Edge, Grades 6-8
Elizabeth Hoye, Coordinator Grades 6-9
beth@cntaunton.org phone/text: (774)226-9696
Elizabeth Hoye, Coordinator Grades 6-9
beth@cntaunton.org phone/text: (774)226-9696
Bible Search of the Christmas Story
- What was the message that the angel Gabriel had for Mary at the annunciation? Luke 1: 30-33. What was her response to the message? Luke 1: 38. Click here for Luke 1: 26-38
- What did Mary do immediately after the annunciation, and why? Answer is found in Luke 1: 36. Click here for Luke 1: 26-38
- Why did Joseph want to divorce Mary after she told him that she was pregnant? Matthew 1: 18-19. Why did he not divorce her but married her instead? Matthew 1: 20-21.
- Why did Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem? Luke 2: 1-4
- Why was it important that Joseph adopt Jesus?
- Why did the magi visit Jerusalem? Luke 2: 1-2
- Where was Jesus born? And why is it important? Luke 2: 6
- Why was Jesus given the name of Jesus? Read Matthew 1: 21 and the footnote.
- What was the message that the angels gave to the shepherds? Luke 2: 10-11
Review of October Edge
Grade 6 Schedule
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September
18 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm October 16 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm 30 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm November 13 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm 23 Thanksgiving Mass at St. Jude (6:30pm) December 10Mass Prep with grade 6 @ Jude. 11Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm TBD Grade 6 will also do a sock & hygiene drive in Dec. January 14 MM for Grade 6 (10am-12:30pm) 21 MM for Grade 6 (10am-12:30pm) 22 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm 28 MM for Grade 6 (10am-12:30pm) |
February
12 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm T.B.D. Day of Recollection this month for Grade 6 & 7 March 4 Mass Prep with grade 6 @ Jude. 5 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm 25 Make-up Mass Prep @ St. Jude 26 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm April 7 Good Friday Living Stations: Grade 6 & 7 29 Make up Mass Prep @ St. Jude 30 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm TBD -Grades 6 & 7 has Prep for living Stations May 20 Make up Mass Prep @ St. Jude 20 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm ** MM = Meal Ministry at St Anthony (Saturday mornings) |
Grade 7 Schedule
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September
18 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm October 16 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm 29 Mass Prep with grade 7 @ Jude. 30 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm November 12 MM for Grade 7 (10am-12:30pm) 13 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm 19 MM for Grade 7 (10am-12:30pm) 23 Thanksgiving Mass at St. Jude (6:30pm) December 4 Fourth Watch for Grades 7-9 (St. Jude 6:30-7:30pm) 11 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm January 21 Mass Prep with grade 7 @ Jude. 22 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm |
February
12 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm T.B.D. Day of Recollection this month for Grade 6 & 7 March 5 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm 12 Fourth Watch @ St. Jude. Time TBD 25 Make-up Mass Prep @ St. Jude 26 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm April 7 Good Friday Living Stations: Grade 6 & 7 29 Make up Mass Prep @ St. Jude 29 Grade 7 helps with food pantry 30 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm TBD -Grades 6 & 7 Prep for living Stations May 20 Make up Mass Prep @ St. Jude 20 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm ** MM = Meal Ministry at St Anthony (Saturday mornings) |
Grade 8 Schedule
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September
18 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm October 15 MM for Grade 8 (10am-12:30pm) 16 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm 22 MM for Grade 8 (10am-12:30pm) 29 MM for Grade 8 (10am-12:30pm) 30 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm November 12 Mass Prep with grade 8 @ Jude. 13 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm 23 Thanksgiving Mass at St. Jude (6:30pm) December 4 Fourth Watch for Grades 7-9 (St. Jude 6:30-7:30pm 11 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm January 22 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm T.B.D. Grade 8 Day of Recollection in January. |
February
11 Mass Prep with grade 8 @ St Jude 12 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm March 5 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm 12 Fourth Watch @ St. Jude. Time TBD 25 Make up Mass Prep @ St. Jude 26 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm April 6 Holy Thursday: grade 8 29 Make up Mass Prep @ St. Jude 30 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm May 6 MM for Grade 8 (10am-12:30pm) 13 MM for Grade 8 (10am-12:30pm) 20 MM for Grade 8 (10am-12:30pm) 20 Make up Mass Prep @ St. Jude 21 Mass & Edge Session at St Jude 10am-1pm ** MM = Meal Ministry at St Anthony (Saturday mornings) |
OVERVIEW OF GRADES 6-8
Our Philosophy: The goal of our Faith Formation Program is to hand on Faith to our young adults. It is to show them the path of discipleship, and invite them to walk it. The documents of the Church and popes about Evangelization and Faith Formation teach that faith is handed on not just through catechesis (the classroom), but also through liturgy, service, prayer, and involvement in Christian community. Based upon these documents about Evangelization and Faith Formation, our program involves a variety of session to grow in Faith, not just catechesis. We have at least 2 Faith Formation sessions per month (some months 3) with one of them always a catechetical session.
