ORE Connections - November 2009

Year for Priests

During this Year for the Priest, we will be sharing stories of some of the priests and seminarians from the Arch-diocese of Hartford. We ask that you keep all of our priests in your prayers in a special way.

Ryan Lerner Seminarian

Born: March 16, 1981

I am currently in my second year of pre-theology at St. Joseph’s Semi-nary in Yonkers, NY. I grew up in Man-chester, attended St. James Church, and was a student at St. James School from kindergarten through 8th grade. I at-tended Manchester High School, and then studied History & Religion at Trinity College in Hartford, where I later com-pleted a Masters in Public Policy while assistant-coaching the college’s cross country, track & field teams. Later I worked as a Nursing Home Administra-tor for two years before deciding to enter the seminary. Since I was about 12 years old, I guess I always had this feeling that I wanted to be a priest. Growing up, I was blessed with outstanding priest role mod-els at St. James Church, as well as some wonderful Sisters of Mercy for my teach-ers at St. James School. Though “the call” varied in intensity from time-to-time, I would always come back to it – and whenever I thought about being a priest for Jesus Christ, I felt great peace. I spoke with Father Michael Dolan, Voca-tion Director for the Archdiocese, and then my pastor at St. James, Father Kevin Cavanaugh, who stated that the “the call,” is really about the answer to the question that it presents: Is this what God wants of me? When one is discerning what God might be asking of them, I think that the simple words that Our Lady spoke to the servants at the Wedding Feast of Cana

November ORE Connections

Archdiocese of Hartford Office of Religious Education

467 Bloomfield Avenue Bloomfield, CT 06002 (860) 243-9465 Phone

(860) 243-9690 Fax www.orehartford.org

Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.

Rev. Msgr. Michael J. Motta, D.Min. Ext. 13 Director of ORE,

Catholic Scouting Chaplain [email protected]

Ms. Patricia Keck, M.A. Ext. 16 Assistant Director, Religious Education,

Catechetical Leader Training, Catechesis, Sacramental Preparation, Catechist

Formation, Generations of Faith, Resource Library

[email protected]

Mr. Carlos Aedo, M.A. Ext. 15 Coordinator for Catechesis for Hispanics

[email protected]

Mrs. Shawnee Baldwin, M.A. Ext. 20 Coordinator of Youth and Youth Adults

Ministry, Confirmation (Youth), CYO Sports (Basketball)

[email protected]

Ms. Shannon Perzan Ext. 18 Coordinator of Catholic Scouting,

Video Library, CYO Sports (Cheerleading) [email protected]

BJ Daly Horell, MTS. Ext. 11 Coordinator of Catholic Biblical School

[email protected]

Mrs. Mary Marsan, M.Div. Ext. 14 Coordinator of R.C.I.A., Adult

Confirmation, Adult Formation, Lay Ministry

[email protected]

Mrs. Jill Costa Ext. 19 [email protected]

Mrs. Shirley Morris Ext. 12 [email protected]

Specialized Youth Ministry Catholic Boy Scouting Chairperson John Meakin, Jr. (860) 688-7440

Catholic Girl Scouting Chairperson Dina Garafola (860) 742-1465

CYO Basketball Program John Egan (203) 596-9610

([email protected])

CYO Cheerleading Program Robin Norko (203) 281-9663

([email protected]) www.ctspirit.com

sum it up perfectly: “Do whatever He tells you (John 2:5.)”After a great deal of prayer, especially to the Blessed Mother, I chose to enter the seminary. I love my God, and I believe in my heart that this is what He wants. I desire with all my heart to serve Him and His Church, and I hope and pray that this indeed is His will. At this point in pursuing a vocation to serve Christ through the gift of His holy priest-hood, my goal is to be the best priest that I can be, and to give my Lord all that I have to give. Christ is the true, Eternal Priest – the Servant of all – and therefore is the model for all priests. God-willingly, one day as a parish priest, I hope to bring people to Christ, and to bring Christ to the people by serving as He served, and loving as He loved.

