Our plan this year was to roll-out Cornerstone in its fullest form, but with Covid-19 that has changed. In order to keep both our public school students and our Catholic school students as safe as possible, it has been decided by a couple of committees to not have our Faith Formation program utilizing the school building. We will now be doing a hybrid version of Cornerstone, which will entail both on-site (Church) and at-home resources to assist families in the faith formation of their children.
On "Week 1" of each month (Oct-Apr), we ask that the entire family attends this session in the Church where Father will introduce the theme of the month. We will offer this live-streamed as well for those that cannot/should not attend in person. This will be at the regular time from 6:15-7:30PM.
On "Week 2" and "Week 3" of each month, we would have had the students meet in grade-level based groups to go over their specific objective that is part of the bigger theme. Students will discover this objective and then come up with a project/presentation to teach it to others. We will not be able to do this, but you will have access to the lesson plans we would have used and background information on the objective for parents. We also will have family activities based on the theme if you do not have time to go through specific lessons with each student. These will be time-based, so if you have 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, etc. we will have something that will fit that timeframe based on the theme of the month.
"Week 4", and some months have a "Week 5", were going and are going to be left open for makeup days, Holy Day Masses, Sacramental Preparation meetings and practices (both 2nd and 10th grade), and for families to have family-time together. During our winter months, if we need to cancel our Week 1 event, Week 1 will be the following week. We will continue to use "Remind" to let you know when we are cancelling class and what Week we are on.
All registered families will receive login information at the end of September. This resource is open and can be used for all parish families who have registered.
The $35 fee per student* includes the resources as well as a Bible that students will use Grades 1-6 and another Bible when they enter Grades 7-12. These Bibles they are able to take home and we ask that they bring them back each Wednesday night when we are again able to meet in person. (Partial refunds will be issued to parents who have Scrip credit.) We will not be meeting in the school during the entire 2020-2021 Faith Formation year. Please call the Parish Office with any questions.
*An additional $30 fee will be applied for students receiving sacraments this year. This will be paid for separately when you register for the sacrament using the links at the left side of this page.