PREP - St. Jude Parish Religious Education Program
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Letter from our Director of Parish Faith Formation
Dear Families,
I hope you enjoy looking at the various activites we do and have done that are listed here on the PREP page.
This scripture passage elequently taught by Bishop Robert Barren is a beautiful reflection of how we are to live with Jesus.
John 15:1-8
In this Gospel, Jesus declares that he is the vine and we are the branches who must remain in him. If we ourselves do not participate in who Jesus is, we miss the spiritual power that he meant to unleash.
If John’s Gospel is any indication, Jesus does not want worshipers but followers, or better, participants: "I am the vine, you are the branches; live on in me; my body is real food and my blood real drink. The one who feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him."
The beautifully organic images that John presents are meant, it seems to me, to communicate the life-changing power of the Incarnation: the Logos became flesh, our flesh, so that we might allow the divine energy to come to birth in us.
If we live in Jesus and follow Him we will live the life we are meant to live.
I hope these words bring you comfort and peace in our broken world.
Thank God we have Heaven to look forward to!! This is the Good News!!Please remember to fill out the registation form and accompanying form for either Sunday or Monday.
The Sunday form is the Commitment Form, the Monday form is the Pick Up Authorization form.
If you are new to PREP, please call my office to make an appointment with me.
Below are a few faith resources that I frequently use. I hope you find them helpful also.
Please contact me if I can be of any help regarding your children.
Have a blessed Summer.
Please know of my continued prayers for you and your families.
Mrs. Lori Rawski
Handy Faith Resources:- There are many ways you can pray and there are many sites you can utilize. The rosary is my go-to prayer. The PREP children, catechists, and I pray one decade of the rosary every time we have PREP. You can find rosary apps in your phone’s app store. I use Laudate, an Apple app that has many prayers and traditions, such as the daily readings, Rosary, Stations of the Cross, examinations of conscience, the Bible, links to EWTN, and many other amazing options.
- For those of you with young children at home, these can be very trying times. “Look to Him and Be Radiant” (https://www.looktohimandberadiant.com/) is a website full of awesome ideas of activities to do with children, as well as links to videos and music. In my humble opinion, if you can keep your children away from the news, I believe they will feel much more secure and less filled with anxiety during this time.
- FORMED.ORG, the online website that is sometimes referred to as Netflix for Catholics, is full of wonderful movies and stories for all ages. To access simply go to our website, stjudechalftont.org, and scroll down to the FORMED button on the front page. It is free to everyone, and paid for by the parish. I love “Brother Francis” videos for children, and the Forgiven series is exceptional. The movies about the saints are fabulous and are for middle schooler to adult.
- Catholicphilly.com has many great articles and ideas from our local priests, bishops, and laity.
- Bishop Robert Barron offers daily Mass from his chapel in Los Angeles. He is a terrific homilist. They are found at Word on Fire (https://www.wordonfire.org/daily-mass/).
- PrayMoreNovenas.com is a wonderful online resource for prayer and novenas, and you can receive email reminders, if you want. Sign up on their website or by contacting johnpaul@praymorenovenas.com.
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Registration for PREP
2022-2023 Religious Education Registration
Parish registration is required in order to attend PREP. For students new to the program, an original Baptismal Certificate must be presented at the time of registration.The 2022-2023 student registration forms are available on the PREP Documents tab above. To complete registration:
1. Print, sign, and send your student Registration Form AND Pick-up Authorization Form to:St. Jude PREP
2. Include Payment at the time of registration in one of the following ways.
323 W. Butler Avenue
Chalfont, PA 18914- Mail in your signed Registration Form AND Pick-up Authorization Form with your check made payable to St. Jude Parish. In memo write PREP. OR
- Mail in your signed Registration Form AND Pick-up Authorization Form and go to Online Giving. Choose PREP Fees for contribution type.
3. Sign up for our email list (Flocknote), found on this page. You will receive emails from PREP through this system and an interesting and informative weekly update from the parish. Be sure to put mail@flocknote.com in your contacts or mark it as safe, so that our emails land in your inbox, not in some other folder.
4. Sign up for FORMED on our own FORMED website, stjudechalfont.formed.org. Enter your email and password and stay logged in for easy access to recommendations that we will be using for religious education.
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St. Jude Family Faith PREP Schedule and Monthly Content
- Family Faith PREP 2022-2023 Tentative Schedule
- Directions for Alive in Christ Family Faith Formation
- Family Faith Pledge and Commitment 2022-2023
- Family Faith PREP Grade 1
- Family Faith PREP Grade 2
- Family Faith PREP Grade 3
- Family Faith PREP Grade 4
- Family Faith PREP Grade 5
- Family Faith PREP Grade 6
- Family Devotion Opportunities 2021-22
- Family Devotion Log Sheet
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