Edge Sessions: Our Junior High Program is based upon a program from Life Teen called Edge. It does not use a book, but instead uses a Youth Ministry model of catechesis. Each Edge Session consists of an opening activity called the Gather, followed by a presentation called the Proclaim, a small group discussion called the Break, and a prayer service called the Send. The Edge sessions will be held at St. Jude Parish Hall following the 10am Mass from 11am to 1pm A light breakfast of donuts and muffins will be provided at the start of each session. This year we will focus upon Jesus, but will study other aspects of the faith such as the sacraments. There is 1 Edge Session per month except for March and October when there are two.
Youth Mass: The monthly Edge session will be preceded by the 10am Mass at St. Jude which is part of the Edge session. This monthly Mass will be a youth Mass with a different grade sponsoring the Mass each month. Each grade will sponsor two Masses per year. This means that at least once a month families from St. Anthony and St. Mary will have to attend Mass at St. Jude, but are free to go to their own Parish the other Sundays of the month.
Mass Preparation: Twice a year each grade will have a session in which they learn about the Mass by planning a Mass. In these planning sessions they will first briefly study the readings. Then they will break into groups to plan different aspects of the Mass. Some will help write the petitions, others will practice doing the readings, some will help design the homily, and others will help with environment.
Mass Transit Cards: A new thing this year for our entire Faith Formation program is that we will use Mass Transit Cards which will give parents an opportunity to discuss the Mass, and especially the readings, as a family. In this way they can fulfill their role as the primary educators in the ways of faith. In the upper levels in addition to the questions discussed as a family there will also be reflection questions to be answered by the students themself. These Mass transit cards will mainly be done on-line from the collaborative web site, but a printed copy will also be available. Most weeks they will be up by Wednesday.
Ministry Projects: Service is one of the essential ways that we grow in our faith relationship with Christ. Our primary service project will be helping with our collaborative Meal Ministry. Grade 8 will help twice with the Meal Ministry, and grade 6 & 7 only once. Grades 6 & 7 will do another service project instead of Meal Ministry. Since only six to eight students can help at a time with Meal Ministry, thus we will divide a grade by class to help with meal ministry. The time of meal ministry is Saturday from 10am to 12:30pm. This will give 5 hours of service for the year. If a student can not fulfill their service hours through meal ministry some other project can be provided.
Holy Week: This year we are asking grades 6-9 to participate in Holy Week. In the past at both St. Anthony and St. Jude certain grades have helped with the Living Stations on Good Friday, but we want all of grades 6-9 to get involved in Holy Week to initiate them into the celebration of Holy Week as an important part of our faith. Grade 8 will help with the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, and grades 6 and 7 will present the Living Stations at 3pm on Good Friday. Grade 9 will help with the Palm Sunday liturgy at St. Jude
Day of Recollection: This year each grade in the entire program will have a Day of Recollection. Last year we did a Day of Recollection with second grade, and realized that it would be good if every grade had a day. The dates have not yet been chosen, but will be in January and February. We will have one day with just with grade 8, and the other with grades 6 and 7. We are hoping to do these days at a retreat horse outside of the Parish, but are still looking for a location. As soon as the date and location are determined it will be sent to the parents.
