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H OME S TUDY P ROGRAM G RADES 4 TO 9 C ONNECTING W ITH F AMILIES o Email is the first means of reaching families, so please let the office know when an email address changes. o Phone. We call periodically, including when classes are cancelled on

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HOME STUDY PROGRAM GRADES 4 TO 9

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CONNECTING WITH FAMILIES

  • Email is the first means of reaching families, so please let the office

know when an email address changes.

  • Phone. We call periodically, including when classes are cancelled on

short notice. Please insure faith formation has all new/changed phone numbers, including those of emergency contacts.

  • Text to 716-812-8063. Please introduce yourself so I know with

whom I’m texting.

  • Go to SSPP parish website, choose Faith Formation tab from the bar

at top of the page, scroll down Faith Formation page.

  • Link to Faith Formation Web Page:

http://www.sspeterandpaulhamburg.org/79

  • What Faith Formation no longer uses: physical mail, which has

become too expensive and labor intensive.

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THE TEXTBOOKS GRADES 4 - 8

 Finding God by Loyola

Press (www.loyolapress.com/f inding-god-2013.htm)

 This series is a

catechetical approach to teaching

 Catechetical = teaching by

question and answer

 versus…

 Pflaum Gospel Weeklies

which are a lectionary approach

 Lectionary = based on

weekly Gospel reading

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THE TEXTBOOK GRADE 9

 Chosen by Ascension Press

(http://shop.ascensionpre ss.com/t/category/study- programs/chosen/confirm ation-preparation)

 A media-based course of

study, with integrated written materials.

 All videos available online.  Also a catechetical, or

teaching, approach.

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FINDING GOD LIST OF TEXTBOOKS BY GRADE

 Grade 4: Blessed Are The Poor

 Beatitudes & the Ten

Commandments

 Grade 5: The Bread of Life

 Sacraments & Worship

 Grade 6: I Am Who Am

 The Old Testament

 Grade 7: This Is My Beloved

Son

 Jesus Christ

 Grade 8: You Are The Chosen

People

 Church History

 1 Unit has 5 Sessions.  Each Session Includes:

 Engage in family prayer  Explore the faith  Reflect on God’s calling  Respond to God’s

invitation

 5th Session highlights

the Mass & the Liturgical Year

FINDING GOD SAMPLE APPROACH TO A SESSION

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FINDING GOD— HOW THE PORTAL WORKS

 Complete a session in the

student workbook each week. Leave time for enrichment activities and review exercises

http://www.loyolapress.c

  • m/faith-

formation/finding- god/finding-god- 2013/parents-and- students/resources/resou rces/

  • Click on grade level 4 thru 8
  • Click on the appropriate

unit for PDF outline of At- Home-Edition lesson guides

 For each weekly session, complete

the interactive session review

  • Review the Online Study Guide

before completing the Interactive Session Review

  • Include your name on each

Interactive Session Review so we know whose it is

  • When the Interactive Session

Review is finished, email scores to faith-formation@sspphamburg.org Loyola Press web tech support 773-281-1818, ext. 361, or email websupport@loyolapress.com .

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FINDING GOD— STEP-BY-STEP USING THE PORTAL

Step #1 Go to Saints Peter and Paul parish website. http://www.sspeterandpaulhamburg.org/ Step #2 Select Faith Formation tab, three in from the right. Step #3 Select “Faith Formation” drop down to reach the Faith Formation page. http://www.sspeterandpaulhamburg.org/79 Step #4 Scroll down to the Home Study section, half way down the Faith Formation page. Step #5 Using Grade 6 Home Study as an example, click on the first link under the Home Study Resources Heading. This link takes you to the general Loyola website for their Finding God series (http://www.loyolapress.com/faith-formation/finding-

god/finding-god-2013), which provides an explanation

  • f the overall program.

Step #6 Now click on either the first “Grade 6” or the second link, “Click HERE”, under the Grade 6

  • line. Either link takes students and parents to the

grade 6 study portion of the Loyola portal, where enrichment, review and assessment materials are located. (http://www.loyolapress.com/faith- formation/finding-god/finding-god-2013/parents- and-students/resources/resources/grade-6), Step #7 The Loyola Finding God portal includes enrichment materials to use after completing textbook exercises and before taking the online

  • assessment. Enrichment materials include games,

family activities, prayers and teaching guide for parents. Step #8 The assessment is the link in the leftmost column of the Loyola portal. Take the assessment as the last step of study for each session. Step #9 Please put student’s name on each

