, please contact the Office of Child and Youth Protection.
School Report of Completion 2016-17
Parish Report of Completion 2016-17
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Bulletin Announcement
Put this in your bulletin now! Registering now for Cycle 1, 2017
A great time to check out these courses! They count toward Intermediate and Advanced Certification levels for the diocese.
 Adult Faith Formation and Catechist Certification courses online! Join the hundreds from our diocese who have enjoyed these classes!
The Virtual Learning Community for Faith Formation (VLCFF) is a program of the Institute for Pastoral Initiatives at the University of Dayton. The VLCFF offers online adult religious education and faith formation courses in support of the Church's catechetical ministry. This means that you can deepen your faith at a time and place convenient to you via the internet.
The Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau partners with the VLCFF to extend these opportunities to all the faithful in our diocese at $50.00 per course. Courses may be taken for undergraduate credit
(for an additional fee) and courses qualify for credit in our diocesan Catechist Formation Process.
Registration: January 18 - Mar 1
Course Schedule & Listings: English Spanish
Classes held: Mar 5 - Apr 8
Sample Courses for Cycle 2 include
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- Catholic Beliefs
- Introduction to Catechesis
- Praying with children
- Principles for Addressing Diversity Issues in Youth Ministry (YM)
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- Bible Basics
- Images of Jesus
- Introduction to Christian Morality
- Sacraments
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You may apply for a diocesan Lay Endowment Grant for reimbursement upon successful completion of a course. This newsletter has more information about the grant.
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Diocesan Lay Endowment Grant
You may be eligible to apply for a Lay Endowment Grant to receive a reimbursement for course fees for the University of Dayton VLCFF. Click the links below for more information.
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To Heal, Proclaim and Teach
Popular author, catechist, and creator of The Religion Teacher website Jared Dees learned a valuable lesson from his students: teaching is not the same as evangelization. He found instead-as in Jesus' own ministry-if you focus first on healing the wounded, then proclaiming the Word of God, and finally teaching, you can bring people of all ages to Christ. Using examples from his own teaching, stories from the Bible, and the lives of the saints, Dees offers a fresh and engaging approach and practical ideas for following the ministry of Jesus in your own work.
If you would like to borrow this from our Resource Library contact Rosie Francka at
rfrancka@dioscg.org or (417) 866-0841.
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Does your small group need study materials?
Our Resource Library can help you! We have purchased a large portion of the DVD from Little Rock. These are available for you to borrow. The only cost to you would be the purchase of participant booklets from Little Rock.
If you would like to borrow this resource contact our office at 417-866-0841 or
rfrancka@dioscg.org.
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Digital Discipleship Boot Camp (DDBC)
Digital Discipleship Boot Camp (DDBC) is an opportunity for you to gain
the skills and knowledge you need to become a Digital Disciple. Why? We often hear
about many popular digital tools such as Facebook, Twitter, websites, webinars, and mobile devices. However, often we do not know how to use them because we haven't been trained. DDBC will train you to effectively use these tools, and many more, in your ministry. We are in the midst of a new culture, a new language, and new skills that we must learn in order to teach and evangelize.
Our goal is to assist catechetical and pastoral ministers to become more effective communicators, responsible collaborators and technology users to enhance the faith formation experience for all ages in parish, campus and diocesan settings. Our mission is to make you a Digital Disciple. Jesus said, "Come follow me." We invite you to join us in this journey and to "walk the walk, and talk the talk" of a Digital Disciple in the culture of the Digital Native. The time you put into this rigorous and intense training experience will reward you with 21st Century skills!
Click here for webinar schedule and registration.
Registration deadline January 16!
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Thursday, January 19, 2017
12:00-1:00 pm CST
Emily R. Cash, Psy.D., explores a transformational leadership approach and offers skills for thriving in a pastoral setting.
Too busy? The $25 registration fee includes unlimited access to the recording. Register and we will notify you when the recording is available.
Click here to register
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The following is being provided as a courtesy for your information.
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Privacy and Security on Facebook
Do you know how to set and/or review your privacy settings on Facebook? If yes, have you reviewed them within the last year? If you answered "No" to either of these questions, take some time today-right after you finish reading this blog and do it.
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Help Families Grow in Faith This Year
Celebrate and support family faith in 2017! Let us help you get started with free family-focused resources, prayers, and activities.
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GEMS: Adult Faith Formation Newsletter
The January 2017 issue of GEMS is now available.
A Best Practice: Hospice Nurses and Heaven
When we reflect on our own lives as well as listen to the life stories of
others, it doesn't take us long to realize that the various happenings within our
lives are the jump-starts to our readiness to learn and grow in faith.
The best practice highlighted in this issue is a prime example of this reality:
growth in faith and spirituality occurs and deepens because of reflection on the
reality of our everyday life and death experiences.
Click here to read more.
All the past issues of GEMS are archived at
www.janetschaeffler.com
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Vacation Bible School
The Pastoral Center announces their brand new VBS,
Message Received
. It's a great way to teach kids in your parish about how to be a disciple:
listening for and responding to God's call. And you'll all have a lot of fun doing so!
They are also offering our
EarthKeepers VBS for a second year. It focuses on Pope Francis' On Care for Our Common Home (Laudauto Si') and how our faith teaches us to care for our planet and everything on it.
If your community has never hosted a Vacation Bible School, maybe this is the year to start. Check out our free VBS: What, Why, How? resource to learn what it can do for your community and how easy it can be.
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Interesting Notes about the Film
SILENCE
Shusaku Endo's celebrated Japanese novel of the same
name raises d
eep questions related to faith, loneliness, doubt, suffering, and oppression. The
story
follows Fr. Sebastian Rodrigues, a seventeenth-century Jesuit priest from Portugal who sneaks into Japan at a time when Christians were brutally persecuted ther
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- Martin Scorcese, who briefly studied for the priesthood, worked toward this film adaptation for almost 30 years.
- Pope Francis has read the novel and told Scorcese at a recent Vatican screening that he hopes the film "bears much fruit."
- Actor Andrew Garfield spoke last night about praying through the 30-day Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius in preparation for his role as Fr. Rodrigues.
- Fr. James Martin, S.J. served as a consultant to the film.
The film is a top contender for the Academy Awards, just making it under the wire to be considered for this year.
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