E&C Newsletter

February 2023

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OUT OF RESPECT FOR OUR BISHOP EMERITUS, THE DIOCESAN PASTORAL CENTER WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY, JANUARY 30, IN ORDER TO ALLOW DIOCESAN STAFF TO ATTEND BISHOP CLARK'S FUNERAL.

CATECHIST FORMATION THE MASS

CATECHIST FORMATION THE MASS

Join us, and invite your catechists to join us, on MARCH 8 for conversations around "The Mass." Don will share some approaches to teaching about the Mass at various ages on the Zoom calls. During the Eucharistic Revival, a lot of focus has been on the importance of learning (or re-learning) about the Liturgy and the Eucharist. We will start with the basics that young children can grasp and work our way into deeper topics. From vocabulary to visuals - the opportunity to learn when it comes to the Mass is endless!


This workshop is geared primarily to catechists, but would benefit Children's Liturgy of the Word volunteers, Liturgy Committees, and parents preparing for First Communion. The workshop will be offered twice via ZOOM at 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM. Registration link can be found in the QUICK LINKS at the top of the page!

CATECHIST FORMATION THE MASS
WORD OF LIFE ZOOM CALL

WORD OF LIFE ZOOM CALL

Learn more about the text series and ask questions of the publishers!

March 9 at 2:00 PM

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Zoom Appointment Confirmation Details:
Date: Thursday, March 9,2023
Time: 2:00 pm EST
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WORD OF LIFE ZOOM CALL
EUCHARISTIC REVIVAL

EUCHARISTIC REVIVAL

The National Committee for the Eucharistic Revival is asking that every parish identify a Eucharistic Revival point person as we prepare for the parish year to begin in June of this year!

Please use the link below to send your point person's name and contact information to Leslie in the Office of E and C!

EUCHARISTIC REVIVAL
NATIONAL MARRIAGE WEEK IS February 7-14

NATIONAL MARRIAGE WEEK IS February 7-14

Find resources at the link below!
NATIONAL MARRIAGE WEEK IS February 7-14

TIP OF THE MONTH

From: Change it Up/Over 150 Catechetical Ideas to Add Variety to Your Lessons by Lee Danesco


In Chapter 2, Lee discusses ways to change your voice to accomplish various goals. For example, LOWER your voice to say key words in a prayer and RAISE your voice when reading a powerful Scripture passage. SLOW your speech to quote Jesus and SPEED UP your speech to build excitement, as appropriate! Regulating your speech using these methods, helps to draw attention to what you want the students to hear and engages their listening ears! Try changing up your voice when teaching your next class and observe how it helps to hold attention during your program!


For more ideas read Change it Up! This season's catechetical resource focus, available from our lending library!

BOOK RECOMMENDATION

BOOK RECOMMENDATION

Brilliant! 25 Catholic Scientists, Mathematicians, and Supersmart People written by David Michael Warren and illustrated by Jaclyn Warren and published by the Word on Fire Institute. This book, appropriate for elementary-age students and up, is filled with interesting biographies on the scientific work of St. Hildegard of Bingen, Father Christopher Clavius, Laura Bassi, Louis Braille, Father Georges Lemaitre, Father Gregor Mendel, Pope Francis and more! The introduction begins: "Have you heard these lies? You cannot be a true scientist and believe in God." Many of us have heard that same phrase in our ministries. This book gives you the tools to talk about the amazing work of Catholic Scientists and Mathematicians who are known as the "Father of Acoustics," the "Father of Modern Geology," the "First Female Professor of Physics," "Father of the Big Bang Theory," "Inventor," "Chemist," "Astronomer," "Environmentalist," and more! This is a great secondary resource to have in class for story time or to create interesting projects for the whole parish to view!
BOOK RECOMMENDATION

YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY UPDATE

UPCOMING YOUNG ADULT OPPORTUNITIES

PASSING THE TORCH: A SEASON OF CELEBRATION FOR MINISTRIES WITH YOUNG ADULTS

PASSING THE TORCH: A SEASON OF CELEBRATION FOR MINISTRIES WITH YOUNG ADULTS

In honor of the National Celebration of Ministry with Young Adults, the USCCB Secretariat of Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth, in collaboration with the National Advisory Team on Young Adult Ministry and the National Institute on Ministry with Young Adults, is hosting a two-part webinar series for those that minister with young adults. This two-part webinar series is open to anyone who works with young adults ages 18 to 39.


