2022-23 YFF Parent Letter

2022-23 Option #1 Family Faith Formation Schedule

2022-23 Option #2 Youth Faith Formation Schedule

2022-23 Option #3 Home Study Schedule

2022-23 Middle School/High School YFF Calendar

2022-23 YFF Registration Form

2022-23 Student Liability Form

Prayers, Beliefs, and Practices Rubric

St. Joseph and Sts. Peter and Paul are excited to offer Sophia Institute's A Family of Faith program to families with children in grades kindergarten through fifth grade. Studies tell us that parental involvement in the faith life of a child is by FAR the most important element in ensuring that a child develops into an authentic disciple of Jesus Christ. A Family of Faith provides both the parish catechist and the parent with a solution to catechizing the whole family, growing in relationship with one another, and helping parents lead their children to Heaven! This program helps develop strong Catholic families in which children learn the joys of following Jesus Christ and the truths of our Faith through the witness of Christian life by their parents. 
                                   

Children's Liturgy is a ministry for children ages 4-2nd grade. Students are invited to go down with catechists to learn about the Gospel reading at a children's level of understanding and complete an activity related to what they learned in the Gospel. 

Children's Liturgy will start on Sundays and Saturdays in September. It will be held during the Saturday 4:15 p.m. mass and during the 10:15 a.m. Sunday mass each week until the end of May. 

We are looking for a few more people to help teach! If you are interested, please email Julie Schmidt dbq012s@dbqarch.org.

WHAT IS CATHOLIC QUEST?
The Catholic Quest parish summer catechetical program, a week-long “parish mission” for Catholic youth in the 1st through 12th grades, is dedicated to proclamation of the Gospel and promoting the Catholic faith through evangelization, catechesis, apologetics, Christian witness, the sacraments, Marian devotion, and Eucharistic worship.
Catholic Quest seeks to inspire in young people a true longing for holiness, a deep desire for daily conversion, and an openness to their vocation by challenging them to give themselves entirely to Jesus Christ through Mary and by continually strengthening their prayer lives in imitation of Her.

2022 Dates:
Elementary: July 11-15, 9:00 am-2:30 pm
Middle School/High School: July 10-14, 7:00 pm- 9:00 pm (Meal provided each night.)
Catholic Quest Registration form
Liability Form

Make Waves is a week-long catechetical program for children ages 3-5 who have not yet attended kindergarten. this program is dedicated to proclaiming the Gospel and promoting Catholic faith through age-appropriate evangelization and catechesis! Parish teens and young adults engage the children with interactive Bible stories, hands-on crafts, high-energy music, and more, which are all enriched with Gospel truths that built faith. 

Monday to Friday, July 11-15, 8:45 a.m.-11:00 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church campus in Bellevue. You can register using the forms located in the back of our churches or click on the links!
Make Waves Registration form
Liability form
 

Our middle school youth group (EPIC-Everything is Possible in Christ) is led by Youth Minister, Julie Schmidt. All middle school students are invited to the following meetings during  2022-2023:

• EPIC Movie (Bring snacks/drink/comfy chair/blanket.)

• Faith, Food, and Fun! (Bring a drink; food is provided.)

• EPIC Movie (Bring snacks/drink/comfy chair/blanket.)

• EPIC Movie (Bring snacks/drink/comfy chair/blanket.)

• Parish Mission- Sarah Kroger and Band

• Faith, Food, and Fun! (Bring a drink; food is provided.)

• Faith, Food, and Fun! (Bring a drink; food is provided.)

• EPIC Movie (Bring snacks/drink/comfy chair/blanket.)

• Faith, Food, and Fun! (Bring a drink; food is provided.)

• EPIC Movie (Bring snacks/drink/comfy chair/blanket.)

• Iowa Catholic Youth Conference for Middle Schoolers at Mt. Mercy Univerisity

• Faith, Food, and Fun! (Bring a drink; food is provided.)

• EPIC Movie (Bring snacks/drink/comfy chair/blanket.)

• Faith, Food, and Fun! (Bring a drink; food is provided.)

All gatherings will begin and end in the Fr. Kruse Parish Center. Please enter through the far northeast Kruse Center doors.

Our high school youth group is led by Youth Minister, Julie Schmidt. All high schoolers are invited for their monthly meetings which take place on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. in the St. Joseph Rectory basement. Members of the youth group also participate regularly in service opportunities and faith activities, including NCYC and a summer service trip.

Dear Parent(s)/Guardian(s), The Archdiocese of Dubuque takes seriously its call to provide the safest possible environment for all of our young people.  As part of that call, we provide information to parents to help them and all of us to be more informed of the issues and topics related to the abuse of children. It is our sincere hope that by partnering together we can continually provide the safest possible environment for all our young people to grow into healthy, Christ-filled adults.  

We invite you to view the Catholic Mutual Group Training “Safe Haven - It's Up to You”  videos that all employees and volunteers in the Archdiocese are required to complete. 

As a parent you are invited to access these videos by following these steps:

1. Go to https://dubuque.cmgconnect.org

2. Register for a new account

3. Select your school or parish location

4. Select Role of “Volunteer”

5. Select Participation as “Parent”

6. Start the Training, “Safe Haven Training for Parents - Dubuque” 

7. Register you account

Parents who view the videos through the “Parent” section will not be required to have a background check.  Parents who wish to be a parish/school volunteer, averaging over an hour a week, are asked to participate as “Volunteer” (step 5 above) as this will automatically prompt you through the initial background check process.