Year for Priests June 19, 2009 -

June 19, 2010

Dear Lord,

We pray that the Blessed Mother wrap her mantle around your priests and through her intercession strengthen them for their ministry. We pray that Mary will guide your priests to follow her own words, “Do whatever He tells you” (Jn 2:5). May your priests have the heart of St. Jo-seph, Mary’s most chaste spouse. May the Blessed Mother’s own pierced heart inspire them to embrace all who suffer at the foot of the cross. May your priests be holy, filled with the fire of your love seeking nothing but your greater glory and the salvation of souls. Amen. Saint John Vianney, pray for us.

Celebrate Religious Education Month

Advent the New Year Advent is the beginning of the Church’s New Year. The New Year provides us with the opportunity to look back as well as to look forward. Some time ago I told you that I read a book entitled the Language of God written by Dr. Francis Collins that reconciled science and religion. If you recall I said that the Catholic faith has never had a problem reconciling religion and evolution. As long as you recognize the fact that God created the universe at some point in his-tory, it doesn’t really matter when it happened even if it was a billion years ago. How it happened points out the majesty of Almighty God! Since I read that book, I’ve learned some other very interesting facts. The Vatican has supported an Observation head-quartered at the Papal summer residence located a “Castel Gondolfo” in the Alban Hills of Italy. It also conducts much of its research from the “Vatican Advanced Technology Tele-scope: located on Mount Graham in southeast Arizona jointly owned with the University of Arizona. This is an attempt to reconcile religion and science. Scientists have described the history of our 13.7 billion years old universe on the scale of 1 year where the first expansion of the universe takes place in the first nanosecond of January 1st and our present time is the last nanosecond of December 31st. How about a modern reading of the creation account found in the Book of Genesis. On the first day, God make the “Big Bang”. On the 7th day of February, God created the “Milky Way Galaxy”, On the 14th day of August, God created the Earth. On the 4th day of September, God created life on Earth. On the 25th day of December, God created dinosaurs. On the 31st day of December at 23 hours and 58 minutes, God created the first humans. On December 31st at 23 hours and 59 minutes and 58 seconds God sent his son Jesus into the world as a baby. Yes,. Religion and science seek truth and truth can only be found in God. God bless you.

~Monsignor Michael J. Motta

ADULT FORMATION/EVANGELIZATION/RCIA

Charity in Truth – Workshop

Stay tuned! A workshop on the Holy Father’s new encyclical will be held in the Spring. The event is being spon-sored by the Office of Religious Education, the Office of Urban Affairs, and the Office of the Diaconate. Information will be mailed shortly.

Adult Confirmation

On Monday, October 28, 2009 66 adults received the Sacrament of Confirmation at St. Mark the Evangelist Church, West Hartford. Bishop Peter A. Rozassa presided. We offer our congratulations to all those who were confirmed. The next Adult Confirmation preparation classes will be held in the spring beginning on Tuesday, April 6, 2010. The adult celebra-tion for Confirmation will be on May 18, 2010 at the Cathedral of St. Joseph. Registration forms for spring confirmation will be available on our web site at the end of January 2010. www.orehartford.org.

Lay Ministry

Do you know any lay people who are active in your church in various ministries, but need some training? Our next Lay Ministry classes will begin in September 2010. The Lay Ministry Program could enhance your parish life by providing training for the lay volunteer. The Lay Ministry program is an 18 month formation program that includes classes in theology, spiritual development and pastoral skills as well as a parish in-ternship. For more information check our website, www. ore-hartford.org or call Mary Marsan at 243-9465.

