Religious Education

DIRECTOR: Nancy Tomsic, Pastoral Associate

Queen of All Saints is pleased to offer a religious education program(formerly known as C.C.D.) for all children ages 3-grade 8 who are not enrolled in a Catholic School or course of home study.

Office Hours: Monday - Friday: 8:00-3:00
Nancy Tomsic (925) 685-8707

NEWSLETTER
(Revised and reposted July 29th, 2011)

Welcome to QAS Faith Formation, and thank you for your interest in our program. We are happy to present our 3 great Youth Religious Education Programs for Fall 2011.

FAITH FORMATION: Age 3-Grade 5

Sundays: 9:00am -10:15am (Grades 1-5)

10:30 - 11:30am (Age 3 - Kindergarten)

Tuesdays: 3:30 - 5:00pm (Age 3 - Grade 5)

Fee: $80 for the year

**Classes Begin September 25^th and 27^th

**Mandatory Parent Info Meeting on 2^nd day of class October 2^nd. (9am Grades 1-5, 11:30am Grades 6-8)

THE EDGE: Grades 6, 7, & 8

Sundays: 11:30am-1:00pm

**Classes begin September 25^th.

Fee: $80 for the year

LIFE TEEN/Confirmation program – High School

Sundays: Youth Mass 5pm.

Year 1 and 2: 6-8:00pm

*Classes begin with the kick-off BBQ on September 18^th at 6:30pm for teens and parents

**Mandatory Parent Information Night Wednesday, September 7th at 7:00pm.

REGISTRATION FOR FALL FAITH FORMATION CLASSES AND THE EDGE:

There are three ways to register:

After Mass: There will be a registration table at the International Festival on August 28^th and after all masses on the weekend of 9/10 & 9/11 in front of the hall
Mail: call 685-8707 and leave your name and address and you will be mailed a registration form. (All students who were registered last year will automatically receive a form in the mail)
Drop In: Starting August 15^th come by the rectory anytime M-F from 8am-6:30pm and pick up a registration form. Registration forms should also be available for download on the website by August 15^th.

All forms should be returned to the rectory by September 12^th

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If you have any questions, call Nancy at 685-8707

REGISTRATION FOR LIFE TEEN CONFIRMATION:

At the International Festival on August 28^th. After all masses September 10^th and 11^th.
At the Mandatory Info Night, Wednesday September 7th^th at 7:00pm.
Forms may be dropped off and picked up during business hours at the rectory:
M-F 8am-6:30pm.

ALL Registration Forms should be returned by SEPTEMBER 12^th

CONTACT: John at 360-5590

FIRST COMMUNION PREPARATION (Children):

First Communion preparation at Queen of All Saints is a 2 year program.
Children must be in at least the 1^st grade to begin
The first year consists of enrollment in our regular Religious Ed program-according to your child’s grade in school.
Year 2 includes enrollment in our Religious Ed program plus an additional monthly meeting for both parent and child. First Communion will take place in May. There is a $25 donation requested during the second year.
If this is your child’s second year of religious Ed(school or parish), and you are planning they celebrate their First Communion this May...
YOU MUST COME TO THE INFORMATION MEETING Tuesday September 20^th at 7pm in the hall. Adults only.

CONTACT:
Nancy Tomsic
Pastoral Associate
Queen of All Saints Church
(925)685-8707

Celebrate Eucharist

Thank you so much for bringing your children to class each week. I know what a struggle this can be. However, many teachers tell me their students are not attending mass on a regular basis. If your life is so busy that you can only get your child to faith formation class and not mass, then I would ask that you take them to mass only. The faith we are teaching them about in class will only mean something if it is nurtured by the Eucharist. Sunday mass is the source and summit of everything we do as Catholics. There is absolutely no better place to be on Sunday than in church-it’s where we figure out who we are and what we are to be-Jesus for the world.

Calendar

Please refer to the new 2011 -2012 Faith Formation Calendar,
followed by the 1st. Communion Program below for a complete schedule of events.

