Home Study CCE Program

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 right 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 handout, 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.

• Unfortunately, our audio recording of this presentation was compromised.  Please review the transcript of the presentation How to Respond to a Crisis Presenter Notes for the content of this session. 
• After reading the presentation outline, please review the Questions for Consideration on Page 3 of the Presenter Notes, choosing  3 of them to answer and turn in at the next Home Study parent session on November 27th.

• Listen to the presentation recording Learning Styles Audio
• Answer the Questions at the bottom of Page 1 on the Learning Styles Handouts
• A copy of the presentation PowerPoint is available here Learning Styles PowerPoint
• Bring your answers to the next Home Study parent session on January 29th.  

• Listen to the presentation recording Serving the Lord 
• A copy of the presentation PowerPoint is available at Serving the Lord PowerPoint  
• Answer the discussion questions found HERE and turn them in at the last Home Study parent session on April 23rd.

• Listen to the presentation recording Pray Without Ceasing
• A copy of the presentation PowerPoint is available at Pray Without Ceasing PowerPoint
• Answer the discussion questions found on the PowerPoint and turn them in electronically or with your child's outstanding work by no later than May 15, 2018.

Home Study CCE is available for families to enter into each CCE program year through January 31st.  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. January 31st is also the final deadline for any students wishing to transfer from the weekly CCE to Home Study CCE program and still obtain credit for the 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.”

To register for the Home Study program for the coming year, click here for RE registration.