Best Practices

The Paulist National Catholic Evangelization Associa-tion (PNCEA) has developed a program called “Best Practices for Parishes”. It is a self-study and action planning tool. It en-ables parishes to assess seven dimensions of parish life using best practice statements drawn from church documents, pastoral experiences and ministry experts. The assessments become the basis for planning and implementing improvements in specific ministry areas. Each dimension has its own workbook with instructions and worksheets which can be downloaded from the internet. The seven dimensions of parish life are: Prayer and Worship, Catechesis, Evangelization, Justice and Charity, Stew-ardship, Ministry to Family/Pastoral Care, and Community Building. For more information or to order, go to www.bestpracticesforparishes.org.

New Resource

A Concise Guide to Adult Faith Formation by Neil A. Parent is now available from Ave Maria Press (www.avemariapress.com). Neil Parent is the former Executive Director of the National Conference for Catechetical Leaders. The book contains chapters on: The Adult as Christian Disciple and Lifelong Learner, The Parish as Context for Adult Faith Formation, The Adult as Faith Learner, Attending to the Voice of God as Teacher, Supporting the Independent Learner, and Turning Vision into Reality.

From the Director’s desk…

CATHOLIC BIBLICAL SCHOOL

Graduate Auditing First-year classes

Twenty-four CBS grads are participating as silent auditors in this year’s first-year classes. If you would like to join them, you can do so beginning with the second unit of study. Places are still available in the two evening courses only: Mondays 7-9 pm at Epiphany Parish in Cheshire and Tuesdays 7-9 pm at Caritas Christi Center in Hamden. Contact BJ Daly Horell to register.

Upcoming Biblical School Events for Grads

Mark Your Calendar: March 6, 2010—Sr. Barbara Bozak March 21, 2010—Celebration of Sacred Scripture April 24, 2010—Sr. Jewel Renna, Prayer and the Bible

We’re blogging!

We’re blogging! Get the latest news from the Catholic Biblical School, direct to your email. Sign up to subscribe to our Blog at: http://bjdhorehartford.blogspot.com/ Help Promote the Biblical School! Volunteers who have graduated or are in their final year of the Biblical School are invited to meet with potential students at the Religious Education Congress (Nov 7). If you can give an hour of your time, contact BJ Daly Horell today!

Year of the Priest Program for Biblical School Graduates!

During this Year of the Priests, Sr. Barbara Bozak invites us to think about how all baptized Christians are "Called to be a Priestly People." As we celebrate the gift that ordained priesthood is to all of us, this presentation will chal-lenge all of us to be a holy presence to others as we live from day to day. Join us on March 6, 2010, from 9:30 to noon at the Archdiocesan Center at St. Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield.

Online Bible Courses offered through University of Notre Dame!

Catholic Biblical School graduates may find these programs to be a great way to get “up close and personal” with individual books of the Bible. For more information go online at: http://step.nd.edu/

CATHOLIC SCOUTING

Technology & Catholic Scouting and Camp Fire

In trying to keep up with today’s young people, busy Catholic Scout and Camp Fire Leaders as well as parents, we have finally found another way to bring Catholic Scouting and Camp Fire to your house...in your computer. Not only are we in the process of updating our Catholic Scouting handbook on our website but we are also blogging and Facebooking! They are great ways to get connected to other scouts and scout leaders as well as keep up to date on the latest and greatest in Catholic Scouting and Camp Fire. Check it out! Archdiocese of Hartford Catholic Scouting Website: http://orehartford.org/catholicscouts.htm National Catholic Committee for Girl Scouts and Camp Fire Website: www.nccgscf.org National Catholic Committee on Scouting: http://www.nccs-bsa.org/ Archdiocese of Hartford Catholic Scouting & Camp Fire Blog: http://catholicscoutsandcampfire.blogspot.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=128360974678&ref=ts

New NCCGSCF Logo Products Available

The National Catholic Committee for Girl Scouts and Camp Fire has new logo products available. Visit www.nccgscf.org to purchase tote bags, polo shirts, cozy's, and patches with the new logo on it.

