Religion/Faith Formation

Dear Eighth Grade Parents,

The eighth grade students have been learning about vocations for the past few weeks.  They have learned a lot of vocabulary that they should be practicing this weekend.  Our focus was that all people have a calling to holiness because of their Baptism.  Holiness can be lived out in many different ways and each person has a different call.  All students right now are called to a life service.  The students have also been practicing different ways to take notes.
One day each week we have a speaker here from Employee and Family Resources who teaches and practices life skills with the students.  The students have already had lessons on body language, decision making, and conflict resolution.

Today, the 8th grade students had a Jewish speaker come in to talk about Judaism in today's culture.  When studying the Apostles Creed our Jewish roots often surfaced to discussion.  Today the students found many similarities between our Christian tradition and Jewish tradition.

Next week we will have many different activities for Catholic Schools Week. On Monday of Catholic Schools Week we celebrate "Our A+ Community." One of the ways we are going to celebrate this year is through prayer. The website above is an interactive live website that includes the following:

1. Words to guide you through the rosary
2. Pictures to keep you focused on prayer
3. Intentions link to offer intentions (and thanksgivings for our school)
4. Interactive Rosary beads to follow along on the computer

Please select the Mysteries of Light as these mysteries are about Jesus' ministry as the teacher to the disciples. It takes about 15 minutes to say a whole rosary with this website. Consider writing a few intentions of thanksgiving for our school and join us in prayer for our school on Monday of Catholic Schools Week.

Finally, we are still looking for a location for our 8th grade service day.  If you have suggestions for a place our for our class service project please contact me.  Thank you so much.

Peace,
Ms. Nennig