FAMILY FAITH PROGRAM

Catechists

 

Who are catechists? They are people who keep the memory of God alive; they keep it alive in themselves and they are able to revive it in others. This is something beautiful: to remember God, like the Virgin Mary, who sees God’s wondrous works in her life but doesn’t think about honour, prestige or wealth; she doesn’t become self-absorbed. Instead, after receiving the message of the angel and conceiving the Son of God, what does she do?         She sets out, she goes to assist her elderly kinswoman Elizabeth, who was also pregnant. And the first thing she does upon meeting Elizabeth is to recall God’s work, God’s fidelity, in her own life, in the history of her people, in our history: “My soul magnifies the Lord … For God has looked on the lowliness of God's servant … God's mercy is from generation to generation” (Lk 1:46, 48, 50). This canticle of Mary also contains the remembrance of her personal history, God’s history with her, her own experience of faith. And this is true too for each one of us and for every Christian: faith contains our own memory of God’s history with us, the memory of our encountering God who always takes the first step, who creates, saves and transforms us... A catechist is a Christian who puts this remembrance at the service of proclamation, not to be important, not to talk about himself or herself, but to talk about God, about God's love and God's fidelity.

 

Pope Francis: homily at Mass for Catechists 09-29-2013

 

 

 

CATECHETICAL TEAM 2019-2019

 

Director: Luz Marina Diaz

Youth Ministry Coordinator: Michael Judkiewicz

Parents’ Liason: Kerry O’Donnell

Family Faith Choir Director: Jaqueline Perez

Altar Servers Coordinator: Gerry Moss

Community Services Coordinator: Jeff Blackman and Stephanie Maslow

Pre-kindergarten & Kindergarten: Kristen Beckles & Dee Hennessey

1st grade: Ezzy Ruiz 

2nd grade: Pablo Jiménez

3rd grade: Norma Varela and Lori Legano Gentile (Assistant: Cynthia Teramura)

4th grade: Patricia Gordon

5th grade: 

6th grade: Tyler William Hawks

Confirmation Candidates: Paul Kelly, Stephanie Maslow, and Eileen Markey

Adult Faith Formation (Parents): Michael Termini, Roseann Bonadia, Ed Poliandro & Luz Marina Diaz

Children Liturgy of the Word (grades 1,2,3): Joy FarinaFoskettt

Children Liturgy of the Word (grades 4,5,6): Manny Lopez

 

Becoming a Catechist: What's your Story?

 

Jeff's story

 

Charisse's story