CCD-Parish School of Religion We plan to begin our CCD program beginning on September 27th. We are still in need of two more volunteers who would like to teach our Catholic Faith to children in the program. CCD classes will start right after the 8am Mass on Sundays and last until 10:20. Why not volunteer to help the children who attend learn their Catholic Faith.Please contact our Director of Religious Education for more information. Contact information will be at the end of this newsletter.
We also just started taking applications for those who would like their children to attend our religious education program from grades 1-4. Registration forms are in the rear of the Church. Classes will begin on September 20th. THERE IS NO FEE FOR OUR CCD PROGRAM! Many thanks to a generous patron who supplied all of our books for the program! Please register early!!!!
Confirmation Program ATTENTION to all parents who have children in their junior year of Catholic high school. If you are a member of Good Shepherd Parish and have a child in their junior year of Catholic high, please contact Mr. Phillip Bellini for information about the Sacrament of Confirmation. Immediate Preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation classes will begin in October. You child will have to attend ten classes, times (tba), plus do a service project and attend a retreat in order to be Confirmed besides attending Mass every Sunday. Our DRE will be conducting the classes personally, so please call during parish office hours and register your child so they can be Confirmed in the spring of 2010! For more information please give our Director of Religious Education a call.
Thanks and God bless you!
R.C.I.A. (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults)
Classes for RCIA began on Wednesday, September 9 at 7:00 P.M. in the meeting room at the rectory. RCIA is process by which non-baptized candidates are received into the Catholic Church. Baptized members of other Christian denominations who wish to join the Catholic Church are not baptized again, but are received into the Church through the Sacrament of Penance, Profession of Faith, Confirmation and the Holy Eucharist.
There is no fee to attend R.C.I.A. All the materials are provided. A class schedule will be given out at the first meeting. To register, please take a registration form from the rear of the Church and bring it by or mail it to the parish office. For more information please contact Mr. Phillip Bellini. The Catholic Church invites you to come and see! Why not join us in this journey of faith through the Church year? There is still time to join this year’s class!
Contact Information To register or to find out more information about any of these programs, please contact our Director of Religious Education, Mr. Phillip Bellini during normal parish office hours at 899-1378 or e-mail him at
Youth Ministry Returns to Good Shepherd Parish We are pleased to announce that we will once again have an active youth ministry here at Good Shepherd. We are excited about starting a group called “The Dead Theologians Society”.
What is the Dead Theologians Society? It is a Catholic apostolate for high school age teens. Through the Saints of yesterday, the Dead Theologian’s Society inspires the youth of today to become the saints of tomorrow. A special charism of the Dead Theologians Society is to pray for the release of the Souls in Purgatory. Its motto is, “Dead to the World, alive in Christ!”This is inspired by Romans 6:11 where St. Paul tells us to be dead to sin but alive in Christ Jesus.
How is this accomplished? Society members meet at their parishes to learn the lives of the Saints (who are dead by the world’s standards and are certainly alive with Jesus in Heaven!), through heroic virtue and listen to their inspirational writings. Using the interesting and engaging DTS format and through the examples of the Saints, young people are catechized and develop positive role models at a time when they are truly needed. In addition, members make use of time honored Catholic prayers, devotions and sacramentals such as Eucharistic Adoration, the Rosary, the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, and more! The plans are to meet as a group twice a month. There will be no fee this first year to join DTS. Let’s have a vibrant, Catholic youth ministry again in parish. For more information on DTS visit their website at: www.deadtheologianssociety.com
