Religious Education Calendar -  2021-2022

Theme:   Say the Word and My Soul Shall be Healed / Una Palabra Tuya Bastará para Sanarme
"We are living in a secularized society which continues to squeeze Christianity to the margins, or completely out of engagement with Jesus Christ and the Church. . . .At the same time, we are blessed with an incredibly generous cohort of faithful who are sacramentally graced to give Gospel witness in their homes, schools and workplace, if only they were invited, trained and supported in their outreach as missionary disciples." - US Conference of Catholic Bishops
August 7 – Virtual diocesan Catechetical Conference
August 15  Catechist Meeting   
Sunday, August 22  Class  &  Parent meeting
Sunday, August 29 -  Class
Sunday September 5 – No class – Labor Day weekend
Sunday, September 12, Class (Commissioning of catechists) 
Sunday, September 19 Parish Picnic  -  Class
Sunday, September 26    ( Chicken Festival Week-end)  No class  (No school Friday)
Sunday, October 3– Class     
                                      October 4 - Feast of St. Francis – watch for time of Blessing of animals.
                                      October 7 -  Feast of the Holy Rosary                  
Sunday, October 10  Class  
                                    Corbin fall break 11- 15;  Laurel 14-15
Sunday, October 17   Class  
Sunday, October 24–  Class - 
Sunday, October 31 – Class - 
(All Saints Day;  All Souls Day)
Sunday, November 7 -  Class
Sunday, November 14 – Class
 Sunday, November 21 -   Class  
          Nov. 25– Thanksgiving Day
*Sunday, November 28 – No class -   First Sunday of Advent -  Materials Available
Sunday, December 5– class  – Feast of St. Nicholas
             Feast of the Immaculate Conception Dec. 8                                                                     
Sunday, December 12 Class   Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe 
Sunday, December 19 -  Celebration during class time. 
              December 25 – Christmas
               December 26  Feast of Holy Family
Sunday, January 2    (Epiphany party)
Sunday  Jan. 9–   Class  
Sunday, January 16  Class    
         January 17 – Martin Luther King day                                                      
Sunday, January 23     Class                                               
Sunday, January 30   Class                         
Sunday, February 6   Class                  
Sunday, February 13    Class                    
Sunday, February 20  Class                                                  
Sunday, February 27  Class
             Ash Wednesday  - March 2
Sunday, March  6 Class
Sunday, March 13 Class
Sunday, March 20  Class -                 
Sunday, March 27  Class
Sunday, April 3 ( Spring Break – 4 -8)   Possibly special  class
Sunday, April 10  Class                                              
Sunday, April 17  Easter Sunday 
Sunday, April 24   Class  
Sunday, May 1-  Class -  (First Communion)
Sunday, May 7  Mother’s Day
Sunday, May 15  Closing class
Safe Environment Lessons    - To be scheduled
Stations of the Cross. – Dramatization or Project  early March –

The butterfly is only one of several traditional symbols of the Resurrection.  The most popular symbol is the egg, which seems to be lifeless but then breaks open to release new life. The lily is another common symbol. A dry and lifeless-looking bulb blossoms into one of the most beautiful flowers on earth. Another symbol of the Resurrection comes from Greek mythology. The phoenix was a bird that fell to earth and burned, and yet from its ashes arose another bird. Jesus' executioners destroyed his earthly life, but a new and more glorious life came about as a result of his resurrection. Artists sometimes show this as an eagle rising out of a flame. Appearing in the ancient catacombs of the early Church is another symbol of the Resurrection, the peacock. The peacock has a spectacularly beautiful tail, which loses its beauty during the molting season. But when the molting season ends, a new and more beautiful tail appears. The allusion in this symbol is to the fact that through the Resurrection Christ's life became more beautiful than ever.