Class Schedule & Times                               

Grades 6-8 (Parish Center Classrooms) Monday 7:00-8:15pm
Grades 9-10 (Manion Hall) Mon 7:00-8:15pm
Grade 11 Confirmation - two fall sessions prior to Confirmation in the fall. 

Coordinator: Sally Cunningham ext.19
scunningham@sainteulalia.org
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Our Faith Formation program at St. Eulalia Parish is based on formation, not just information. For this reason, the program is designed to engage young adults to see how their faith relates to everything going on their lives.

The program can be summed in on the theme Think with Your Heart, which keeps our focus on our youth community experiencing God in many ways in their lives. Through liturgy and scripture, service, spiritual well being and prayer and in social gatherings and community. Our program offers all of these elements.

Our 7th and 8th grade programs are small group class room settings with experienced catechists and team leaders. This provides an environment for engagement and sharing of faith activities. In the 8th grade we use the Encounter interactive program from Ascension Press to help teens learn how to break open the bible and see how it’s relevance to our everyday world. In 2018 we have also created an entire semester based on the introduction of various prayer forms including contemplative prayer, Lectio Divina (divine reading), Eucharistic Adoration and an interactive Rosary program.

Our 9-10 grade programs are set in a large group setting with small break out groups for discussion. Interactive video programs such as Chosen from Ascension Press, Dynamic Catholic and Alteration are all used to create an engaging and spiritual experience for the teens.

The programs are complemented by service programs, retreats and social and prayer related events.

Relating our Catholic faith to the everyday world of teens requires us to integrate what is happening in the world around us. Each week we discuss relevant topics affecting us and those less fortunate in the world. These topics find their way into interactive discussions of how we area called to affect our behavior in the world.

It’s not all serious though, we use humor, music and activities to help build our community together. The “Skit Guys” are becoming a regular virtual tool for discussions and activities.

External speakers and events are also a key part of the activities. In the past year we have had authors, Catholic speakers, missionaries, prison ministry and the plight of the homeless all topics we need to relate.

One key event for our youth in their spiritual development is Confirmation which is held in the fall each year. Typically, this occurs in the 11th grade, and includes a preparation retreat, evening of reflection and the receipt of the sacrament. A truly wonderful experience for us all.

This year we are very pleased to welcome Claire Aalerud as our Youth Minister and we can expect to see a much extended program for retreats and weekly activities and special events in the parish for our youth.