  • assessment. Please email assessments to faith-

formation@sspphamburg.org

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From: <koneel@ascensionpress.com> Date: Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 10:01 AM Subject: You’re Ready to Invite Participants to Join Your Study To: faith-formation@sspphamburg.org Email these instructions to your participants Dear Participant, I am excited to extend an invitation for you to participate in Chosen: Your Journey Toward Confirmation. Please review the following information and contact me with any questions you may have. Study Details

  • Ss. Peter and Paul Church

Chosen: Your Journey Toward Confirmation 1/1/2017 7:00pm INVITE CODE: 5TJG1Y To Register: 1. Click or copy and paste this link into your browser: https://study.ascensionpress.com/redeem 2. Enter our study’s Invite Code: 5TJG1Y 3. Enter your name and email address and click “Redeem Invite.” 4. You will be asked to either sign in to your existing account or create a new one, which is free and only requires you to add a password. NOTE: You will only use this link one time to redeem your code. Once you are registered, follow the directions below to access your

  • study. Be sure to only redeem your invite code one time and only with one email address.

To Access Your Study: 1. Click here to login to your Ascension account. You can also copy and paste this link into your browser: https://study.ascensionpress.com/signin. 2. Your name will appear at the top of the page. Hover your mouse over your name and then click “My Dashboard.” 3. On your Dashboard, click “Studies I’m Taking” and select your study.

CHOSEN— HOW THE ASCENSION PORTAL WORKS

 To view videos, follow instructions below to sign up for the “study” on the

Ascension website.

Ascension Press web tech support 800-376-0520, option 2, ext. 415 or email digital@ascensionpress.com

  • r support@ascensionpress.com .

 Complete a session in the student workbook each week. Leave time to view

streaming videos at http://evangelization.com/

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FINDING GOD— SCHEDULE OF SESSIONS TO

BE COMPLETED FOR GRADES 4-8

1.

October 2

2.

October 9

3.

October 16

4.

October 23

5.

October 30

6.

November 6

7.

November 13

8.

November 20

9.

December 4

10.

December 11

11.

December 18

12.

January 8

13.

January 15

13.

January 22

14.

January 29

15.

February 5

16.

February 12

17.

February 26

18.

March 5

19.

March 12

20.

March 19

21.

March 26

22.

April 9

23.

April 16

24.

April 23

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CHOSEN— SCHEDULE OF SESSIONS

TO BE COMPLETED FOR GRADE 9

1.

October 2

2.

October 9

3.

October 16

4.

October 23

5.

October 30

6.

November 6

7.

November 13

8.

November 20

9.

December 4

10.

December 11

11.

December 18

12.

January 8

13.

January 15

13.

January 22

14.

January 29

15.

February 5

16.

February 12

17.

February 26

18.

March 5

19.

March 12

20.

March 19

21.

March 26

22.

April 9

23.

April 16

24.

April 23

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HOME STUDY COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

  • Attend Advent Penance:
  • Monday December 18 @ 7 pm in the Church.
  • Christmas Caroling at Creek Bend Heights Senior

Apartments Saturday Dec 2 @ 10 am

  • Attend Lenten Penance:
  • Date TBD; however it will be the date of the parish

penance.

  • Attend mass weekly. Mass reflection sheets are

for grades 6-9, several sentences about the homily or Gospel for the week. Return folded in collection plate or to Faith Formation office.

  • Community service.
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GROWING AND SHARING FAITH

  • Share faith as a community
  • Express faith through community service

to others*

  • Prayer life and attending Mass*

* A note about community service and Mass reflection sheets.

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MORE ON COMMUNITY SERVICE

Service is a tenet of Catholic Social Teaching and has biblical roots. It’s also a way to meet others, enjoy new experiences, and form a sense of community. Most of the work done at a parish is done by volunteers! Community service for youth helps families see how a parish works.

Service for faith formation is parish-focused. That means it is one of these things: part of a parish ministry, on the parish campus, or an activity the parish sponsors or organizes. Parish-focused service doesn’t require every activity to take place here at SSPP.

Middle school students perform eight hours of service yearly. High school students perform ten hours of service each year.

There are many ways to find out about community service opportunities. This calendar is only one

  • way. Watch for emails from Jeremy and Sarah. Read the bulletin. Make a regular commitment to

a ministry (altar servers, catechist helpers, youth choir, greeters).

Please turn in service sheets by the end of the faith formation class year. Turning them in as you complete your service is even better. If you would like to use service at SSPP for school, NHS, Scouts, please let us know, we are happy to sign off for you.