Thanksgiving Mass: We will have a Thanksgiving Mass for the upper grades at 6:30pm on the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving, November 23rd. Grades 1-5 will have their Thanksgiving Mass on Sunday at 9am at St. Anthony. These Thanksgiving Masses are required for both grade levels.
Fourth Watch: Last year we had grades 7-9 participate in a prayer and worship experience called Fourth Watch. Fourth Watch is an opportunity for Eucharistic adoration with praise and worship, a youth speaker, and confession. This year we are going to have two Fourth Watches with one in Advent and one in Lent. Grade 6 will not participate in Fourth Watch.
Mass Attendance: Attending Mass will be part of our Edge program especially since we have class only once a month. We will use Mass Transit Cards to take attendance for Mass
Monthly Youth Ministry Activity: When we do not have class on a given week, we plan on having a monthly Youth Ministry activities as part of our Edge program. This will be voluntary, but we hope that as many sixth to eight graders as possible will be involved. These activities will be social in nature. For example we could have a bowling night, skating night, game night, or movie & Pizza night.
FlockNotes: All communication will come through Flocknotes. Longer messages will come as an email, and short messages as a text. If you can not receive either email or text please tell us, and other arrangements can be made such as a voice message. We will sign you up for Flocknotes.
Safe Environment: Be assured that all of our Edge Leaders have been through the three steps of the Diocesan Safe Environment program.
Faith Formation Leadership Team: Jane Santos is the coordinator of the lower level Formation Program, grades 1-5. Her office is located at the St Anthony Parish Center. Her contact information is 508-824-4545/Jane@cntaunton.org. The coordinator of the upper level program (grades 6-9) is Beth Hoye. Questions about the upper level faith formation program should be directed to her. Beth now has a Faith Formation number for texting and calling which is 774-226-9696. Given her schedule, it is best to text if it is a short question, and she can get back to you. Finally, Joanne Mercier, our Pastoral Assistant is very involved in lower level faith Formation, and Fr. Fred Babiczuk is very involved in upper level Faith Formation.
Edge Team: Beth Hoye, Fr. Fred Babiczuk, T.J. Mills, Nancy Simmons, Bea Perreira, Joe Silveira, Fernanda Silveira, Sheila & Shannon McGrady, Michael Rodriques, Murilo Da Silva.
Parental Support Team: We are always looking for parents to be involved in supporting our program. For example, it would be helpful if parents set up for the mini-breakfast with which we will start each class. Parents could also help as chaperones with Youth ministry activities. Such parents would have to fulfill the Safe Environment requirements of the diocese, which can largely be done from a computer or ipad.
Youth Mass: The monthly Edge session will be preceded by the 10am Mass at St. Jude which is part of the Edge session. This monthly Mass will be a youth Mass with a different grade sponsoring the Mass each month. Each grade will sponsor two Masses per year. This means that at least once a month families from St. Anthony and St. Mary will have to attend Mass at St. Jude, but are free to go to their own Parish the other Sundays of the month.
Mass Preparation: Twice a year each grade will have a session in which they learn about the Mass by planning a Mass. In these planning sessions they will first briefly study the readings. Then they will break into groups to plan different aspects of the Mass. Some will help write the petitions, others will practice doing the readings, some will help design the homily, and others will help with environment.
Mass Transit Cards: A new thing this year for our entire Faith Formation program is that we will use Mass Transit Cards which will give parents an opportunity to discuss the Mass, and especially the readings, as a family. In this way they can fulfill their role as the primary educators in the ways of faith. In the upper levels in addition to the questions discussed as a family there will also be reflection questions to be answered by the students themself. These Mass transit cards will mainly be done on-line from the collaborative web site, but a printed copy will also be available. Most weeks they will be up by Wednesday.