These webinars are an opportunity (in part one) to see where the Catholic Church’s ministries with young adults in their late teens, twenties, and thirties have come up to this point and its implications for our work today, and to celebrate the excellent work of the USCCB National Advisory Team on Young Adult Ministry, and (in part two) to see where the Church is going next and what new initiatives and opportunities are on the horizon for this ministerial area, and to preview what is coming soon from the brand new National Institute on Ministry with Young Adults.


  • Part 2- Thursday, January 26, 2023 (2:00 to 3:30 p.m.) | Register here.
  • Part 1- Recording | Click here.
PASSING THE TORCH: A SEASON OF CELEBRATION FOR MINISTRIES WITH YOUNG ADULTS

FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION & OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG ADULTS

CATHOLIC SCOUTING

FAITH FLIGHT- BEGINS IN FEBRUARY!

FAITH FLIGHT- BEGINS IN FEBRUARY!

A scout from McQuaid Jesuit High School has decided to work with the Diocese of Rochester Catholic Committee on Scouting to create a faith series for his Eagle Scout project. The Journey of Faith series will be a three-year series, which the Diocese of Rochester Catholic Committee on Scouting will take over after year one, that will engage scouts and their families in the National Eucharistic Revival. Scouts and their families will visit different faith communities within the Diocese of Rochester. Each visit will include attending Mass/participating in a prayer experience and learning more about what makes that community unique. More information including dates, locations, times, and registration for year one can be found at https://conta.cc/3TqRQQ7.
FAITH FLIGHT- BEGINS IN FEBRUARY!

YOUTH MINISTRY UPDATES

HANDS OF CHRIST CELEBRATIONS

HANDS OF CHRIST CELEBRATIONS

Tuesday, February 7, 2023 - 7:00 PM

St. Mary Our Mother, 816 W. Broad St., Horseheads, NY 14845


Wednesday, February 8, 2023 - 7:00 PM

Sacred Heart Cathedral, 296 Flower City Park, Rochester NY 14615


Thursday, February 9, 2023 - 7:00 PM

Sacred Heart Cathedral, 296 Flower City Park, Rochester NY 14615


Recipients must register online for the ceremony they wish to attend. The registration deadline is Tuesday, January 31.


As a part of the National Eucharistic Revival, there will be a brief period of Eucharistic Adoration to conclude each ceremony. Our office will provide some catechesis on Eucharistic Adoration through the letters sent to recipients, emails sent to families of the recipients ahead of the ceremonies, and during the ceremonies themselves. We kindly ask you prepare the families of your recipients for this special encounter with Christ!

HANDS OF CHRIST CELEBRATIONS

BRING YOUR TEENS TO SOURCE AND SUMMIT!

The deadline is quickly approaching for our Diocesan Eucharistic Revival TEEN RETREATS: SOURCE AND SUMMIT, offered at two locations in our diocese on March 4.

This is an excellent opportunity to engage your teens in a recommitment to the Eucharist, a better understanding of the Sacrament and to connect them to the wider diocese! Don't hesitate! Please share widely with teens in your parish!

FOR THE SOUTHERN TIER EVENT, CLICK HERE

FOR THE MONROE COUNTY EVENT, CLICK HERE

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EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS JANUARY 31!

The National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) is a powerfully unique three-day experience of prayer, community, evangelization, catechesis, service, and empowerment for Catholic teenagers (of high school age) and their adult chaperones. NCYC is the premiere Catholic youth event on a national scale that gathers people from all across America for a life-changing encounter with Christ.


