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Volume 2, Number 28 August 23, 2021
Please note: Fr. Echavarria is inviting participants to submit questions beforehand. Please email your questions to Elizabeth Marcil: emarcil@worcesterdiocese.org
Passport to Success Workshop
AUGUST 31st – 10 am to 2:30 pm
St. Mary of the Hills Parish, Boylston
St. Mary of the Hills Parish, Boylston
Canon Law – Part 2
Rev. Juan Echavarria, Presenter
Cost: $10
Please register by August 26th!
Even if you did not attend Part 1 in 2020, please consider joining us. Fr. Echavarria will review what was covered in that workshop. This will be our first ORE gathering since the COVID shut-down. Bishop McManus will be joining us for lunch. It will be good to see one another and meet some new catechetical leaders who joined us during the pandemic!
Catechist Training, Fall, 2021
- Introduction to the Ministry of the Catechist--October, 2021--3 sessions
- Echoes Emmaus Online--Liturgy & Sacraments, September 19 - October 16
- Echoes Emmaus Online--Catholic Morality, October 24 - November 20
- Advent Catechist Retreat--Date and Location TBA
While we were grateful to have had online training opportunities available during the height of the pandemic, we are happy to announce that we will begin offering in-person courses this fall.
The first course--Introduction to the Ministry of the Catechist--begins on Saturday, October 2nd at St. Cecilia Parish in Leominster. This is a 3-part course which will include sessions on October 7th and October 14th. It is not necessary to attend all 3 sessions at one time. Further information is available by clicking on the course dates above.
How can we help the very young child grow in his/her relationship with Jesus, the Good Shepherd? One way is to bring Catechesis of the Good Shepherd to your parish or school. Level I Catechesis of the Good Shepherd helps the young child ages 3-6 enter into a personal, intimate relationship with Jesus. It seeks to create a sacred space for children in which both the children and their catechists can hear, ponder and celebrate the most essential mysteries of our Catholic faith as revealed in Scriptures and the Liturgy. This leads little children, their catechists and quite often their entire families to come to a deep appreciation for the sacraments and above all, the Eucharist
Pastors and Catechetical Leaders
You are invited to participate in meetings our office has scheduled throughout the diocese in September to introduce the new safe environment curriculum, Circle of Grace. At this meeting you will receive the new materials for this program along with materials relating to the updated student inventories. We are now taking registrations and are looking forward to seeing you at one of these meetings.
PRAE Event Rescheduled
PRAE – Parish Renewal and Evangelization Committee has rescheduled the previously postponed workshop.They will now be sponsoring this FREE Zoom workshop on Tuesday, November 9, 2021 from 6:45-9 pm
Presenter: Allan F. Wright
Topic: Help ‘Missing’ Catholics Come Home to Jesus and the Mass.
For more information and to register, see attachments.
Presenter: Allan F. Wright
Topic: Help ‘Missing’ Catholics Come Home to Jesus and the Mass.
For more information and to register, see attachments.
TeamRCIA.com is a FREE online resource for Catholic parishes and dioceses that want to form Christians for life. They provide accessible and relevant resources through articles and conversations that can enhance your RCIA and evangelization efforts. Please click on their link to learn what they have to say about the importance of the role of a sponsor in the RCIA process.