Faith Formation Calendar
2011 - 2012
Queen of All Saints Church

Faith Formation (age 3 to Grade 5) &
Edge (Grades 6, 7 & 8)





	Sunday	Tuesday
	Class	Class	Liturgies/Events/Comments
	9:00-10:15am	3:30-5:00pm
	10:30-11:30 PK-K
2011	11:30-1:00EDGE
September	25(1st class)	27(1st class)	First Day of class: (9/25 & 9/27)
October	2	4	*MANDATORY PARENTMEETING -10/2 9:00am(grades1-5) 11:30(gr. 6-8)*
	9	11
	16	18
	23	25
	30	x
November	x	1
	6	8	NOV 6th =FIRST GRADE PARENT DAY 9:00-10:15am
	13	15
	20	22	*NO CLASS 11/22 -THANKSGIVING BREAK*
	27	29	NO CLASS 11/27 -THANKSGIVING BREAK
December	4	6
	11	13
	18	20	NO CLASSES 12/20 & 12/25-CHRISTMAS BREAK
	25	27	NO CLASSES 12/27 & 1/1- CHRISTMAS BREAK
2012
January	1	3	Classes resume 1/3
	8	10	Classes resume 1/8
	15	17	JANUARY 22nd= 3rd GRADE PARENT DAY 9:00-10:15am
	22	24	TUESDAY PARENT DAY - JANUARY 24TH 3:30-5:00pm
	29	31
February	5	7
	12	14	FEBRUARY 12th = 4TH GRADE PARENT DAY 9:00-10:15am
	19	21	February 19th and 21st: Safe Environment Curriculum
	26	28	FEBRUARY 26TH = 5th GRADE PARENT DAY 9:00-10:15am
March	4	6
	11	13
	18	20
	25	27	March TBA = Helping Hands Day
April	1	3
	8	10	Easter-NO CLASS-4/8 & 4/10
	15	17
	22	24
	29	x
May	x	1
	6	8	May 5th & 6th =First Communions
	13	15	May Crowning May 13th and May 15th
	20	22	LAST DAY OF CLASS= 5/20 & 5/22


ALL DATES TYPED IN BOLD PRINT & CIRCLED INDICATE DAYS OF NO CLASSES
All items in italics refer to Tuesday events
Important dates to remember:
SEPTEMBER 25 & 27- FIRST DAY OF CLASS-
MANDATORY PARENT ORIENTATION 10/2, Grades 1-5 9am, Grades 6-8 11:30am

March TBA - HELPING HANDS DAY
If your child will be absent for any reason please call 685-8707

															  QAS 1st Communion/Reconciliation Preparation Program 2011

Posted August 9th 2011

Tuesday, September 20, 2011: Information Night 7:00pm(adults only)

Monday, October 3, 2011: Gathering & Rite of Enrollment 7:00pm

Monday, November 7, 2011: Reconciliation: Jesus Calls Us to be Friends 7:00pm (and sometimes we fail)

Monday, November 29, 2011:Reconciliation: Jesus Makes Us Friends Again 7:00pm

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2011:First Reconciliation in the church:10:00am

Monday, January 2, 2012: Listening 7:00pm

Monday, February 6, 2012: Responding 7:00pm

Monday, March 5, 2012: The Eucharistic Prayer 7:00pm

Monday, April 16, 2012: The Communion Rite 7:00pm

Please come only to the Rehearsal/Retreat of your 1st Communion time

Tuesday, May 1, 2012: Rehearsal/Retreat 5:15pm (7:15am/5:00pm mass)

Tuesday, May 1, 2012: Rehearsal/Retreat 7:15pm (4:30pm mass)

Wednesday, May 2, 2012: Rehearsal/Retreat 5:15pm (12:00pm mass)

Wednesday, May 2, 2012: Rehearsal/Retreat 7:15pm (10:30am mass)

Monday, May 21, 2012: The Sending Rite 7:00pm (Hand out Certificates)

FIRST COMMUNIONS WILL BE HELD THE WEEKEND OF MAY 5 & 6 at all masses.

(1^st 4:30 pm Saturday, 2^nd 7:15 am, 3^rd 10:30am, 4^th 12:00pm, 5^th 5:00pm Sunday)

Sign ups for 1st Communion times will be taken at our November meeting.

ALL MEETINGS WILL TAKE PLACE AT 7:OOPM IN THE HALL AND ARE FOR PARENTS & CHILDREN. (exception=Adults only on info night).

