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Volume 3, Number 6 January 4, 2022

CORRECTION! Applications for the Evangelization grants are due January 28 (not January 15as indicated on the application form.)

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ADULT CONFIRMATION

Sunday, February 20, 2022, 3 pm

Cathedral of St. Paul

Due to continuing concern over the surge in COVID – 19, the Office of Religious Education will not be holding its annual preparation retreat. We will offer a “mini Evening of Recollection” for candidates on Thursday, February 10 from 7 – 9 pm via ZOOM.

February 10^th is also the deadline for registering candidates for this ceremony. If your candidate(s) would like to participate in the ZOOM evening, please indicate this on the registration form and make sure we have their correct email address.

The registration form and more information about this ceremony for adults may be found on our website.

RITE OF ELECTION

Sunday, March 6, 2022, 3 pm

Cathedral of St. Paul

This is one of the required rites for catechumens (unbaptized). Again, due to rising concern over the spread of COVID, we have to remain flexible.

Traditionally, we have celebrated the combined rite on the First Sunday of Lent: The Rite of Election of Catechumens and the Call to Continuing Conversion of Candidates Who Are Preparing for Confirmation and/or Eucharist (previously baptized Catholics) or Reception into the Full Communion of the Catholic Church (validly baptized non-Catholics). Last year, due to the protocols around gathering (masking, sanitizing, social-distancing etc.) we only celebrated the Rite of Election.

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Please complete the short survey below so we will have a sense of how many catechumens and candidates we might have to accommodate.

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New ARE (Administrator of Religious Education) Course Starting Soon!

If you are a parish catechetical leader interested in developing skills necessary to effectively administer a parish religious education program, please consider joining our next ARE course.

This course will be online via Zoom beginning Saturday, January 15th and runs for a total of 5 Saturdays. Each session is 2.5 hours and runs from 1:00-3:30 pm. In late spring we will meet for one gathered session in the Chancery Building, Worcester. Date and time to be determined.

For only $95, you'll strengthen connections with our diocesan office, policies, and program. Among the topics included are time management, leadership style, budgeting, communication skills and scheduling. This course, in combination with Master Catechist certification, leads to diocesan certification as an ARE.

Darleen Farland will be the facilitator. Please contact her if you have any questions: dfarland@worcesterdiocese.org or 508-929-4317.

Register Here

Basic Catechist Training--2022

Last Chance to Register

for

Jan. 9 - Feb. 5--I Believe/We Believe (Creed)

Catechists can receive training in the comfort of their own home

through our online Basic Catechist Certification Courses,

offered through the Office of Religious Ed.

Click on link below for complete course schedule and registration.

Information & Registration

Please direct any questions to Mary Pat at: mheelan@worcesterdiocese.org