Plans for the Diocese of Rochester's pilgrimage to NCYC 2023 (November 16-18 in Indianapolis, Indiana) were shared during a virtual meeting in November and another meeting in early January. Our NCYC 2023 Portal which contains a lot of information from the meetings and will be updated with new information often. If you missed the meetings, but your parish is interested in attending NCYC 2023, contact Mark at Mark.Capellazzi@dor.org.

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UPDATE ON 2023 NCYC NFCYM SCHOLARSHIPS- ANYONE INTERESTED IN BEING CONSIDERED FOR NCYC SCHOLARSHIP MONEY THROUGH NFCYM SHOULD COMPLETE THE APPLICATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SCHOLARSHIP DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE DURING SEVERAL DECISION PERIODS, WITH THE FIRST BEING AT THE END OF FEBRUARY.

Sacrament Corner

SACRAMENTAL SNIPPET

This one is from July 2021, but is a good reminder today. As we go deeper into a new year, it is worth reminding ourselves of these four points.
Sacramental Snippet -Clean Slate

RCIA REGISTRATIONS

Registration for the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion are still up. We need information before Lent. (I can't believe we're talking Lent and Easter already!) We use the registration to help us plan for that Rite, but also to help us report numbers to the USCCB and to generate the delegation letters you may need for Easter Vigil.



The registration can be found at: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=fh8zfumab&oeidk=a07ejigpnml762e984e. Please note that when you register, you will be directed to a confirmation page and receive a confirmation email. If you do not, this means we did not receive the registration, and you need to try again. Sometimes it is a matter of taking too long and the system timing out. If it continues to be an issue, email me.


An email went out to pastors and my RCIA list, but if you have someone new doing RCIA, please share with them.

CONFIRMATION RETREATS

A number of requests have come in asking if we know when other parishes are offering their Confirmation retreats so a candidate who has to miss their parish retreat can join another. We currently do not have such a list, but would LOVE to make one!


If you are open to others joining you (with prior notice, obviously), please email Don with dates & times, cost, and who to contact. Our preference would be that coordinators work with coordinators on behalf of parents when scheduling make-up retreats so that everyone is on the same page. Once I have the information, I will put together a list that can be shared.

SPRING 2023 CONFIRMATION SCHEDULE

The schedule for Spring Confirmations has gone out. If you did not get a copy, or need an updated one, please let Don know (donald.smith@dor.org).


If you need to make adjustments for individuals who are unable to celebrate on your parish's assigned date, please work through Don. I have already started making these adjustments, and the numbers on any given night have already changed.

What's New?

PARISH HAPPENINGS

PARISH HAPPENINGS

Welcome to Anne Marie Egan, who has started her role as the Catechetical Leader at St. John of Rochester in Fairport. We wish you all the best!


We also welcome Anselm Mesue as the Confirmation Coordinator at St. Paul's in Webster and wish him well!


Finally, we warmly welcome Silvia Parravano as the new Faith Formation Administrative Assistant at Holy Trinity in Webster!


PLEASE contact our office with news of transitions in your parish. We can be most effective in supporting your parish staff when we are aware of new hires, retirements and other transitions! We are also here to pray with and for you. So, please, let us know, when you need prayer warriors in your life!

PARISH HAPPENINGS
About us

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Leslie Barkin, Diocesan Director of the Office of Evangelization and Catechesis x1244

Contact for information on all newsletters, evangelization, training, consultation

Mark Capellazzi, Project Coordinator of Youth and Young Adult Ministry x1375

Contact for youth ministry/young adult or Catholic scouting consultation/website questions, Certification process

Don Smith, Coordinator of Sacramental Catechesis and Family Life x1243

Contact for Sacramental information, Fully Engaged, and DOR.Training questions

1150 Buffalo Road, Rochester, NY, USA 585-328-3228 oec.dor.org