Families & Schools of Discipleship
Office of Children & Youth Faith Formation
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This monthly e-newsletter serves catechetical and youth ministry leaders in the Diocese of Green Bay by furnishing them with updates, events and other resources helpful to them in their ministry of fostering households and communities of discipleship.
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Notices, Updates, Events
Generally Useful Information
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Calling All 8th Graders:
Vocation Fair November 9th
Who? 8th grade RE students!
What/Why? Fun, faith-filled evening to explore what a vocation is and how to discover God's call.
Where? Sacred Heart Parish, Appleton
When? Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Schedule: 5:30pm Arrival and Fair; 6-6:15 Welcome & Prayer; 6:15 Keynote with Jonathan "Bearded" Blevins; 7pm Understanding Vocations + Prayer
Cost: No Fee to Attend, but please register. Free gift for all attendees!
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GBYC: November 12
Get Your HS List Together and Register!
Now that you've invited your high schoolers to ENDURANCE our 2022 GBYC (you did that, right?), it's time to start collecting the names of the students you'll bring! GBYC will be a day of hope, healing and fun for all high school students. To help with your recruitment strategies we are providing some artwork on gbresources.org to print as well as promotional material you can customize to your parish or school in order to direct students to sign up with you before you register your whole group on the GBYC registration page.
Need more information? Check this GBYC Info Sheet.
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Registration fee just $17/person (students & chaperones; waived for clergy).
Registration is slated to close at 11:59pm October 20th!
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Please keep in mind that GBYC qualifies as a retreat in preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation. | |
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KREWE 2.0 = Rooted Apprenticeship Academy
Rooted Weekend Experience October 21,22,23 at Camp Tekakwitha
All high school teens, their youth leaders, and volunteer mentors.
Looking for an opportunity for your high school youth and your adult mentors to dive deeper into discipleship and evangelization? KREWE Discipleship training adjusting to the needs of our time as Rooted Apprenticeship Academy. This process kicks off with the Rooted Weekend Experience (retreat) for your high school youth and adult mentors at Camp Tekakwitha on October 21,22,23. This weekend will be a chance for your students to encounter Christ through young adult-led talks, small groups, sacraments, and the beautiful natural settings of Camp Tek. If you’ve ever wanted to take your students on a deeper retreat weekend but could never feel like you had enough students or enough chaperones then this is the opportunity to come together as the Church of Green Bay with your young people to help lead them closer to Christ.
Read more about it HERE, and/or watch this awesome promo video! Please share!
Interested parish or school leaders should contact Tommy Nelson for more info or to register your group at tnelson@gbdioc.org.
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Grant Application Window Now Open! | |
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Grants awarded by the Catholic Foundation benefit Catholic schools, parishes, and ministries in our Diocese. There are multiple grant opportunities. Grant funding generally focuses on programming and training.
Parishes have requested and received funding for sponsoring speaker series, adult faith formation programs or youth events such as Totus Tuus. Many parishes send their catechists to training events with grant funding or host a Vacation Bible School.
If there is something your parish or school would really like to try, consider looking into grant funding to help. Requests for books and capital items are not generally accepted.
To learn more about the grant opportunities available, please go to catholicfoundation@gbdioc.org.
| | If you received a grant in 2021-2022, please complete your grant report by logging into your account in our grant software here. | | Applications will be reviewed by a grant advisory committee. Grant determinations are made in March with applicants being notified of final outcomes in spring. If a grant is awarded, grant checks will be mailed by June 30. | | If you have questions about what grant(s) to apply for, questions about grant reports or if your 2021-2022 grant project /program occurs after December 1st, please contact Nicole Skarda at 920-272-8292 or email using link above. | |
Looking for a Service Project in the GB Area?
Operation Turkey Bag!
Help us deliver a little love to folks who have to work on Thanksgiving by cooking, packing and/or delivering special Thanksgiving Turkey Sandwich sack lunches in the Green Bay Area!
For a description of the volunteer opportunities, please visit this webpage which includes details and sign-up instructions.
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Save the Date:
Steubenville Trip is Back!
Rochester, MN July 14-16, 2023
Our office invites you to join us as we return to Steubenville Conferences this summer.
Registration will be done by group leaders via our GB Resources website.
Please start praying about inviting students now. The trip will be open to all high school students (including graduating seniors).
Parishes will be required to provide VIRTUS and background checked chaperones (over the age of 21) to accompany students on the trip.
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Getting Familiar with Franciscan at Home
Recent Office Hour provided overview
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Our office hosted Dr. Bill Keimig, Assistant Director of the Catechetical Institute at Franciscan University of Steubenville who gave a very earnest explanation of how the Franciscan at Home tracts and workshops are much more than the average coursework for Catholic adult learning. In case you missed it, here is a link to the recorded Office Hour and several of the resources referenced during it.
