Saint Patrick's Roman Catholic Church
Whole Parish Catechesis
327 Greenwich Street
Belvidere, New Jersey 07823
Marietta Spagnola, Parish Catechetical Leader
Phone: 908.475.4919   Fax: 908.475.4919

WPC Handbook

Forms for Registration

1.Registration Form

2. Health Form

3. Emergency Form

Curriculum Guide
FaithWork Manual
Community Service
 WPC Syllabus for 2008-2009
Family Night Schedule
WPC Topics of the Month
Households of Faith
Saints
St. Patrick's Parish Calendar
Question of the Week
 
Confession/Penance
 
 Praying Parents Let Go & Let God
 
Short Tips for Parents
 
 What is Whole Parish Catechesis?
 
 Music & Videos
 
Links
 
 
 
Children's Mass The 1st Sunday of every month
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WPC begins on September 14th and 16th!  Registration for New Students or Families is Going on Now!  Contact the WPC office for Registration Materials.

 

TO REGISTER FOR WPC CALL 908-475-4919 OR EMAIL MSPAGNOLA@PARISHMAIL.COM or MBEHA@PARISHMAIL.COM 

We invite your family to join our Whole Parish Catechesis program. It is a vision of faith formation as an ongoing and lifelong process that utilizes intergenerational learning and interaction. Whole parish catechesis is not just for children! It is for everyone. We invite you to know and love the Church, to walk with Christ in your daily life, and to gather faithfully together on Sunday for Mass.   Visit St. Patrick's Parish Web Site Here

Whole Parish Catechesis Assembly Schedule

Sunday Morning - 9:15 - 10:30 - PreK/K - Grade 1 - Grade 2
Tuesday Evening - 6:00 - 8:00 - Grades 3, 4, 5, 6,7 / 8
WPC Calendar for 2008 - 2009

Whole Parish Catechesis Mission Statement

Saint Patrick’s Religious Education Program is committed to teach the Gospel Message and the true doctrine, practices and beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church in a manner that reflects the teachings of Jesus.  It is our goal to guide our learners to better know, love and serve God.  We will impart the Gospel Message in the format of Whole Parish Catechesis (WPC).

WPC is a vision of faith formation that is rooted in the documents of Vatican II, the General Directory for Catechesis, and other catechetical documents.  It promotes faith formation as an ongoing and lifelong process that is greatly supported by intergenerational learning and interaction.

We support the efforts of our families and offer the opportunity for broadening each person’s knowledge of Christ.  We are dedicated to doing so in a safe and caring learning environment.  Jesus has asked us to love God and love our neighbors as ourselves.  By an example of courtesy, love and respect we help our learners to live God’s law of love. 

Through opportunities of prayer, journaling, faith sharing, building Households of Faith, reflecting on why and how we gather, and promoting active service and outreach, all members of the community of faith are supported in their own faith formation.

 The Whole Parish Catechesis vision recognizes and celebrates everyone at all ages as having an equal role and responsibility within the Christian community.  Children are as important in the catechetical process as ever.  At the same time, we will expand our efforts to support quality catechesis for all generations as well.

Whole Parish Catechesis Instructional Cycle for 2008-2009

The general session topics for the academic year 2008-2009 will be focused on  THE MASS.    

"Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!"Roman Catholic Mass Luke 14:15   

Each time the Mass is offered, the fruits of our Redemption are poured anew upon our souls.  By uniting ourselves with the sacred rite of the Mass, and above all by receiving Holy Communion, we enter into the sacrifice of Christ.  We mystically die with the divine Victim and rise again with Him to new life in God.  We are freed from our sins, we are once again pleasing to God, and we receive grace to follow Him more generously in the life of charity and fraternal union which is the life of His Mystical Body.
              
          Thomas Merton, The Living Bread

        It is common today to hear the Mass referred to as the liturgy.  Liturgy refers to any public act that the Church celebrates.  The Mass, which is the Divine Liturgy, is God's public service.  The celebration of the Mass is: a holy recalling of the sacrifice of Jesus that He offered God the Father during His last meal with His apostles on the night before He died.  During that meal He took bread, gave thanks, broke the bread, and gave it to His disciples.

        The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines the Mass in this way, "The Eucharist is the heart and the summit of the Church's life, for in it Christ associates his Church and all her members with his sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving offered once for all on the cross to his Father; by this sacrifice he pours out the graces of salvation on his Body which is the Church" (#1407).

        The Church is the Body of Christ, and through the celebration of the Eucharist the Church is most fulfilled.  We witness the one sacrifice that Christ offered the Father, and we join our own sacrifices to His at each Mass. In addition the Mass is a banquet.  If we offer our sacrifices to those of the Lord, we will in return receive His Body and Blood and become joined with His Body here on earth. This is the most important act, in our lives here on earth, that we can achieve.

 
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PreKinder./Kindergarten
PreK/K Curriculum
Kdg Prayer List
First Grade                            
Gr.1 Curriculum
  Gr.1  Prayer List
Second Grade
Gr. 2 Curriculum
Gr. 2 Prayer List
Third Grade
 Gr. 3 Curriculum
 Gr. 3 Prayer List
Gr3 FaithWork Guide
Review/Knowledge Inventory Gr 3
Fourth Grade
Gr.4 Curriculum
Gr.4 Prayer List
Review/Knowledge Inventory Gr 4
Fifth Grade
Gr.5 Curriculum
Gr. 5 Prayer List
Review/Knowledge Inventory Gr 5
Sixth Grade
Gr. 6 Curriculum
Gr.6 Prayer List
Review/Knowledge Inventory Gr 6
Confirmation
Conf. Curriculum
Confirmation Packet
Name Selection Form
Address Form
Letter of Intent
Review/Knowledge Inventory Gr 7
St. Patrick's Parish Programs
Adult Break-Out Sessions
Book Club for Men
Parent Rosary Group
Disciples in Service
The Mystery of Christ in You
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Reading for all
Jesus in the House
A Bible for You
MagnifiKids
Faith 4 Our Children
A Parent's Guide to Prayer
The Prayer of Mary
Walking The Bible
The Mystery of Christ in You
St Catherine of Siena Book Club


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Kindergarten
Grade One
Grade Two
Grade Three
Grade Four
Grade Five
Grade Six
Confirmation
Marietta Spagnola,PCL