Sacred Heart & Saint Ann Churches

Sacred Heart & Saint Ann Churches E-mail:asacredh@dor.org

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Sacred Heart, St. Ann’s, and St. Mary’s offer three (3) different models of faith formation.

We offer two – two week programs – one in July and the other in August. These sessions are held at Sacred Heart.

For this program, families meet once a month on Sunday each month from September through March from 9:30-11:30AM at Sacred Heart’s Church Hall. The RCL Faith First textbooks are used throughout the program with the Faith Formation Director teaching one or two of the chapters at the gatherings and families doing the remaining chapters at home and e-mailing quiz results to the Director.

This is a program for those families whose schedules make it impossible to attend either of the above programs. Again the RCL textbook Faith First is used and families read the chapters and do the activities at home. Upon completion of each chapter, the children take a short quiz on line and e-mail the results to the Director of Faith Formation.

Service of some type is a required component of this program as well as attendance at two gatherings a year to review progress and share learning experience

Sacred Heart, St. Ann’s, and St. Mary’s will also accept attendance at any of the Faith Formation Classes at any of the Catholic Churches in Auburn. The only requirement is that you notify the Director of Faith Formation at Sacred Heart, St. Ann’s and St. Mary’s.

Beginning the 1st Monday of Lent, we will be offering Bible Study at Sacred Heart in conjunction with the Diocese of Rochester’s Spirit Alive initiative. We will meet at 9AM on Monday mornings. All are welcome. Our topic will be "The Passion and Resurrection Narratives of Jesus."

Registration forms for the Summer Program, Family Faith, Home Study, Confirmation, First Penance, and First Eucharist are available on this web site.

Confirmation at Sacred Heart, St. Ann’s, and St. Mary’s is based on readiness, which means that a child is expected to attend mass on a regular basis, to have completed a faith formation program, and to be actively involved in some type of service.

The Information Meeting for Confirmation is held in September each year. The Candidate and at least one parent are expected to attend.
Sunday, September 12, 2010, at 1:30PM at Schrader Hall at St. Mary’s
Wednesday, September 22, 2010, at 6:30PM at Sacred Heart’s Church Hall.

This meeting is followed by a Parent/Sponsor Meeting September 29, 2010 at 6:30PM at Schrader Hall at St. Mary’s and then by four (4) Candidate/Sponsor meetings that are held in consecutive weeks.
Session I        Wednesday, October 6, 2010, at 6:30PM at Sacred Heart’s Church Hall
Session II      Wednesday, October 13, 2010, at 6:30PM at Schrader Hall at St. Mary’s
Session III    Wednesday, October 20, 2010, at 6:30PM at Sacred Heart’s Church Hall
Session IV      Sunday, October 24, 2010, at 6:30PM at Schrader Hall at St. Mary’s

Within two weeks of the completion of the program, the Confirmation celebration is held – usually in early November.
There is also a Spring celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation at Holy Family Church in Auburn. Anyone – adult or child - who has missed our Fall preparation for this year is more than welcome to contact Jan Borromei at 252-3439 to be prepared for the Spring celebration.

According to church guidelines, preparation for First Penance is to take place prior to the reception of First Eucharist. However, due to some wide spread confusion, many children were not prepared before they received First Eucharist. All children from second grade on up, who have not received this sacrament are invited to participate in our preparation.

First Penance preparation begins in January 2011. The initial Parent Meeting is offered:
Wednesday, January 12, 2011, at 6:30PM at Sacred Heart's Church Hall.

All parents of candidates for are required to attend this meeting. At this meeting information and material will be distributed to assist parents in preparing their children for First Penance. The preparation will end with a Family Retreat that will be held on Saturday, March 26, 2010, from 9:30AM-12:30PM at Sacred Heart’s Church Hall. During the preparation, there will be sign up sheets available for the normal Saturday afternoon celebration of the Sacrament of Penance at each church. Children and their families are invited to celebrate the Sacrament at the time they select. Parents are encouraged to celebrate the sacrament first to provide a good example for their children.
**If you missed any of these meetings and your child is beyond the 2nd grade, please call Jan Borromei (252-3439) so that arrangements can be made for you and your child.

As in all sacraments, preparation for First Eucharist is based on readiness with the requirements being: completion of at least one year of Faith Formation, at least seven (7) years of age, and regular attendance at Mass each weekend.

Preparation this year begins with a Parent Meeting on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 6:30PM at Schrader Hall at St. Mary’s Church. Sacred Heart’s Church Hall. At this meeting information and material will be distributed to assist parents in preparing their children for the Sacrament of First Eucharis. There will be a second parent meeting on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 6:30PM at Sacred Heart’s Church Hall. The preparation will be concluded with a Family Retreat that will be held on Saturday, April 10, 2010 from 9:30Am to 12:30PM at Sacred Heart's Church Hall. The celebration of the Sacrament will take place during our regular Mass schedule at designated ties. sign up sheets will be available at preparation gatherings.

VOLUNTEERS
As with any ministry, without volunteers nothing would get done!!! If you have any time – even an hour to help – it would be greatly appreciated!

There are many books and videos in the Faith Formation Office and I’d love to get them all catalogued so that we can start lending them out, so if you are fairly adept at entering data on a computer – you are needed!!
        If you are a teacher and are able to teach or substitute during the summer – you are needed!!
        If you enjoy helping in the kitchen – you are needed during our retreats!!
        If you are a nurse and are available at any time during the summer program – you are needed!!
       If you have office skills and are available to help in the Faith Formation Office – you are needed!! Please call Jan Borromei at 252-3439 and make her day!!!

If you have any questions or concerns regarding Faith Formation, please feel free to call Jan Borromei at 252-3439 at any time!!