Parish School of Religion (PSR) is a religious education program for children that do not attend the St. Clare Catholic School. It is available for grades K-7 and is held on Sunday mornings during the school year.
All of our textbooks have been approved for use by the USCCB, with the Imprimatur and the Nihil Obstat also.
As of last year, ALL of our PSR catechists have achieved at least Apprentice Level Diocesan Certification as Catechists. Two of our Catechists have completed Master's Degree in the field.
PSR REGISTRATION FORM 2009-2010
PSR HANDBOOK 2009-2010
PSR SCHEDULE 2010 -- Revised 3/3/10
10:30-Noon at St. Clare School
Mar 7 PSR Class (Except Grades 2 & 7)
Mar 7 Blessing Cup Retreat (Gr. 2) 1:00-4:00pm
Mar 7 Confirmation Activity Night (Gr. 7) 6:00-8:00pm (Fellowship Hall)
Mar 14 PSR Class Stations of the Cross
Mar 21 PSR Class
Mar 28 PSR Class
Apr 1 Holy Thursday Mass 7:00pm
Apr 2 Good Friday Service 7:00pm
Apr 3 Easter Vigil
Apr 4 No PSR Easter Sunday
Apr 11 PSR Class
Apr 11 Confirmation Rehearsal 11:30am
Apr 12 Confirmation 7:00 pm
Apr 17 First Holy Communion Practice (Gr. 2) 9:30am
Apr 18 No PSR
Apr 18 First Holy Communion Mass 10:30am
Apr 25 Last PSR Class
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The Importance of Teaching
Christ taught individuals, small groups, and great crowds. He taught from hillsides and boats, in towns and synagogues, on the mountains and the seashores, on Sabbaths and feasts, early in the morning and in the dark of night. He taught with authority.
Christ is the unique teacher because his teaching is not merely a collection of abstract truths but the Truth itself, “the communication of the living mystery of God.” In fact, Christ is the “one teacher” whose message is identical with himself. His words do not merely express the word of God; he is the Word of God.
Jesus Christ is the unique emissary of the Father, and the apostles are the emissaries of Jesus Christ. “As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”
The command of Jesus Christ to his apostles sets the course from the very beginning for the Church’s fundamental mission to make disciples of all nations. The Lord’s missionary mandate issues from the eternal love of the Holy Trinity. Christ’s command to his apostles has resounded through the ages, calling men and women of every race and nation in every time and place to join him in announcing the coming of God’s kingdom of love, justice, and peace with clarity, enthusiasm, and resolve.
Together with his Father, Christ sent his Spirit to usher in the Kingdom of God. This divine mission that Jesus entrusted to his Church will continue until the end of time. All [of the Church’s] members share in this mission, though in various ways.
The Holy Spirit has given all those responsible for catechesis (teaching the faith) in the Church a vocation and mission to sanctity. The Spirit also guides them in the development of spirituality proper to their specific roles in catechesis. The spirituality of those involved in the catechetical ministry centers on an encounter with Christ. It is rooted in the living Word of God. It fosters an abiding hope that all should come to the knowledge of the truth of Christ and accept salvation from him. It expresses itself in a sincere love for the Church in imitation of Christ. It seeks interior growth in the peace and joy of Christ. It embraces the Paschal Mystery, enters into the apostolic mission of Christ, and is enriched by a deep devotion to the Mother of God. The challenge to all those involved in catechesis is to bear each of these marks within our hearts and souls.
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, National Directory for Catechesis, (USCCB Publishing: Washington, DC, 2005,) pages 3, 18-20.