Upcoming Events

November 8, 2009: Archdiocese of Hartford Adult Catholic Boy Scout Awards Banquet. $25 per person. Angelico’s, New Britain. Deadline to register is October 31st. No walk ins. November 14, 2009: Archdiocese of Hartford Catholic Com-mittee for Girl Scouts and Camp Fire Retreat and Counselors Training. The retreat is a requirement of any young person working towards their medal for next year’s ceremony. Regis-tration deadline is October 31st. No walk ins.. March 15, 2010: All applications and fees due from activity books from all Catholic Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venturers. All applications due from activity books from Catholic Girl Scouts and Camp Fire. April 25, 2010: 3:00 pm.: Archdiocese of Hartford Catholic Committee for Girl Scouts and Camp Fire Recognition Sunday: Archdiocesan Center at St. Thomas Seminary. May 16, 2010: 2:00 p.m.: Archdiocese of Hartford Catholic Boy Scout Recognition Sunday: Cathedral of St. Joseph, Hart-ford. Please post these events in parish bulletins, websites and email. Contact Shannon Perzan for more information.

The Complete Catholic Biblical School Calendar is now ONLINE!

For instructions on how to access the online calendar, type this URL (http://calendar.orehartford.org) into your browser and in the white menu bar scroll down from “ORE Hartford” to “Catholic Biblical School.” For more information contact Ms. Jill Costa in the Office of Religious Education (243-9465, ext. 10).

Free Online Bereavement Workshop

PNCEA is offering a free workshop – Finding Grace in Bereavement – Rhusday, November 19, 3:00-4:00. Der. Geraldine Fialkowski, Assistant Professor of Pastoral Counsel-ing at Loyola University Maryland will provide ideas and tech-niques which promote healing and hope for those who are be-reaved and the helpers who choose to journey with them in the process. All you need to participate is a connection to the internet for viewing the slides and other computer/headset/speakers or a telephone connection (toll-free) for the au-dio. The entire event is free, but registration is required. To register, go to https://pncea.peachnewmedia.com/store/seminar/seminar.php?seminar=3068.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Religious Education Month

Check out our website for additional suggestions for celebrating New England Religious Education. You can also download color or bland-and-white logos to put in your parish bulletin and other correspondence. Also included on the website is a lesson plan using the poster and copies of articles which are appearing in the November issue of The Catholic Transcript. Go to: www.orehartford.org/reledmonth09.htm.

Faith Formation 2020 National Initiative

A focus group meeting has been set up for Wednesday, Decem-ber 2, 2009 from 10:30-12:30, followed by lunch (registration and coffee at 10:00). The event will take place at St. Mark the Evangelist Parish Center in West Hartford. John Roberto, now with LifelongFaith Associates, will be the presenter. The focus group meeting will be an opportunity to hear about the Working Paper on Faith Formation in 2020, explore the forces affecting faith formation today and in the future, and envision directions for the future of faith formation. It will be an opportunity for you to have input into the development of Version 2.0 of the Working Paper – to share your ideas and strategies for the future of faith formation. There is no fee. For more information, contact Pat Keck or check out the website – www.orehartford.org.

H1N1 Update

The latest update from the U.S. government offers a 30 page document entitled “H1N1 Flu: A Guide for Community and Faith-based Organizations” and is available for a free download at www.flu.gov/professional/community/cfboguidance.html. There are also some new free print resources available for downloading at www.cdc.gov/flu/freeresources/print.htm.

NCCL 2010 Annual Conference

Save the date! The National Conference for Catechet-ical Leadership annual conference is scheduled for April 18-22, 2010 at Bally’s Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. Stay tuned for more details regarding speakers, workshops, etc.

NPCD 2010 Convocation

The annual National Association of Parish Catechetical Directors convocation is scheduled for April 6-8, 2010 at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, MN. Work-shops for Religious Education include: “Worship, Sacraments and Catechesis”; “Connecting Parents and the Catechetical Pro-gram”; “Lifelong Catechesis – Junior High Specific”; “Using Technology for Catechesis”; “Making Scripture Come Alive”: “Spiritual Life: A Priority for Teachers and Catechists”; “Evangelizing and Catechizing Young Adults”: “Of One Heart: Integrating USCCB Doctrinal Elements with Pedagogical De-sign” and many more. For more information or to register, go to www.ncea.org.