All service opportunities on this calendar are by sign up to faith-formation@sspphamburg.org Often activities have limits on the number of participants and some are parent/child

  • pportunities.
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CALENDAR OF COMMUNITY SERVICE THROUGH FAITH FORMATION

October

Monday Oct 9 Columbus Day - Community Service at Response to Love.

Saturday Oct 14 class grades 1-5 @ 9 am – 11 am. Care for Creation activity day in Cafeteria. Community service opportunity.

Sunday Oct 15 class grades 1-5 @ 10:15 am – noon. Care for Creation activity day in Cafeteria. Community service opportunity.

November

Saturday Nov 4 Joint YM/FF Poinsettia Sale ordering begins, for community service visits to residents of Elderwood Lakewood and Elderwood Rosewood assisted living and nursing home.

Saturday Nov 11 Parish Ministry Fair and community service opportunity before and after 4 pm mass.

Sunday Nov 12 Parish Ministry Fair and community service opportunity before and after all masses (7:30 am, 9:15 am, 10:45 am, 12:15 pm, & 5 pm)

Tuesday Nov 21 - Community Service at Elderwood.

Sunday Nov 26 - Community Service at South Buffalo Community Table.

  • Monday Nov 27 class grades 6-8 @ 7 pm – 8:30 pm. Last day to order poinsettias for Elderwood community service visits.

December

Saturday Dec 2 Joint YM/FF Poinsettia Sale pick up for community service visits to residents of Elderwood Lakewood and Elderwood Rosewood assisted living and nursing home.

Sunday Dec 3 Joint YM/FF Poinsettia Sale pick up for community service visits to residents of Elderwood Lakewood and Elderwood Rosewood assisted living and nursing home.

Sunday Dec 10 Community service caroling, tree decorating, gift wrapping at Elderwood Rosewood @ 11:30 to 1 pm.

Christmas break Tuesday Dec 19 through Saturday Jan 6.

Wednesday Dec 27 - Community Service at South Buffalo Community Table.

Thursday Dec 28 - Community Service at South Buffalo Community Table.

During break service at Harvest House, date TBD.

January

Monday Jan 15 Martin Luther King Day - Community Service at South Buffalo Community Table.

February

Monday Feb 19 Presidents Day - Community Service at Elderwood. Community Service at Response to Love.

March

March 26 – March 30. Holy Week of Service for grades 6 – 10. Locations include South Buffalo Community Table, Response to Love, Harvest House, Habitat for Humanity.

April

Wednesday April 4 - Community Service at South Buffalo Community Table

Wednesday April 11 Community Service weed and mulch parish grounds – begins and runs throughout April.

May

Saturday May 12 Mothers Day hanging basket sale before and after 4 pm mass. Community service opportunity.

Sunday May 13 Mothers Day hanging basket sale before and after all masses (7:30 am, 9:15 am, 10:45 am, 12:15 pm, 5 pm) Community service opportunity.

June

Monday June 4 Confirmation @ 7 pm. 9th grade students and families host reception after Confirmation. Community service opportunity.

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CHANGES ON THE HORIZON

  • Updated Diocesan curriculum rolls out.
  • Offer an option of small group,

family/multi-generational faith formation classes.

  • Classroom option will remain for Sunday.
  • Surveys were used in the past and were

very helpful. We’ll use them again.

  • Focus group and then a design team.
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HOME STUDY AGREEMENT

 Expectations that must be met to participate in the

home study program.

 The Faith Formation office calls families of students who fall

three sessions behind in the Home Study Program

 Enrollment of students in regular classroom instruction may

be requested if students aren’t keeping sessions current

 Participation in Advent and Lenten Penances is required  Perform eight hours community service for grades 6-8 and

ten hours community service for grade 9. Turn in completed community service sheet(s) to the Faith Formation office

 Attend Mass weekly and turn in completed mass reflection

sheets for grades 6-9. Mass reflection sheets may be folded and placed in collection plate or turned in to Faith Formation office

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FAITH FORMATION OFFICE SCHEDULE

Faith Formation

Office Hours Monday 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tuesday 11:00 am – 6:00 pm Wednesday Closed Thursday Closed Friday Closed Saturday 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Sunday 10:00 am – 12:30 pm & 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm

FAITH FORMATION WORK SCHEDULE

Monday 2 pm - 9 pm Tuesday 11 am - 6 pm Wednesday - off Thursday - off Friday 10 am - 4 pm Saturday 8 am - 1 pm Sunday 9 am - 9 pm