Children and Teen Ministry Information for COVID-19
For the duration of the current pandemic, I will be posting some weekly thoughts here for our community, especially the parents involved in our children and teen ministries.
We will try to keep you up to date on what's happening in our ministry during this time. Please contact Kate at Kweber@buckeyecatholic.com with any thoughts or questions you might have about the new ways we are carrying out our ministry despite being able to meet up in person.
We will try to keep you up to date on what's happening in our ministry during this time. Please contact Kate at Kweber@buckeyecatholic.com with any thoughts or questions you might have about the new ways we are carrying out our ministry despite being able to meet up in person.
The Parable of the Leaven
A Video for our Future First CommunicantsMiddle School Group
Middle School Group still meets on the same day, just a new location! See you on Monday evenings at 7:30 on Zoom!
This week we tried out everyone's first virtual Rosary! Prayers were offered for those suffering from COVID-19.
High School Youth Group
High School Youth Group is hanging out on Zoom on Sundays from 11:15- 12:30. Please join us! Email kweber@buckeyecatholic.com if you need an invite!
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Two Prayers for the Week Ahead We have made the decision to cancel all in person CGS, Middle School and High School sessions for the 2019-2020 school year at this time. Given the ever changing circumstances and OSU’s closure through the semester, we have decided it is most prudent for us to do it now rather than later. Thank you for understanding. You will still be hearing from me, some of you will be meeting as groups, and we will continue on in this new direction until the end of April when we typically finish things up for the year. I’d like to share a couple of prayers with you. They have brought me great comfort and closeness to God at difficult or challenging times in my life. Maybe you’ve seen them before. My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone. Written by Thomas Merton After reading this prayer in the context of this pandemic, it took on a whole new meaning for me. We are all in a time of transition, waiting, uncertainty. Some of us attempting to school our children from home for the first time. Some of us trying to figure out a way to make ends meet. Some of us not sure how we can help, even help those within the walls of our own home. God knows us and loves us, God is more patient and merciful than we are with ourselves. I feel comfort in knowing that whatever “trying to follow God’s will” looks like for me from one day to the next, God does not miss a single detail and appreciates every attempt I make, as human and weak as they may seem, to be the best I can be. The Welcoming Prayer Gently become aware of your body and your interior state. Welcome, welcome, welcome. I welcome everything that comes to me in this moment because I know it is for my healing. I welcome all thoughts, feelings, emotions, persons, situations and conditions. I let go of my desire for security. I let go of my desire for approval. I let go of my desire for control. I let go of my desire to change any situation, condition, person, or myself. I open to the love and presence of God and the healing action and grace within. Written by Mary Mrozowski Fr. Vinny handed out this prayer at a daily Mass I attended several years before I had met him, maybe in 2012. It spoke to me then, and it speaks to me even more poignantly now. I want answers to so many questions, and we all know, quite begrudgingly, no one has all the answers about this virus and how this pandemic will unfold. I believe God deeply understands our need for knowing and planning. I also believe God wants us to experience peace. This prayer brings me peace. I hope that it brings you peace too. Please reach out and share your thoughts, questions or anything that is on your mind. I continue to work from home and have enjoyed very much seeing many of you on Zoom, emailing back and forth, or chatting on the phone. Praying that the coming week goes smoothly! Be patient with yourself. Sincerely, Kate |
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
2019-2020 Sunday Calendar
Registration is now closed. Please contact Kate Weber for more details.
CGS is religious formation utilizing a Montessori approach. We call the space where our children learn and pray the atrium.
Sessions are held Sunday at 9:45- 11:15 a.m. and 11:45-1:15 p.m. Classes are 90 minutes from September through early May.