New Free Games/Postcards

Just a click away at www.SadlierReligion.com. Free links for whole community catechesis (“Gather in My Name”), Question of the Week, Lives of the Saints, Catechist Articles (share ideas in the Catechist Corner!), resources for the family (“From My Home to Yours”), vocation articles

(“Letter from Africa” and “Postcards from Vatican City”), activities for students to celebrate the Year for Priests. For junior high students – encourage students through online self-assessment. Fun formats based on “We Live Our Faith” for grades 7 and 89. Interactive games by chapter or unit include Hangman, Word Search, Multiple Choice or Crosswords. Most games can be printed out for students with limited online access. For games – go to www.sadlierreligion.com/rel_9_games_crosswords.

Catechist Magazine on Facebook

You can now interact with CATECHIST magazine on Facebook! Become a fan of CATECHIST magazine’s Facebook page and you’ll receive regular posts that will sup-port you in your mission and that you can share with your friends. You’ll find regular reflections on the daily Gospel and weekly ideas for sharing the upcoming Sunday Gospel with your students, features and tips for your classroom, and information from across the Internet. To receive these regular postings, you must have a Facebook account. You can set up an account easily and quickly by visiting www.facebook.com. To become a fan of CATECHIST magazine on Facebook and receive regular postings search CATECHIST magazine from your Facebook home.

The Catholic Faith & Family Bible

The Center for Ministry Development, in partnership with Our Sunday Visitor Curriculum Division, has developed a new resource for intergenerational faith formation – The Catholic Faith & Family Bible. If your parish is engaged in whole community catechesis, Generations of Faith, and/or intergenerational faith formation, the Catholic Faith & Family Bible is a resource for both the gathered learning setting and the home. Text articles explore all aspects of Catholic faith and practice. There are more than 85 text articles addressing all aspects of Catholic faith and practice. To order or for more information, go to www.catholicfaithandfamilybible.org.

America Magazine

For many years, America has been an education re-source for high school teachers, college professors and parish catechetical leaders. America provides a list of articles from their pages on important Catholic topics from Scripture and the sacraments to social justice and Catholic identity. All articles are FREE to all visitors to their web site. There are also weekly podcasts and daily blogs. To subscribe, go to www.americamagazine.org/education.

American Catholic

Free e-newsletters are available from St. Anthony Messenger Press and Franciscan Communications. Try Faith Formation Update - Help plan your religious-education and RCIA classes with their monthly free e-newsletter aimed at religious educators. Timed to work within the liturgical calen-dar, this newsletter will bring you ideas gleaned from experi-enced teachers. There is also “Web Catholic” - Improve your Web ministry with this free monthly e-newsletter exploring how Catholics use the Internet. Web-masters and communications professionals can keep up with

what's new on the Web for Catholics and learn from their col-leagues whose sites are featured. Go to www.americancatholic.org/e-news.

Amazing Catechists

For Catechists, Parents, Youth Ministers and those in Adult Formation Ministries: Another free site…they are just getting started, but the services will include: A point-and-click archive of tips from our readers and fellow catechists, arranged by grade level or program, called “Tips and Insights”, Forums for sharing and connecting with other catechists in both English and Spanish, Columns in English and Spanish, Bible stories retold for use in your homes and classrooms, Children’s reli-gious artwork, videos, photos and audio contributions from readers on absolutely anything that relates to teaching and en-joying our faith together. Go to www.amazingcatechists.com.

ESCO

Educational Sales Company (ESCO) sells religious education books – Catholic Bibles, Catechisms, children’s books, textbooks and more. They also buy your unwanted, un-used Religious Education Books © 1999 or newer. Visit www.escobooks.com for more information. We have a limited number of catalogs. To request one, contact Pat Keck.

