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HOME STUDY PROGRAM
GRADES 4 TO 91
CONNECTING WITH FAMILIES
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 short notice. Please insure faith formation has all new/changed phone numbers, including those of emergency contacts.
o Text to 716-812-8063. Please introduce yourself so I know with whom I’m texting.
o Go to SSPP parish website, choose Faith Formation link at top of the home page, scroll down Faith Formation page.
o Link to Faith Formation Web Page: https://sspphamburg.org/faith-formation
o What Faith Formation no longer uses: physical mail, which has become too expensive and labor intensive.
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TEXTBOOKS GRADES 4 - 8 Finding God by Loyola
Press (www.loyolapress.com/finding-god-2013.htm) This series is a
catechetical approach to teaching Catechetical = teaching by
question and answer
and… A spiral approach to
learning Spiral = repetition of ideas
and information builds knowledge over time.
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TEXTBOOK GRADE 9
Chosen by Ascension Press (http://shop.ascensionpress.com/t/category/study-programs/chosen/confirmation-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 MAIN
SUBJECTS 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
Each 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 LOYOLA PORTAL WORKS
Complete a session in the student workbook each week. Leave time for enrichment activities and review exercises
http://www.loyolapress.com/faith-formation/finding-god/finding-god-2013/parents-and-students/resources/resources/ 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 [email protected]
Loyola Press web tech support 773-281-1818, ext. 361, or email [email protected] . 6
FINDING GOD— STEP-BY-STEP USING THE PORTAL
Step #1 Go to Saints Peter and Paul parish website.
https://sspphamburg.org/
Step #2 Select Faith Formation link at top of page,
three in from the right.
Step #3 Here is the direct link to the Faith
Formation page,
https://sspphamburg.org/faith-formation
Step #4 Scroll down to the Home Study Program
Resources section, half way down the Faith
Formation page.
Step #5 Using Grade 6 Home Study as an example,
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,
(http://www.loyolapress.com/faith-
formation/finding-god/finding-god-2013/parents-
and-students/resources/resources/grade-6),
which provides study guides and session reviews.
Step #6 The link for parents and families!
(https://www.loyolapress.com/faith-formation/finding-god/finding-god-2013/parents-and-students). Here parents will find enrichment materials, and can sign up for various Finding God E-newsletters, (https://www.loyolapress.com/faith-formation/finding-god/finding-god-2013/finding-god-e-newsletters).
Step #8 The assessment is the link in the leftmost column of the grade level portal. Take the assessment as the last step of study for each session.
Step #9 Please put student’s name on each assessment.
Step #10 Email assessments to [email protected]
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CHOSEN— HOW THE ASCENSION PORTAL WORKS
Access to the online videos is via families’ emails, which I will enter into the Ascension portal.
Ascension Press web tech support 800-376-0520, option 2, ext. 415 or email [email protected] [email protected] .
Complete a session in the student workbook each week. Leave time to view streaming videos at http://evangelization.com/
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Additional Resources, free and downloadable: http://confirmationstudy.com/confirmation-downloads/
FINDING GOD — SCHEDULE OF SESSIONS BY
DATE FOR GRADES 4 - 8
1. October 152. October 22 3. October 294. October 305. November 56. November 197. November 268. December 39. December 1010. December 1711. January 712. January 1413. January 28
14. February 4
15. February 11
16. February 25
17. March 4
18. March 11
19. March 18
20. March 25
21. April 1
22. April 8
23. April 15
24. April 29
25. May 6
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CHOSEN — SCHEDULE OF SESSIONS BY DATE
FOR GRADE 9
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1. October 152. October 22 3. October 294. October 305. November 56. November 197. November 268. December 39. December 1010. December 1711. January 712. January 1413. January 28
14. February 4
15. February 11
16. February 25
17. March 4
18. March 11
19. March 18
20. March 25
21. April 1
22. April 8
23. April 15
24. April 29
25. May 6
HOME STUDY COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Attend Advent Penance:
o Monday December 17 @ 7 pm in the Church.
