If your child did not receive a Blessing Bag, please contact me so we can provide one.

🌟 October 5, 2025  Following the 8:30 a.m. Mass, our CCE families gathered in the sanctuary for our Parent & Child Town Hall. We introduced the new My Mass Passport attendance program developed in response to parent feedback and new Archdiocesan accountability guidelines. We hope this initiative will be embraced with enthusiasm by both parents and children!

📿The event also featured a beautiful presentation by our Middle School class honoring Holy Mary, the Mother of Jesus, and the Rosary. Their reflection reminded us of Mary’s faith-filled “yes” and her example of prayerful devotion. 

📢 The session included a Q&A period, and CCE leadership plans to host additional town halls throughout the year to keep families informed and open the door for suggestions.

📅 Next Class (October 12): No assignment is due. We’ll explore the Hail Mary as a prayer of supplication (petition).

🎬 Families can now view our A.C.T.S. Prayer sizzle reel featuring student video submissions on the website below.

This week our children dazzled us with their thoughtful prayers of  Adoration, Thanksgiving, & Supplication! Our class demonstrated that a prayer can be a mix of Adoration and Gratitude with a simple recognition of a beautiful day or our loving family. We can show  respect and appreciation saying grace over a meal prepared by our mothers, and we can add prayer to our nightly routine before bed. We are reminded that the Glory Be is a prayer or Adoration for His awesome power and consistency.  Thank you all for your beautiful prayers and your hard work!   

We understand that Faith is a journey. As CCE teachers, we are entrusted with teaching Church doctrine using age-appropriate language, encouraging questions, and providing thoughtful answers about the Catholic Faith. We also honor the diverse faith traditions in your family. Please feel free to share these with me so we can help your child understand and integrate their learning respectfully, without placing them in opposition to their family’s beliefs. 

Our 2nd grade candidates & their families may be selected to bring up the gifts during Mass. Attending Mass regularly helps reinforce prayers and responses, allowing your child to learn the flow of the liturgy. 

• October 26, 2025 – St. Mary’s Bazaar/Fall Festival

• November 30, 2025 – Thanksgiving (First Sunday Advent)

• December 28, 2025 – Feast of the Holy Family

• January 25, 2026 – Catholic Schools Week

• March 29, 2026 – Palm Sunday

• April 5, 2026 – Easter Sunday

• April 19, 2026 – Final CCE Class & Family Day 

Your child is responsible for learning the "Sign of the Cross" as part of their CCE Second Grade Sacrament Class curriculum.

This is fundamental to your child's life as a Catholics. This is a verbal and physical profession of faith in God as He has revealed Himself. It serves as an abbreviated form of the Apostles Creed. 

As we declare our faith in the Gather, Son, and Holy Spirit we also "make the sign of the cross" by touching our forehead, chest, and shoulders. Please make sure you practice this most fundamental declaration of faith with your child. 

Your child is responsible for learning the standard "The Lord's Prayer" (Our Father prayer) as part of their CCE Second Grade Sacrament Class curriculum.

This prayer is fundamental to your child's life as a Christian. As Catholics we believe this prayer was given to us by Jesus  during his Sermon on the Mount. This payer can be found in the New Testament the Gospel according to Luke chapter 11 verses 2 - 4, and the longer version in the Gospel according to Matthew, chapter 6 verses 9 - 13.  

We find making this prayer a part of our night time routine prior to getting into bed to be very effective. It is a lovely way to help your child end his/her evening in thanksgiving for the blessing of the day. 

Your child is responsible for learning the standard "Glory Be" prayer as part of their CCE Second Grade Sacrament Class curriculum.

This prayer is fundamental to your child's life as a Christian. As Catholics we believe this prayer is part of our religious tradition that comes from the Jewish synagogues. St. Paul would often use doxologies similar to the Glory Be in his letters. For Example, he referred to "the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be honor forever and ever".