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As subscribers to the Catechetical Institute, the Diocese (and all parishes therein; that's YOU!) are entitled to access a series of free webinars in support of catechtists, teachers, and leaders.
These are FREE webinars and all past recordings can be found HERE. You are welcome to share any of the webinars posted there.
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New Mental Health Webinar Series
First Up: October 18th at 10:30am
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Green Bay presents the 2022-2023 Mental Health Webinar Series. These are one-hour webinars addressing key issues facing the mental health of our students. Zoom link below. All webinars are at 10:30am and will be recorded. Series includes:
- October 18: "How Faith affects Mental Health" featuring Dcn. Jim Hoegemeier
- December 13: "Understanding Harm Reduction Strategies" featuring Jane DePrey, Hospital Sisters Health System
- February 7: "Mental Health and the Hispanic Community" featuring Sr. Therese Baptiste
- April 4: "Signs of Sex Trafficing" presenter TBA
This webinar series is for Catholic school teachers, principals, guidance counselors, campus ministers, youth ministers, catechetical leaders, and catechists.
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Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (CGS)
Local training sessions next summer
The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd is a Montessori-based religious formation program for children, beginning at the age of three and has been an approved curriculum in the Diocese of Green Bay for religious education of children from kindergarden to 4th grade since 2019.
These courses will ground the participant in the theory and praxis of CGS while also concretely preparing him/her to develop and facilitate an atrium, the sacred, "hands-on" space, for 3-6 year old children.
Questions? Point of Contact for CGS: Jenny Johns
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Looking for a Guest Speaker?
A Message from Taylor Geiger, Vocation Coordinator
As you help your students to grow and nurture the gift of faith that God has placed in their hearts, we know that questions about their futures arise. Our wonderful RE/YM programs help them to see that future with the eyes of faith and always encourage them to ask what God has in mind for their lives.
Our office is always here to help you in walking with your students to discern the voice of the Father and the movement of the Holy Spirit in their lives. We support you, firstly in our constant prayers for you, and secondly, we would love to be at your parish and with your students to speak more deeply into the areas of vocation, discernment, prayer, and the joy of a life lived with the Lord.
If you would like to invite us to speak to a classroom, a few students, or even the entire group, please do feel free to reach out to us. You can contact us via email/phone [links below]. Thank you for all that you do! Christ's Peace; The GB Vocations Office
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World Youth Day 2023
(Discernment Night October 7)
There is a small group in Menasha trying to promote World Youth Day (Lisbon, August 2023), and they are setting up a group to go! They're having a discernment night with Mass and an informational meeting on October 7th following 7pm Mass at St. John the Baptist Parish, Menasha.
Please share with all those you know might be interested; thank you! -- Bethany Doll, St. Mary & St. John the Baptist Parishes, Menasha
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Calendar
Upcoming dates you should know about.
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CLICK HERE TO SEE THE RE/YM CALENDAR FOR 2022-23
Dates to Keep in Mind:
Oct 1-Dec 1: Catholic Foundation Grant Application Window Open
Oct 7: Discernment Night: World Youth Day 2023 (see article above)
Oct 11: Worship Jesus Day of Retreat (by pastoral leader invitation only)
Oct 18: Mental Health Webinar (See article above)
Oct 20: (11:59pm) GBYC Registration slated to close
Oct 21-23: Rooted Weekend Experience for HSer's at Camp Tek
Oct 29-30: Theology of the Body in Spanish
Nov 1: RE Annual Report Launch Date
Nov 3: Rest, Renew, Restore
Nov 9: Vocations Fair for 8th Graders at Sacred Heart Parish, Appleton
Nov 12: GBYC at the Shrine!
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Resources
Studies, media, and materials to help you do what you do.
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Ignatius Press has gotten into the jigsaw puzzle business. They are currently featuring Fra Angelico's The Annunciation as a 1000 piece puzzle. See more.
October is World Mission Month and there are lots of ways to participate. The Diocese of Green Bay project booklet is one source, and there are mission speakers and many free resources available at the Catholic Foundation website, as will as CRS, and Missio.
Jared Drees, the Religion Teacher offers a myriad of Rosary worksheets, activities, videos. Read More.
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NCCL (National Community of Catechetical Leaders) has been transformed and continues its work as a community of catechetical leaders to creatively address the new challenges and opportunities facing the ministries of evangelization and catechesis in today's world. Membership, which is free, gives you access to services, resources and events to support you in your ministry through its new website. |
Share Your Wisdom!
Have a resource that you've found helpful in training staff or engaging students? Watched a video that deepened your faith and led you closer to Jesus?
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If you need anything; prayers, a listening ear, or other support, please do not hesitate to contact us. We appreciate ALL that you are doing to advance His kingdom!!
Maximus Cabey, Director
Child & Youth Faith Formation
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