Christmas Caroling at Creek Bend Heights Senior Apartments & Elderwood Rosewood Saturday Dec 1 @ 10 am
Attend Lenten Penance:
o Monday April 8 @ 7 pm in the Church.
Attend mass weekly. Mass reflection sheets are for grades 4 - 9, several sentences about the homily or Gospel for the week. Return folded in collection plate or to Faith Formation office.
Parish-focused community service for grades 6 - 9. 11
FAITH SHARING
o Share faith as a community
o Express faith through community service
to others*
o Prayer life and attending Mass*
* A note about community service and Mass reflection sheets.
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 ten hours of service yearly.
There are many ways to find out about community service opportunities. This calendar is only one way. Watch for emails from Sarah. Read the bulletin – it’s available online, on the parish website, even if you aren’t at mass. Would families like the bulletin emailed to them weekly? 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 (June 30). 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 [email protected] activities have limits on the number of participants and some are family (parent/child) opportunities. 13
CALENDAR OF COMMUNITY SERVICE THROUGH FAITH FORMATION September
Saturday Sept 29 Family Community Service @ 9 am - noon, Hamburg Sanctuary clean up with SSPP Care for Creation Committee.
October
Monday Oct 8 Columbus Day @ 9 am to noon. Community Service at Response to Love.
Saturday Oct 27 class grades 1-5 @ 9 am – 11 am. Care for Creation activity day in Cafeteria. Community service opportunity.
Sunday Oct 28 class grades 1-5 @ 10:15 am – noon. Care for Creation activity day in Cafeteria. Community service opportunity.
November
Monday Nov 12 Veterans Day - Community Service at Response to Love @ 9 - noon.
Saturday Nov 17 Joint YM/FF Poinsettia Sale ordering begins, for community service visits to residents of Elderwood Lakewood and Elderwood Rosewood assisted living and nursing home.
Sunday Nov 18 Joint YM/FF Poinsettia Sale ordering begins, for community service visits to residents of Elderwood Lakewood and Elderwood Rosewood assisted living and nursing home.
Friday Nov 23 Community Service at Elderwood Rosewood.
• Monday Nov 26 Last day to order poinsettias for Elderwood community service visits.
December
Saturday Dec 1 Joint YM/FF Poinsettia Sale pick up for community service visits to residents of Elderwood Lakewood and Elderwood Rosewood assisted living and nursing home. Christmas caroling @ 10 am at Creek Bend Heights for Saturday elementary classes and Home School families. Caroling, tree decorating, gift wrapping at Elderwood Rosewood @ 11:30 to 1 pm.
Sunday 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.
Saturday Dec 1 Community service caroling at Creek Bend Heights @ 10:30 and community service caroling, tree decorating, gift wrapping at Elderwood Rosewood @ 11:30 to 1 pm.
During Christmas break community service at Harvest House, date TBD.
Saturday Dec 29 Three Kings Pageant in Church @ 2 and party in gym @ 2:30, community service as stage crew, ushers and helping serve at party.
January
Monday Jan 21 Martin Luther King Day Community Service at Response To Love and/or Elderwood Rosewood.
February
Monday Feb 18 Presidents Day Community Service at Elderwood Rosewood.
March
Wednesday March 20 Community Service usher at First Penance @ 6:30 pm.
April
During Holy Week and Spring Break Community Service dates TBD. Locations include South Buffalo Community Table, Response to Love, Harvest House, Habitat for Humanity.
Saturday April 20 Community Service Easter Egg Hunt/Ice Cream Social at Elderwood Rosewood.
Wednesday April 24 Community Service weed and mulch parish grounds, runs through remainder of April.
May
Saturday May 11 Mothers Day hanging basket sale before and after 4 pm mass. Community service opportunity.
Sunday May 12 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.
July
Saturday July 20 Community Service Hamburg Character Chase 5k Run. Set up prior to the race and course management during the run.
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CHANGES ON THE HORIZON
o Gradual modification of Monday format to activity-based, with volunteers from families to help prepare and present activities.
o Would like parent thoughts now.o Classroom option will remain for Sunday.o Surveys have been used in the past and
were very helpful. We’ll use them again.o Focus group for more detailed planning.
Would you like to participate in focus group? 15