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Whole Parish Catechesis Mission
Statement
Saint Rose of Lima 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 convey 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.
THE SACRAMENTS 2011-2012
As defined by the Catechism of
the Catholic Church (CCC), a sacrament is an efficacious
sign of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the
Church by which divine life is dispensed to us through the
work of the Holy Spirit. There are seven sacraments:
Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist,
Reconciliation, Anointing
of the Sick, Holy Orders and Matrimony.
From the
Latin, sacramentum (meaning a sign of the sacred), the seven
sacraments are sacred ceremonies we celebrate as Catholics.
These ceremonies are outward signs of God's grace and a way
for us to experience God's saving presence in our lives.
This year we will be learning more
about each of the sacraments. By learning about these
celebrations, we will be able to experience them more fully,
enrich our faith and experience God's presence more
profoundly in our lives.
The seven
sacraments are broken into three groups:
Sacraments of Initiation
Baptism, Eucharist and Confirmation
Sacraments of Healing
Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick
Sacraments of Service
Holy Orders and Matrimony
The seven sacraments touch all stages and all the important
moments of a Christian life; they give birth and increase
healing and mission to the Christian's life of faith.
There is thus a certain resemblance between the stages of
natural life and the stages of the
spiritual life. CCC:1210
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