Kathy: In your post you indicated: guidelines for High School Conf. prepartion" Could you tell us what those guidelines are? I am curious to know...
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Mary Ann Kelley
drekelley
Jul 6, 2003 4:14 pm
Thanks for the information. Yes this helps quite a bit. Although we are encouraged to keep Confirmation in High School. Our Bishop has yet to provide...
4624
glasses20032003
Jul 8, 2003 6:42 am
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Mary Ann Kelley
drekelley
Jul 8, 2003 2:06 pm
Kathy viele: Would it be of any assistance if I were to send for this manual on confirmation? If so, how much and the address would be appreciated. Mary Ann...
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Brenda Estill
brendadrespy
Jul 8, 2003 4:53 pm
I am a DRE in Billings MT. My job not only covers K-6 but 7-12 also. I do have a part-time youth minister. Our parish has about 1000 families and at the...
4627
Jim Kemna
reodirector@...
Jul 8, 2003 5:44 pm
Brenda, Our parishes have tried a program called Friendship Groups. It involves the youth gathering in small groups in homes. It has been very successful in ...
4628
spymmail@...
spymmail
Jul 8, 2003 7:31 pm
How about asking the kids? They have such great ideas. There are plenty of great Youth Group idea books out there from Youth Specialties and Group, you can try...
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Brenda Estill
brendadrespy
Jul 9, 2003 2:53 pm
Thank you all of your responses to my youth group questions. One thing I should have told you is that in our city we have 2 very strong Evangelical churches...
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Mark Nuehring
MNuehring
Jul 10, 2003 1:26 pm
Brenda, From what you wrote, what youth wouldn't want to participate in those "other churches" activities. I think I would be drawn to that, too. The Catholic...
4631
MamaMacho@...
macho91011
Jul 10, 2003 11:51 pm
Our Parish has a JH RE program that we do in small groups in homes. Why not offer RE, just call it small groups. We use a series from St. Mary's Press ...
4632
MamaMacho@...
macho91011
Jul 11, 2003 3:06 pm
Several Catholic churches in the area, and no YM sounds like an opportunity to cluster to me. If a YM in your own church is out of the question, get together...
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kispert
shawnkispert
Jul 11, 2003 3:31 pm
I fear that the Lifeteen movement has come out of a direct result of a lackluster attempt by the Catholic Church to minister to it's youth. Lifeteen is not a...
4634
sherylzeis
Jul 11, 2003 4:20 pm
... of a ... requires ... the church ... heavily into ... I'm not a big fan of Lifeteen, for the reasons listed above, and also because it minimizes, if not...
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John N. Lupia
jlupia2
Jul 11, 2003 11:13 pm
Beloved: Since 13-VI-03 a new daily column (Mon-Fri) has been added to Roman Catholic News entitled LECTIO DIVINA. So far the column has been reviewing Michael...
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lemonpie1420
Jul 13, 2003 3:36 am
I don't think a good youth center alone will draw teens. The FCA has a great one in our area and its attendance isn't any better than our average Catholic...
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Mary Ann Kelley
drekelley
Jul 13, 2003 3:55 pm
But, no matter how successful the big events are, that's not what keeps them active. It's the relationships between the teens...and between the teens and...
4638
spymmail@...
spymmail
Jul 18, 2003 5:12 pm
Hi helpful DRE-talkers, I am in the agonizing process of writing my first grant proposal... and I have no idea what I'm doing. Any help would be appreciated,...
4639
kispert
shawnkispert
Jul 18, 2003 5:44 pm
Margo, I wrote and received two grants last term. They were from the Catholic Sharing appeal foundation here in Little Rock. The key is organization. 1....
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immaculatereled
Jul 19, 2003 12:53 pm
Apropos of recent posts, it occurs to me that quite a few of us could use some help in this area. I am e-mailing my regional NPCD rep requesting that a basic...
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Caren Rios
withactoo
Jul 21, 2003 5:57 pm
Margo, I'm not sure this will help, but a flyer passed over my desk. It is from the FADICA, "a cosortium of private foundations whose mission is to enable its...
4642
Daniel S. Mulhall
dsmulhall
Jul 21, 2003 6:09 pm
Every diocese has its own rules about applying for grants. While I think the idea of doing a grant's workshop at a regional or national conference is a good...
4643
Anita Willoughby
agwilobe
Jul 22, 2003 1:01 am
I am looking for copies of the WE CELEBRATE THE SEASONS (cycles C and A) out of print now, was published by BROWN-ROA. would anyone know where I can ...
4644
Maggie Geene FFMC
angelmeg
Jul 22, 2003 9:53 pm
See if there is someone in your parish who works with grants in their job. If you can find someone like this and enlist thier help you will be way ahead of the...
4645
palmer@...
palmernceaorg
Jul 25, 2003 7:30 pm
good idea, but did you read Dan Mulhall's response? He brings up some things that I had not thought about, which are important. See you Monday. ... From:...
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Rosalia Morayes
rosalia68@...
Jul 25, 2003 8:51 pm
I'm very new at being a DRE, and I'm beginning to question whether or not I can do this without compromising some deeply held convictions. Whenever I attend...
4647
romerocam@...
Jul 25, 2003 9:34 pm
Dear Rosalia, My heart goes out to you. Fortunately, I am not in that situation, but if it feels wrong, as soon as you have the chance to move and still have...
4648
greatpyrs2
greatpyrs2@...
Jul 25, 2003 10:57 pm
Hello! NO ONE has the right to yell and scream at people, whether children
or adults. I think you need to look for another position and when you have
another...
Rosalia, you have done a wonderful job of articulating a serious problem in the church. I agree that it doesn't seem right on any level, and believe that...
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Rosalia Morayes
rosalia68@...
Jul 26, 2003 6:55 pm
Dear Evelyn, Thank you for your reply. I agree that none of us should yell at each other at any age. I used to be so brave. I was a union rep on my first...
