Saint Rita Catholic Church
Faith Formation
NEWSLETTER August, 2010 Vol. 3, no. 1
We are so blessed to be entering our fifth year of Growing In Faith Together. By encompassing all the generations of our parish and focusing on lifelong faith formation, we have been able to help our adults to further develop their own Catholic identity as well as empowering the parents to be able to live out the vow they made to be their child's primary catechist through Baptism. Our goal is to help our families to live and experience their faith together with their children.
Our theme for for the 2010-2011 year is:
ACTING FOR JUSTICE: FOLLOWING JESUS
Our 2010 -2011 year of GIFT Events will be focused on Justice, Peace and our Catholic Social Teaching. Our faith calls us to incorporate these teachings into our lifelong commitment to serve the Lord while serving others.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops states "Our faith calls us to work for justice; to serve those in need; to pursue peace; and to defend the life, dignity, and rights of all of our sisters and brothers. This is the call of Jesus, the challenge of the prophets, and the living tradtion of our Church."
We will be having our Parent Meetings on:
Tues. - September 7th for our Tuesday GIFT families
OR
Wed. - September 8th for our Sunday GIFT Families
Both meetings will be held from 6:30pm to 8:00pm
in the Church Building
(Please only attend one of the above meetings.)
After the general meeting, there will be short meeting for parents who have children receiving a Sacrament this year as well as the parents of those in First Grade and/or Level 1 - First Eucharist and the parents of those in Seventh and Eighth Grade.
We expect all of our families to commit to at least one area in which to volunteer with our Faith Formation Events. click here to see how you can become involved
We are asking our families to complete and submit your 2010-2011 Registration forms by August 31, 2010. If you have any questions or concerns about this, please do not hesitate to contact us at 795-4321. We are always happy to assist you in any way possible. Please make sure we have your updated e-mail address as we will be
e-mailing our notices and updates to our families as part of our conservation program. (Go Green!)
Our Kickoff Parishwide Festival will be held on:
Friday, September 24th thru Sunday September 26th
All of our families are encouraged to buy a Brick for the Walk of Faith area within the Church Pavilion. You and your family will be able to design your own brick which will become part of the permanent walkway for our Parish. click here for more information
Did you know that we have online courses for our Catechists and anyone else interested in further study of our catechesis? click here for further information
We pray that God will bless you and your family as we continue on our journey of Growing In Faith Together, striving to learn more as one faith community while responding to the social issues that affect others as well as our own community.
PLEASE PRAY DAILY AS A FAMILY.
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