Home Study

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.

January 31st is the final deadline for any registered students wishing to transfer from the weekly CCE program to the Home Study CCE option 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.

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Parent Enrichment and Homework Checkpoint Meeting #1 - October 29, 2018
In order to receive credit for the missed meeting, please complete the following steps:

• Listen to the audio of the presentation Fathers as Spiritual Leaders.  Note that the audio begins at about the :12 mark and ends around 44:23.
• To see the video incorporated in the presentation, go to THE DOOR.
• Review the Fathers as Spiritual Leaders PowerPoint and then answer the discussion questions at the end of the document (Slide #15).
• Bring your answers to the discussion questions, as well as your child's outstanding work to be checked, to the next parent meeting on November 26th. 

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• Listen to the audio of the presentation Family Prayer.  Note that the audio begins at about the :14 mark and ends around 20:48.
• Review the Family Prayer and then answer the discussion questions at the end of the document (Slide #13).
• Bring your answers to the discussion questions, as well as your child's outstanding work to be checked, to the next parent meeting on February 18th. 

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• Read the Protecting Young Minds Article in the DOCUMENTS section to the left.
• Review the Internet Safety Resources in the DOCUMENTS section to the left.
• With your child(ren), watch the Parent Conversation starter video, What Should I Do If I See Pornography? HERE.
• Answer the DISCUSSION QUESTIONS and bring your answers, as well as your child's outstanding work to be checked, to the final parent meeting in April.  This will be your last opportunity to receive credit for any of the missed meetings.