Education Commission
The Education Commission is entrusted with the responsibility of working with the pastoral staff in planning, fostering, and promoting the religious educational needs of all
Our Lady of the Brook Parish Pastoral Council
Education Ministry Report January 2012
- Our joint St. Norbert’s/OLB Youth Ministry continue with their regular Bridging the Gap sessions and the monthly Hilda’s Place Soup Kitchen.
- CLOW continues at our 9:30 Mass. The new Liturgical Publications Growing with the Gospel materials have been well received (a weekly activity sheet that is age appropriate). We provide extra copies for Sunday, 12/25, and 1/1 for families to pick-up since we were not holding CLOW. Our attendance continues to average about 7 children weekly. We have registered 10 children. The goal is to link these families together as part of the developing “Circle of Friends”.
- During Advent our focus was on the Advent calendar of which a copy was be made available to every parishioner. We held four AFF sessions looking at the calendar and the experience of the season.
- As a Christmas gift to the parish, copies of Matthew Kelly’s Rediscover Catholicism were given away. We will host a conversation on the book on Tuesday mornings and again in the evening for those who would like to explore and share their own lived experience.
- During short Ordinary Time we will complete the reading of The Gospel in Parable with a focus on the Gospel of Mark on our Thursday morning and evening gatherings.
- We will be hosting another Vicariate II Adult Confirmation session during March and April. We have six candidates already registered.
- During the Lenten-Easter seasons we will also finish our reading of the third section of the United States Catholic Catechism for Adults on the commandments.
- We have purchased “A History of Catholicism” produced by the History Channel and will be purchasing Fr. Barron’s new series Catholicism that ws recently previewed on WTTW. These and other DVD based material will be integrated into the next three years’ series of adult faith formation offerings.
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