E&C Newsletter
July 2021
Quicklinks:
Year of St. Joseph Dad Jokes
Why couldn't Jonah trust the ocean?
Upcoming Events
RECALIBRATE: COURSE DAY AUGUST 12
In June, we gathered to refuel. This August 12, join us for a day of courses to recalibrate and set the course for ministering in the future. The dictionary definition of recalibrate is: "a fresh point of reference to recalibrate the navigation system" and while it pertains to cars, it couldn't make more sense as we look at the year(s) ahead. Join us. We will gather for the day at St. Patrick's Church in Victor; attend the whole day for 5 credit hours toward certification or ongoing professional development or attend a few courses that fit your need and schedule. It will be a day well spent!
See the flyer below for more information!
Deanery Meetings to RESTART in September
Thursday Meetings with E&C
** We are going to take a break from Zoom meetings in July! We will go back to our regular schedule of two Thursday's a month, in August!
JULY 25 is the first World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly Proclaimed by Pope Francis!
Getting Back on Track
During the last 18 months of the pandemic, we, as a community of faith formation staff have worked hard to update catechetical methods to meet the changing needs of those we serve. The dedication to this professional development on behalf of the field has been admirable.
As we move forward to meeting less with one another on Zoom, and re-establishing more regular patterns on our ministerial life, it is also important for us to get back to formalizing our own professional development. Over the summer months we will be contacting you to see where you stand in your professional development and begin, with you, a file to track that ongoing formation. Please be reminded that every catechetical leader's goal should be to achieve either certification or an academic degree in an appropriate field of study that supports your role as a catechetical leader. We are also taking many steps to help you form your catechists and make that part of your job description both more accessible and less taxing. Below you will see a PDF form that we ask you fill out and send into us by the end of the summer. This form will enable us to send your catechists monthly training through the new ECHO newsletter that will launch September 1. It will also give us an opportunity to celebrate achievements among your catechists and allow them to feel that they are part of the greater field of catechists working around our twelve counties to build the Church in the Diocese of Rochester. We look forward to beginning a more formal journey of the Ministry of Catechist with all of you; these are exciting times to make positive changes in our programs and parishes! Please be assured that the form isn't a way to check up on your and see whether or not your catechists have been appropriately trained. It is, instead, a way for us to gauge a starting point and plan for us to help all parishes throughout the diocese get the training resources that are most needed; we are here to support YOU!
Looking at What's Out There
Interesting Summer Programming Idea
The Domestic Church Project
Young Adult Ministry Update
Young Adult Mentoring for Mission
Wednesday, July 21 at 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, July 24 at 10:00 a.m.
St. Boniface Convent
The Sisters of St. Joseph and some great ministry leaders are looking to create a new young adult community rooted in mentoring and mission! The goal is to build relationships with young adults around the work of justice in the world. You are invited to share your input during one of the conversations being held about this new initiative. Please also extend this invitation to any young adults you may know who might be interested.
20s/30s Ministry: A Guide for Parishes
CALLED & GIFTED- THIS SUMMER!
YOUTH MINISTRY UPDATES
NCYC
Sunday, November 14
Parish of the Holy Family (Gates)
2:00 p.m. (will conclude at 5:00 p.m. with Mass)
-Work has begun on the NCYC guide for parishes. The guide will include opportunities being offered by parishes during the conference and resources for how to engage young people in the NCYC experience.
-Diocesan virtual participation ticket packages are on sale! The cost ($150 per person) of the package includes the NCYC virtual participation ticket (at member pricing), kick-off gathering admission, and diocesan NCYC gear. Click here for more information.
-Our fourth NCYC committee meeting was held in late June. A recording of the committee meeting can be found here.
We continue to ask parishes to complete the RSVP/questionnaire by clicking the button below! This will help us plan the kick-off gathering, put together the parish resource guide, and put other participant items (i.e. swag) together.
An Important Resource from the USCCB
What's New?
Parish Happenings
- Best wishes to all our priests in their new assignments!
- Best wishes to Jeanne Pavlina and Yolanda Nunez who will be retiring from their roles as Faith Formation Coordinators!
- A big welcome to Emily Kwiatkowski who has joined the staff at Peace of Christ Parish and will be serving as the Director of Catechetical Programs and Youth Ministry!
- Best of Luck to Melissa Mang who is joining the staff at St. Lawrence in Greece as Director of Faith Formation!
- Welcome back to Mary Ann Kozak who will be serving as Faith Formation Coordinator at Holy Cross and Saint Anthony and Andra Benson who will serve as Faith Formation Coordinator for All Saints in the North East Tompkins County Roman Catholic parishes!
- Best wishes to Rich Rasmussen in his new role as Director of Multi-Parish Faith Formation at Immaculate Conception and St. Catherine of Siena in Ithaca!
We'd like to know about transitions in your parish. If you have retirements, etc. or new hires, please contact our office! Do you have something you'd like our Faith Formation community to know about? Share it and we can post it here!
New in Our Lending Library!
Roads
Great tool to talk about where you've come from (maybe processing the Pandemic?) and where you are going (discussion on discernment?)
Team Work & Team Play
Cards include puzzle solving, this or that, BIG questions, gathering games and thoughts for the day
Crowd Words Book and Game Set
Here are 10 ways to use The Family Zone newsletter in your formation ministry during the Month of July!
