Our Family Program is designed as a way for families to cultivate their faith together. The program would meet once a month between Sunday masses at the St. James site. When the program meets, the children will meet with peers in specific grade levels and a Classroom Group Leader, who will lead the students in lessons based on monthly themes. The adults will be introduced to the monthly At-Home Lessons and various learning experiences and engage in a panel discussion. Parents will have ample time to discuss the importance of and ways to include Catholic culture in their homes. After the learning sessions, children will join the adults for a prayer or service-based activity.
Due to COVID 19, our program needed to make adjustments for the first semester. GIFT will be a virtual program from September through December. Our team will reevaluate the safety concerns for the second semester (January through April). Our families will have access to monthly overview videos to introduce and discuss the themes and content for the month. There are also "Extra GIFTS" which are activities that supplement the At-Home Lesson Plans and would have coincided with the classroom lessons and activities.