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St. John the Baptist Faith Formation Registration is ready to go: To register, go to https://www.myschoolsystems.com/ArchDBQ/DBQ137/
Two options are available this year at St. John the Baptist for faith formation due to Covid-19. Please check one of the preferences for your family when you fill out your registration form.
1. Home School Faith Formation: We will attend periodic meetings with the Faith Formation Director for preschool to eighth grades and ninth to twelfth grades with De Wagner, Youth Minister. Meetings will be held at St. John's practicing safe-distancing or via Zoom.
2. Attend regular scheduled Faith Formation at St. John's for your student/grade. Sunday: preschool-3rd grade 9:30 am. Wednesday: 4th - 8th grade 6:00 pm. Wednesday: 9th -12th grade 7:00 pm.
FROM WOMB TO TOMB
Beginning this Fall, 2020, St John the Baptist is embarking on a true 21 st century Faith Formation Program. These developments are in response to both the Covid-19 restrictions and the Church’s renewed efforts on moving from a traditional classroom model that focused primarily on cognitive development to true comprehensive faith formation—multi-ministry, multi-component parish-based model that is suitable to the needs and capabilities of twenty-first century families/parishioners.
The final elements of this program are being planned now and the information will be updated when completed after the arrival of our new Youth and Young Adult Coordinator, De Wagner. In the meantime, let me introduce you to changes in our curriculum that have taken place, along with the program goals and concerns for grades pre-school through eighth grade.
Pflaum Faith Formation Program provides fully developed faith formation programming for children through young adults that respects the needs, commitments, and competing priorities of today’s families the best. Along with enabling families to be active agents in forming the faith of their children it enables the parish to be a helpful partner with families in faith formation efforts.
The overall program is flexible and can easily be converted from gathering at St. John’s or to a complete at-home format if needed. No extra steps are needed; parents already have everything they need. Today’s families no longer fit a finite understanding of “learning at a specific time and place.” When commitments prevent your children from being able to attend specific faith formation activities, Pflaum’s digital learning can take place where and when you need it.
Each lesson in the Pflaum Gospel Weeklies Faith Formation program flows from the words of Jesus Christ in the Sunday Gospels. The children learn their faith-including instructions in doctrine, sacraments, commandments, and prayer—within the rhythms and seasons of the Liturgical Year, encouraging a growing participation in the life of the parish community. Included with their weekly pamphlets is an activity book for each level. Catholic identity projects help children appreciate the importance and beauty of being Catholic. The systematic liturgical catechesis, family centered, Gospel driven lessons enrich participation and deeper understanding of the Mass.
- When registering and you forget your password, there will be a ‘Forgot Password’ link for you to click on and it will provide it for you. If you have forgotten your username contact Linda at l.hansmeier@dbqarch.org or l.kula@dbqarch.org and it will be sent to you.
- If you have registered in the past it is your waiver information that needs to be filled in.
- If you have recently moved, changed your phone number, or have a different email address, please make corrections.
Additional changes and updates will be forthcoming soon.