- Encourage a virtual field trip to look at statues of St. Joseph that have canonical coronations. Then, encourage families to create their own statues of St. Joseph as a summer project and create a gallery of images they make! (July 11)
- Have a summer story hour on the lawn, with one of the children’s books on inclusivity. Then, provide some “welcome back to church” activities. (July 11)
- Build community at Mass by creating a nametag Sunday, a greet your neighbor opportunity or lemonade outside after Mass to socialize. (July 11)
- Host a campfire night and provide time for silent listening and prayer. (July 11)
- Invite families to paint a rock with a cheerful phrase of welcome and create a rock walkway for parishioners to allow them to feel the warmth of your welcome (July 11)
- Create a Grandparent celebration complete with story time and story telling (choose a book from the list to share then invite grandparents to share their own stories from childhood). (July 25)
- Encourage kids to find the three items in the Mass connection section to win a prize! (July 25)
- Invite parishioners to write their own summer prayer like the Warmth of Summer Sun and post them in the bulletin or online to let the voices of the parish be shared and create community (July 25)
- Encourage families to travel to the Our Lady of Victory National Shrine and Basilica. Create a scavenger hunt for families to explore on their own. You can use the 3D tour on their website to create the scavenger hunt or visit it yourself 😊(July 25)
- Have kids in the parish use the interview list to find out more about their grandparents or an elderly friend. Share the wisdom in an online or printed gallery! (July 25)
Social Media Crash Course
https://www.catholicapostolatecenter.org/social-media-crash-course.html
New in Social Media Posts
Get ready for the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly with our new posts
Explore the Saints throughout the summer with these posts
Challenge families to engage as they head back to Mass with these posts
You can click on the information circle or the three dots on your phone to get a caption that can be used when posting many of the images!
Don't forget the social media posts for the Year of St. Joseph and the Year of the Family here.
New on Pinterest
NEW boards on Sacred Art, Shrines and Pilgrimages, and Church Architecture
New on YouTube playlists
We've got new videos in our playlists on:
Catechist Formation
Changing Course in a Post-Pandemic Church
Leadership
Catholic Grandparenting
New in the SharePoint
Grandparents Day resources
https://dioceseofrochester.sharepoint.com/e&c/SitePages/Home.aspx
New on our Website
We have updated our Evangelization Tab. Follow the link to explore changes to many categories under Evangelization including Grandparents, Men's and Women's Conferences, Post COVID Evangelization resources, and Lay Ministry. Is your staff working hard to welcome people back into active and in-person participation in the Mass? Our Evangelization page is a good starting point!
Going, Going, Gone!
Son of the Living God
From OSV
Spiritual Rx
by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
God's Quad
by Kevin Ahern
To Whom Shall we Go?
by Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan
The Spirit Sets us Free
Sacramental Catechesis for Confirmation
DVD from the Sadlier Sacrament ProgramSoul of My Soul
by Catherine de Hueck Doherty
Desconocida Bendicion
DVD from Rev. Robert E. Barron
Dante The First Renaissance Man
DVD by Malcolm Hossick
We Believe: Grade 2
We have:
- Catechist Guide (Also a bilingual edition)
- Parish Edition
- Workbook (Also a bilingual edition)
- Family Book
- Review and Resource book
- Leaders Guide
We Believe: Grade 3
We have:
- Catechist guide
- Parish Edition
- Workbook (Also a bilingual edition)
We Believe: Grade 5
We have:
- Catechist guide
- Parish Edition
- Workbook (Also a bilingual edition)
We Believe: Grade 6
We have:
- Catechist guide
- Parish Edition
- Workbook (Also a bilingual edition)
We Live Our Faith, Volume II
We have:
-Workbook (English and Spanish)
- Guide (English and Spanish)
The Church Through History
From OSV
We have a workbook and Teacher Manual
Morality
Vocation
From OSV
We have a workbook and Teacher Manual
RCL Benziger: Be My Disciples
-Program Resource on DVD
-Life in Christ Jesus: Workbook and Catechist Edition
- Christ in the New Testament: Work book and Catechist Edition
-Our Catholic Heritage: Level 1 and Level 2 Workbooks
Be My Disciples
- Catechist Guide
- Parish Guide
- Assessment Tools
- Additional Activities
Be my Disciples
-Catechist Guide
- Parish Guide
- Assessment Tools
- Additional Activities
Be my Disciples
- Catechist Guide
- Parish Guide
- Assessment Tools
- Additional Activities
Be my disciples
- Catechist Guide
- Parish Guide
- Assessment Tools
- Additional Activities
Blest are we
- Workbook
- Catechist Guide
Blest are we
- Workbook
- Catechist Guide
Blest are we
- Workbook
- Catechist Guide
Everyday Epiphanies
Become One Body, One Spirit in Christ
DVD From the USCCB
Guided Meditations for Advent, Christmas, New Year and Epiphany
Year of St. Joseph Dad joke ANSWER:
About us
Katey Bourne, Project Coordinator of Evangelization and Catechesis x1492
Mark Capellazzi, Project Coordinator of Youth and Young Adult Ministry x1375
Don Smith, Coordinator of Sacramental Catechesis and Family Life x1243
Email: katey.bourne@dor.org
Website: oec.dor.org
Location: 1150 Buffalo Road, Rochester, NY, USA
Phone: 585-328-3228