Technology Tools For Your Ministry

If you missed the October 14 workshop with Tim Welch, a copy of his power-point presentation is available. Contact Pat Keck. You can also purchase his book, Technology Tools For Your Ministry, from Twenty Third Publications (www.23publications.com).

Special Needs

A Children’s Ministry Pocket Guide to Special Needs includes quick tips to reach every child. It includes general tips for teachers, a section on defining disabilities and what you can do, information about specific disorders, tips to share with par-ents, and tips to build peer relationships. Available from Group (www.group.com).

Adolescent Catechesis

Learn more about the National Initiative on Adolescent Catechesis. Read about the statement of vision and outcomes regarding adolescent catechesis and join the dialogue. You can check out best practices, resources, research, models and meth-ods, and discussions. Go to www.adolescentcatechesis.org.

Creating A Catechetical Plan

A new resource from Rev. Robert D. Duggan, Creating A Catechetical Plan: A How-To-Do-It Resource, is available from the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA). The manual contains a practical guide to the planning process (organize the planning process, form the core team, assess your current reality, write the plan, implement the plan, and evaluate continually. It contains planning worksheets (goals, objectives and strategies), a sample plan, and resources for core team for-mation. Available at www.ncea.org.

YOUTH MINISTRY

Souper Bowl of Caring Sign up now and get ready to participate in Souper Bowl of Caring on Feb 7, 2010. Get more information or register your group at www.souperbowl.org. Participate in a service blitz.

Parish Fundraising Pilot Program

Liguori Publications has developed a new program that allows your parish to earn books and resource materials. For every $100 that is purchased through this program, your parish will earn $25 in “Liguori Bucks” to apply to any of their prod-ucts. Allow yourself three weeks to collect your orders. All orders must be placed no later than noon on December 11, 2009 to ensure delivery by December 18, 2009. To order call Liz Tallis at 800-325-9521 Ext. 1465 or email: [email protected]. Mention Marketing Code 10-708.

American Bible Society

Matt Sumers is the new National Field Sales Manager for the American Bible Society. He can be reached at 866-991-7009 or [email protected].

Generations of Faith Training

Several parishes have asked about upcoming training sessions. One session will be in Orlando right before the Fash-ion Me A People Conference. If we can get several parishes together, we could offer a program locally (the cost may be pro-hibitive for individual parishes). If you are interested, please contact Pat Keck.

Catechetical Leader Retreat

Save the Date!!! Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 at Enders Island in Mystic.

Fashion Me a People

Save the date – January 7-9, 2010 at the Hilton Disney Hotel in Orlando, Florida. Presented by the Center for Ministry Development, the theme of this fourth annual conference on lifelong faith formation (children, youth, adults, and intergen-erational) is “The Word of God for All Ages”. Speakers in-clude Tom East, Steve Angrisano, JoAnn Paradise, Paul Hen-derson, Joan Weber, Leif Kehrwald, Tom Tomaszek, Santiago Fernandez and many others. For information, go to www.cmdnet.org.

Religious Education Congress

The brochures for the Congress scheduled for Satur-day, November 7 at St. Paul High School in Bristol have been mailed. If you did not receive a copy, it is available on our website at www.orehartford.org/congress09.htm. The day be-gins with a keynote address by Dr. Adele Gonzalez. Archbishop Henry J. Mansell will then preside at a Eucharistic Liturgy, followed by lunch. There are two rounds of workshops in the afternoon. Register early – open to parish catechetical leaders, catechists, youth ministers, RCIA coordinators, adult formation coordinators, and all who are interested in religious education/faith formation.

Disciple Project

Prepare and serve a meal at the Immaculate Shelter in Hartford. Available dates 2009-2010: Dec 26. Jan 17 . Feb 14, 21, 28. April 4, 18. May 8, 9. Book a Hunger 101 session to pre-pare your youth for this project or other projects you have sched-uled that deal with poverty/ hunger..

