Adult Education

CONTENTS

Sacrament Preparation

Infant Baptism
RCIA
(Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)
Marriage

Education

Church History
Thursdays
Adult Opportunities
Youth Opportunities
Edge - for junior high school students, every other Wednesdays, starting September 22nd, in the Church Basement
Religious Education:
On-site registration at St. Laurence O'Toole Elementary School
Classes: 3:30 - 4:40 p.m.
Wednesdays when school is in session.

Confirmation

Classes every other Sunday Starting September 27th from 2:30pm - 4:00 pm at St. Laurence School

Social Services Information and External Volunteer Opportunities

Salvation Army

6:00 pm in the Parish Office Conference Room

Please plan ahead so that your preparation may be completed prior to the intended date of baptism. Baptisms will be held during the 10:30 a.m., Sunday Mass. In this class, the meaning of the Sacrament of Baptism is explored and the Baptism Rite explained. Godparents are also encouraged to attend.

Instructors: Irene Johnson, St. Laurence O'Toole Parish; Leah Horst, St. Paul's Newman Center

For more information or to schedule an appointment with Fr. James, please call the parish office at 745-3115.

RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)
Classes for adults will begin again in the fall. For further information, please call Peggy Benedik, our RCIA Coordinator at 742-7360.

Engaged couples need to contact Father Schumacher at least six months in advance. A wedding date is considered tentative until the necessary marriage preparation is completed. Couples desiring a traditional Catholic wedding should be living a traditional Catholic lifestyle.

Elements of marriage preparation:

FOCCUS
(Facilitating Open Couple Communication, Understanding and Study.)
Honestly, it's not a test! This is an instrument to discover areas of agreement, areas of disagreement, and areas that the couple simply hasn't given much thought. The couple will discuss the survey results together, usually assisted by the parish priest. At St. Laurence O'Toole Parish, each couple sets up an appointment with Father James to take the FOCCUS and then two or three subsequent appointments to review the results.

God's Plan for a Joy-Filled Marriage
This component of marriage preparation helps a couple understand what the Catholic Church teaches about marriage. Seasoned married couples from within the St. Laurence O'Toole Parish will facilitate this fine DVD program.

The class is presented in two sessions:

Call Cindi Hewlett at 755-9704 to register.

Life Skills for a Joy-Filled Marriage
This part of marriage preparation teaches practical skills for healthy, married life. Couples will go home with handouts and tools that they can use throughout their marriage. (Length of class may vary with number of participating couples.)

There is only one session for this class.

Call Cindi Hewlett at 755-9704 to register.

Location for both the "God's Plan" and the "Life Skills" classes will be the parish office conference room, 617 S. 4th St., unless otherwise noted.

For other class locations and dates, please contact Becky at the parish office, 745-3115.

Natural Family Planning
There is a healthy and effective way of planning for children that builds closeness between husband and wife and fully conforms to the Church's teaching on marriage and sexuality. It is important to learn about Natural Family Planning especially since couples using this form of family planning well are able to space and limit children with 98-99% accuracy and have a lower rate of divorce. Couples preparing for marriage will be given options for sit-down classes, on-line or home-study courses as well as a list of teaching couples in Wyoming who are available to answer questions arising from on-line and home-study materials.

Sacrament Preparation

EDUCATION

Confirmation Class