The atria are divided into three levels:
Level I: ages 3-6 ( preschool through Kindergarten)
Level II: ages 6-9 (1st-3rd grade)
Level III: ages 9-12 (4th-6th grade)
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Parent Handbook 2019-2020
CGS Frequently Asked Questions
CGS Family Volunteer Roles
Learn more about Catechesis of the Good Shepherd: CGS National Website
More CGS Information for Parents:
For Your Baby
Silence
Art and the Child
Observation as a Tool for Parenting
For more information contact Kate Weber at kweber@buckeyecatholic.com or (614) 291-4674 x113.
Middle School Faith Formation Group
2019-2020 Calendar
Registration is now closed. Please contact Kate Weber for more details.
The cost is $135 per teen.
We will be using small groups as our main form of faith formation this year. Our small groups will deepen your teens' relationships with their peers and a trusted college student or other catechist. They will delve deep to learn more and share more about our faith. Find out more about Chosen HERE. Find the parent packet for Confirmation HERE.
Religious formation for seventh and eighth grade teens includes peer discussion and prayer, service opportunities and snacks! We offer one session on Monday evenings from 6:00-7:30 p.m. from September through early May.
For more information contact Kate Weber at (614) 291-4674 x113 or kweber@buckeyecatholic.com.
Religious formation for seventh and eighth grade teens includes peer discussion and prayer, service opportunities and snacks! We offer one session on Monday evenings from 6:00-7:30 p.m. from September through early May.
For more information contact Kate Weber at (614) 291-4674 x113 or kweber@buckeyecatholic.com.
High School Youth Group
2019-2020 Calendar
Registration is now closed. Please contact Kate Weber for more details.
Registration Information: The cost is $50 per teen. This cost will help to provide food during meetings and a parent guide for this year’s faith formation program: Theology of the Body: YOU.
Our group meets on Sunday after the 10 A.M. Mass, 11:15- 12:45 P.M. September through early May. Please join us! For more information, contact highschool@buckeyecatholic.com.
Sacramental Preparation
First Reconciliation and First Eucharist preparation are available through CGS Level II to all children grade two and above. Additional materials and retreats are involved with a small additional fee.
Confirmation is celebrated every other year at the Newman Center. The next date will be in February of 2021.
Middle School Confirmation: For preparation information contact Kate Weber at kweber@buckeyecatholic.com or (614) 291-4674 x113.
Adult Confirmation: For preparation information contact Laura Scanlon at lscanlon@buckeyecatholic.com or (614) 291-4674 x101.
Confirmation is celebrated every other year at the Newman Center. The next date will be in February of 2021.
Middle School Confirmation: For preparation information contact Kate Weber at kweber@buckeyecatholic.com or (614) 291-4674 x113.
Adult Confirmation: For preparation information contact Laura Scanlon at lscanlon@buckeyecatholic.com or (614) 291-4674 x101.
Volunteer
Children & Teen Ministries can only happen with the help of our wonderful volunteers. If you feel called to help with youth faith formation, please contact Kate Weber at (614) 291-4674 x113 or kweber@buckeyecatholic.com.
Our program currently needs volunteers to act as CGS Catechists, aides in the atrium, middle school and high school group volunteers.
All volunteers, per diocesan policy, must comply with the following requirements:
Our program currently needs volunteers to act as CGS Catechists, aides in the atrium, middle school and high school group volunteers.
All volunteers, per diocesan policy, must comply with the following requirements:
- Volunteers must complete a “Protecting God’s Children” Course, which outlines our safe environment protocols for our diocese. Courses are offered throughout the year at various parishes. To see the course offerings or to register, please go to:www.virtus.org
- All volunteers, who have lived in the state of Ohio for at least the past five years, must submit a background (BCI) check to the Diocese of Columbus. Any individual who has lived outside the state of Ohio within the last five years will also be asked to submit an FBI background check. These background checks can be completed at Fast Fingerprints, and results should be sent directly to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus, Attn. Regina Quinn.
- Volunteers should fill out and submit a Newman Center Volunteer Application, and review the Diocesan Code of Conduct and Harassment Policy for Volunteers.