Standing as One Human Family

Bring your peer ministers, youth advisors, social justice committee, other interested youth and adults to a life altering in-service “Training of Trainers” on Friday, February 26th or Satur-day, February 27th 10:00-4:00 at the Archdiocesan Center at St. Thomas Seminary. Learn how to conduct this retreat at your own site. Registration begins at 9:30. Cost is only $20 per person (bring 5 or more and its $15 pp) and includes lunch and all mate-rials.

Solidarity Saturday

WHAT? A Social Justice youth rally. WHEN? Satur-day, March 20, 2010 10:00-6:00 WHERE? Archdiocesan Center at St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield. Interactive activities and informed speakers will raise awareness of social concerns in our world. Registration begins at 9:30 and we start promptly at 10:00. Cost is $15 pp (bring 5 or more and its $10 pp).. Includes lunch and a light snack.

NCYC Delegation

Please pray for our delegation of 29 youth and adults from 6 parishes as we represent the Archdiocese of Hartford and Region One at the National Catholic Youth Conference in Kan-sas City at the end of the month. Plan to join us in 2011!!

Youth Ministry Basics Class

Great training for ALL your catechists and youth volun-teers. Call Shawnee Baldwin to sign up volunteers or to schedule training at your parish. $100 pp. Discounts for additional persons from the same parish. January 8-10th – the whole series. Loca-tion TBD

Summer Mission Opportunities

Just5Days (for grade 7,8,and 9) engages middle school-ers in age-appropriate service, hands-on learning about Catholic Social Teaching, dynamic prayer and liturgy, and a meaningful experience of Christian community. Check out Just5Days.org Young Neighbors in Action (for 15-18 year olds who have completed 9th grade) is a week-long service-learning experience designed to help young people grow in faith and strengthen their relationship with God and the community: meaningful service opportunities, dynamic prayers and liturgy. Go to Www.youngneighbors.org for all the sites and dates for YNIA. Or contact Sean Lansing at (414) 875-9866 [email protected]. If you are interested in hearing about either of these programs there will be a “meet and greet” burger and a beer” on Saturday, December 5th. Loca-tion TBD.

Youth Charity Dance

Join youth from around the Archdiocese on January 16, 2010 (snow date Jan 23rd) for the ever popular fun(d) youth charity dance in its 11th year!! Sponsored and held at St James, Rocky Hill, coordinated by Sharon Gagne. 860-712-5245 or [email protected].

Adoration

Adoration returns to St. Bartholomew, Manchester every third Friday at 7:15 with music by the R.O.C.K Group. Contact Vicky Rispoli at 860-646-1613 for more information

Catholic Underground

Saturdays 7:30pm - 10:30pm. St. James Church, 896 Main Street, Manchester. See www.catholicundergroundct.com for more information about this ministry.

World Youth Day – Madrid 2011

Sharon Gagne (St James, Rocky Hill) is coordinating a World Youth Day pilgrimage to Madrid, Spain (August 15-21st ) with a pre-trip to Fatima, Road to St James, and Avia. If you are interested in joining Sharon for one or both options, contact her at [email protected] or 860-712-5245.

YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY

CREDO: Web site www.geocities.com/credocath Get a newsletter by writing to P.O. Box 1236, Glastonbury, CT 06033. St. Patrick, Enfield: Saturdays 7:00-8:30. Contact: John Miller (413) 786-3023 St. Rose, New Haven (Spanish): Sundays at 6:00 p.m. Contact: German Hernandez: 203-865-6149 St. Mary, New Haven: Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. Contact: John Alvaro 203-562-6193 [email protected] Rock Group Holy Hour: Fridays: 7:15 pm: 1st Friday: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Waterbury; 2nd Friday: Holy Spirit, Newington; 3rd Friday: St. Bartholomew, Manchester. 4th Friday: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Meriden; www.therockgroup.org Bustedhalo.com A website to surprise, challenge & support you in making meaningful faith connections. Catholic Dinner Club (for ages 18+) November 14TH -DR. THERESA KRANKOWSKI. Topic: “Love is Stronger than Death: Being Pro-life Amidst the Darkness / Divine Mercy”. Prayer 6:00. Dinner 6:45. Speaker 8:00. Members pay $20 pp. Non-members pay $25 pp Make reservations by the first Friday of the month. Come @7:30 for the speaker only ( $10.00pp). Questions? Contact Keith 860-747-3513 or [email protected] Theology on Tap, New Haven 2009-10 season. Held on Mondays in the back room of Bar, 254 Crown Street, New Haven. Check out www.theologyontapnh.com for more information