Ministry Projects: Service is one of the essential ways that we grow in our faith relationship with Christ. Our primary service project will be helping with our collaborative Meal Ministry. Grade 8 will help twice with the Meal Ministry, and grade 6 & 7 only once. Grades 6 & 7 will do another service project instead of Meal Ministry. Since only six to eight students can help at a time with Meal Ministry, thus we will divide a grade by class to help with meal ministry. The time of meal ministry is Saturday from 10am to 12:30pm. This will give 5 hours of service for the year. If a student can not fulfill their service hours through meal ministry some other project can be provided.
Holy Week: This year we are asking grades 6-9 to participate in Holy Week. In the past at both St. Anthony and St. Jude certain grades have helped with the Living Stations on Good Friday, but we want all of grades 6-9 to get involved in Holy Week to initiate them into the celebration of Holy Week as an important part of our faith. Grade 8 will help with the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, and grades 6 and 7 will present the Living Stations at 3pm on Good Friday. Grade 9 will help with the Palm Sunday liturgy at St. Jude
Day of Recollection: This year each grade in the entire program will have a Day of Recollection. Last year we did a Day of Recollection with second grade, and realized that it would be good if every grade had a day. The dates have not yet been chosen, but will be in January and February. We will have one day with just with grade 8, and the other with grades 6 and 7. We are hoping to do these days at a retreat horse outside of the Parish, but are still looking for a location. As soon as the date and location are determined it will be sent to the parents.
Thanksgiving Mass: We will have a Thanksgiving Mass for the upper grades at 6:30pm on the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving, November 23rd. Grades 1-5 will have their Thanksgiving Mass on Sunday at 9am at St. Anthony. These Thanksgiving Masses are required for both grade levels.
Fourth Watch: Last year we had grades 7-9 participate in a prayer and worship experience called Fourth Watch. Fourth Watch is an opportunity for Eucharistic adoration with praise and worship, a youth speaker, and confession. This year we are going to have two Fourth Watches with one in Advent and one in Lent. Grade 6 will not participate in Fourth Watch.
Mass Attendance: Attending Mass will be part of our Edge program especially since we have class only once a month. We will use Mass Transit Cards to take attendance for Mass
Monthly Youth Ministry Activity: When we do not have class on a given week, we plan on having a monthly Youth Ministry activities as part of our Edge program. This will be voluntary, but we hope that as many sixth to eight graders as possible will be involved. These activities will be social in nature. For example we could have a bowling night, skating night, game night, or movie & Pizza night.
FlockNotes: All communication will come through Flocknotes. Longer messages will come as an email, and short messages as a text. If you can not receive either email or text please tell us, and other arrangements can be made such as a voice message. We will sign you up for Flocknotes.
Safe Environment: Be assured that all of our Edge Leaders have been through the three steps of the Diocesan Safe Environment program.
Faith Formation Leadership Team: Jane Santos is the coordinator of the lower level Formation Program, grades 1-5. Her office is located at the St Anthony Parish Center. Her contact information is 508-824-4545/Jane@cntaunton.org. The coordinator of the upper level program (grades 6-9) is Beth Hoye. Questions about the upper level faith formation program should be directed to her. Beth now has a Faith Formation number for texting and calling which is 774-226-9696. Given her schedule, it is best to text if it is a short question, and she can get back to you. Finally, Joanne Mercier, our Pastoral Assistant is very involved in lower level faith Formation, and Fr. Fred Babiczuk is very involved in upper level Faith Formation.
Edge Team: Beth Hoye, Fr. Fred Babiczuk, T.J. Mills, Nancy Simmons, Bea Perreira, Joe Silveira, Fernanda Silveira, Sheila & Shannon McGrady, Michael Rodriques, Murilo Da Silva.
Parental Support Team: We are always looking for parents to be involved in supporting our program. For example, it would be helpful if parents set up for the mini-breakfast with which we will start each class. Parents could also help as chaperones with Youth ministry activities. Such parents would have to fulfill the Safe Environment requirements of the diocese, which can largely be done from a computer or ipad.