ON OCTOBER 3rd, BOTH PARENTS & CHILDREN COME TO THE HALL.

BEGINNING NOVEMBER 7th, PLEASE TAKE YOUR CHILD TO THE CLASSROOMS BEHIND THE PLAY STRUCTURE AND PARENTS COME TO THE HALL.

Any questions/concerns/childcare needs: please call Nancy at 685-8707

Older siblings are welcome to attend classes. Please register all younger children for free childcare. Childcare will be in the extended care room in the school.

REGISTRATION FORM <

Welcome to Information Night
First Eucharist Process at Queen of All Saints

We are so excited that you have chosen to bring your child to the table. We introduced this program to the parish several years ago and we’ve had many parents tell us how helpful they found the classes and how much they appreciated them. We are very excited to now introduce this program to you:

You should receive a bright colored calendar. Both parent and child must attend these monthly meetings. (This is in addition to attendance of religion classes in the school or the faith formation program.) The children and adults will meet separately for the first hour and then we will come together to share what we have learned and celebrate a closing prayer together. The session will last no later than 8:30 - earlier if possible. (There is a liturgy IQ test on the back just for fun).

The topic of each session is listed on the calendar. The sessions will be based on Cardinal Mahoney’s Pastoral letter entitled “Gathered Faithfully Together” and will be centered on understanding the parts of the mass. The adult sessions will be led by Mrs. Nancy Tomsic.

We are very excited to offer this program and our reasons are many:

The instructions coming from the church (such as the General Directory for Catechesis and 1999 US Bishops: Our Hearts were Burning Within Us) all indicate that adults are at the center of the Church’s religious education and it is the parents’ duty to be intimately involved in preparing their child for Eucharist.

As parents bring forth their children for sacraments in this parish, we find that many of you have had no religious instruction since childhood. Your knowledge may need a little updating and refreshing. You need to know our faith if are to effectively pass it on to your children. Learning is not just for kids.

Over and over, we see families very excited to celebrate their child’s First Communion and then afterward their interest and attendance decreases. We want better for you. We want to help you understand not only the commitment but the benefits involved in really being a catholic.

Even for those families who understand and practice their faith, these classes help reinforce and improve the celebration of this awesome sacrament. Praying and studying together will help strengthen your family.

Vatican II invites all Catholics to “Full, Active, Conscious Participation” in the Eucharist. Through helping both the parent and the child, we hope to make your Sunday worship more committed and more meaningful.

In order for your child to celebrate First Communion here at Queen of All Saints, you must commit to attending these monthly meetings. We realize things come up and you may have to miss a session or two. You must call 685-8707 if you will be missing a session so we can be sure to send you the materials. If you are unable to make most of the sessions please call and we can discuss it. We do not wish to create a burden, but to enhance your Sunday

If you have older siblings in the family they are welcome to join your child. If you have younger children who need free childcare for the evening, please call 685-8707 and request it or sign up at Info Night.

We are also asking each family to sign up at least one time this year to serve at mass either as greeters, bringing up the gifts, singing in the choir, and setting the table. Sign ups will be taken at all meetings. Sign up as much as you’d like.

Note: First Communion is scheduled to take place at all the masses on the weekend of May 5^th and 6^th . You may sign up for your mass time preference at our November 7th meeting.

If you are a member of Queen of All Saints Parish and are not currently registered (if you receive mail from us such as the newsletter, envelopes, and Christmas and Easter letters then you are registered) we ask you to please do so. If you are members at another parish, we ask that you obtain a simple letter from that parish allowing your child to celebrate First Communion here at QAS (this mostly applies to school children).

If your child has not been baptized, be sure to let Mrs. Tomsic know immediately. There will be a meeting in October that you must attend.

We look forward to having you in the program. Be sure to check your name on the sign in sheet tonight or call 685-8707 to register. There will be a registration form and a $25 donation collected for First Communion. A copy of your child’s baptism form will be needed.

If you the parent have not celebrated your own baptism, first communion or confirmation, please talk to me immediately and we can register you for RCIA or Adult Confirmation.

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to call Mrs. Tomsic at 685-8707. God Bless you and your child.

We’ll see you and your child in the Hall October 3rd at 7pm. (This meeting is very important as your child will be receiving a special cross and signing a book)