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- Joan Hastreiter
  
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Home Study CCE Program

St. Laurence parish offers a Home Study CCE program to support each parent's vocation as the primary or first catechist of their children. Parents who register for the Home Study CCE program are provided with resources and support to assist them in teaching their children at home. Children in our Home Study CCE program use the same materials as the weekly CCE students and are always invited (as well as strongly encouraged) to participate in our Religious Education group activities including our CCE Masses, periodic Prayer Services, Middle School EDGE Nights, EDGE Socials, etc.

Families who choose to teach religious education at home in an intentional and systematic way have greater opportunities to share the Catholic faith and to grow deeper in their relationship with God, through Jesus, together. This is perhaps the greatest benefit of the Home Study CCE program for families who are committed to its process. Families teaching Home Study CCE have also found an additional benefit, which is the flexibility of teaching lessons at their own pace and in accordance with their particular (and sometimes challenging!) schedules. It is also a perfect opportunity for Catholic families to join together with others to form Home Study groups for similarly aged children within their neighborhoods. The possibilities of Home Study CCE are endless in terms of growth for not only your children, but also yourselves, as faith formation and practicing the Catholic faith becomes more deeply integrated into your family’s daily life.

Please see the document at the left for Home Study Program Requirements & Dates for the coming program year. This document outlines the completion and credit expectations for all participant families. Please note that these requirements pertain to only those children in grades 1-12, and are not applicable to Preschool or Kindergarten Home Study families.

As our Parent Enrichment/Homework Checkpoint meetings are conducted throughout the program year, we will list a link to the audio recording of our guest speaker below on this webpage, as well as a link to the meeting handouts, within the week following the scheduled meeting. In order to receive credit for any missed meetings throughout the year, at least one parent is expected to listen to the audio, complete the handout discussion questions and then turn them in at the next checkpoint meeting along with their children's work. Make-up credit for the student will be limited to two (2) absences of the parent made up in this way.

Home Study CCE is available for families to enter into each CCE program year through November 1st.

After that date each year, families are invited to come in and obtain materials (which they pay for) if they'd like to begin formation at home. However, these students would not receive full credit for the current formation year for purposes of sacramental preparation eligibility due to the amount of content that would need to be covered before the Home Study CCE program year end in April.

The registration deadline for all new students entering Home Study is November 1st of each year.
January 31st is the final deadline for any registered students attending weekly classes and wishing to transfer to the Home Study CCE option and still obtain credit for the full formation year.

Through our Home Study program, we want to support your desire to continue your child’s faith formation. And so we pray for you as you continue your journey, as you and your family walk by faith. Pope John Paul II said, “It is above all in raising children that the family fulfills its mission in proclaiming the Gospel of Life.”

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Home Study CCE Parent Meeting and Homework Checkpoint:
October 28, 2019
STAY WITH US
To make up the missed meeting and receive credit for this absence, the parent must:
- Listen to the STAY WITH US audio recording of the meeting presentation (It starts at about the :21 mark).
- Review the STAY WITH US POWERPOINT presentation and answer the reflection questions on Slide 9.
- UPLOAD your answers to the Reflection questions from the presentation on or before Monday, April 27th.
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Home Study CCE Parent Meeting and Homework Checkpoint:
December 2, 2019
ADVENT
To make up the missed meeting and receive credit for this absence, the parent must:
- Listen to the ADVENT audio recording of the meeting presentation (It starts at about the 18:00 mark).
- Review the ADVENT POWERPOINT presentation and answer the reflection questions on the last page.
- UPLOAD your answers to the Reflection questions from the presentation on or before Monday, April 27th.
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Home Study CCE Parent Meeting and Homework Checkpoint:
February 17, 2020
Anna Carter, 'Helping Your Children Navigate Tough Issues' Parent Workshop
To make up the missed meeting and receive credit for this absence, the parent must:

Listen to the ANNA CARTER PART 1 and ANNA CARTER PART 2 audio recordings of the meeting presentation.

Review and answer the REFLECTION QUESTIONS.

UPLOAD your answers to the Reflection questions from the presentation on or before Monday, April 27th.
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Home Study CCE Parent Meeting and Homework Checkpoint:
April 27, 2020
Danielle Bean, "Learning at Home"

To complete the meeting requirements and receive credit, the parent must:

Go to the Catholic on demand formation app at FORMED and sign up for a free user account, indicating membership in St. Laurence Church. You will receive a confirmation email allowing you to launch the application. If you need further instructions, please refer to Instructions for Accessing FORMED in the DOCUMENTS section to the left.

Watch the video by Danielle Bean called LEARNING IN THE FAMILY.

Review and answer the REFLECTION QUESTIONS.

If your child is an Elementary student, UPLOAD your answers to the Reflection questions from the presentation on or before Monday, May 18th.

If your child is a middle school student, please contact Maureen Bass at mbass@stlaurence.org to submit your studen'ts work for credit.

If you child is a high school student use the upload link at the left to submit your youth's work for credit. Contact Christine Dunn at cdunn@stlaurence.org for questions about high school home study.

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