Advent Day of Reflection on December 2 and Advent Evening of Reflection on December 1; and many more.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Visit our website at http://orehartford.org/employment.htm

OTHER

Annual Pro-Life Conference

Saint Gerard’s Center For Life in Hartford is sponsor-ing their First Annual Pro-Life Conference on Saturday, No-vember 21, 2009, from 12:00 noon until 4:00 p.m. This confer-ence, featuring Doctor Janet E. Smith is free for all who wish to attend, with goodwill donations gratefully accepted. It will be held at Saint Paul Catholic High School in Bristol. Food and beverages will be available. Contact Chris D’Amore at (866) 660-6831 for reserved seating or for more information.

Office of Urban Affairs – New Name

The Office of urban Affairs is now the Office for Catholic Social Justice Ministry. Check out their new web site: www.catholicsocialjustice.org. Congratulations to Cori Thibodeau, Executive Director and her entire staff for a wonder-ful Social Justice Dinner and Annual Meeting. Congratulations also to those who received special awards: Mrs. Patricia Wal-lace, the Special Service Award; Rev. John Blackall, the Most Reverend Joseph F. Donnelly Memorial Award (individual award); and Brake the Cycle of Poverty CT, the Most Reverend Joseph F. Donnelly Memorial Award (organization award).

JustFaith

JustFaith is a conversion-based process that seeks to provide a context in which participants can grow in their com-mitment to care for the vulnerable and to become advocates for justice. JustFaith is an extended justice education process that meets weekly employing books, videos, guest speakers, discus-sion, prayer, retreats and hands-on experiences. Recruitment for JustFaith groups forming in the archdiocese is happening now in the following locations and parishes: All of the parishes in Manchester St. Dunstan, Glastonbury Sacred Heart, Southbury St. Ann, Avon St. Joseph Cathedral, Hartford St. Christopher, East Hartford For more information about JustFaith or how to join or start a group contact John Ryan (Office for Catholic Social Justice Ministry) at 860-716-3914 or [email protected].

Holy Family Retreat Center

New offering – Advent Day and Evening Retreat: “A Revolution of Joy in a World of Chaos: The Radical Vision of St. Francis of Assisi” with Brandon Nappi. Tuesday, December 8, Daytime: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm or evening 6:00 – 9:00 pm. The day will include presentation, dialogue, Reconciliation, lunch and Liturgy. The evening will include dinner, presenta-tion, dialogue, and Liturgy. Program offering: $30 Register online at www.holyfamilyretreat.org or send name, address and offering to: Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT 06107 (860-521-0440).

Our Lady of Calvary Retreat Center

Go to www.ourladyofcalvary.com for the program guide for November, 2009 – February, 2010.The theme for the weekend retreats is “Drawn Into Mystery”. Programs include

2009 Calendar

Reminder: Go to www.orehartford.org and click on calendar. All of our events for Religious

Education, Youth and Young Adult Ministry,

RCIA, Adult Confirmation, Biblical School, Catholic Scouting, Lay Ministry,

and CYO Sports are included. You can list the events by date, print the

calendar, click on an event/workshop to get all of the

information regarding times and locations or you can search for an event. If

you have any questions, contact Pat Keck.

Archdiocese of Hartford Office of Religious Education 467 Bloomfield Avenue Bloomfield, CT 06002

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ORE Connections - November 2009

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