SAREH (Sunday Alternative for Religious Education at Home)

HOW THIS PROGRAM WORKS
 
Registration and a calendar of classes is sent to all students in grades 1,2,3,4,5, 6 and 7.  On the first day of class, grade-level books are distributed.  Parents are given access codes and information regarding the text book website.
 
Children and parents of those in grades 1,3,4,5, and 6 meet in Church as a mixed group every other Sunday morning, following coffee and cake after the 10:00 a.m. Mass. (There is also the option of attending the later 12:00 noon Mass.)  From 11:10 to 11:45 a master catechist teaches, in an interactive fashion, the entire group the basic theology of two consecutive chapters.  This can be done because the book being used is a “Spiral” edition, meaning that the same basic theme is taught to all grades at the same time but at a deeper level each year.) 
 
The parents then go through the pages of the child’s book at home during the two weeks ahead, explaining, teaching,  and completing one chapter each week for a half hour with EACH of their children in the program.  The books used in grades 1-7 are from Our Sunday Visitor – “Alive In Christ”.  Attendance is taken at each gathering and student books are checked and given stickers of approval!
 
SACRAMENT  CLASS – GRADE 2
   
Following the 10:00am Mass and refreshments, at 11:10am, all 2nd graders AND their parents are asked  to go to a classroom right down the hallway near the Church Hall.  
 
There, an aide checks their books and a special catechist does the same as above in teaching the Sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist with the parents then overseeing the completion of the work at home.
 
GRADE 7
 
Following the 10:00am Mass and refreshments, the 7^th grade students go directly to an assigned classroom with a trained catechist and aide who go through the material in their themed booklets, briefly checking and discussing together the lesson completed and giving an overview of the new lesson to be done in the coming two weeks at home.  
 
Their parents are asked to be present in Church for the general presentation, ending at 11:45.  They too, are asked to go over the work with their teenager and to discuss the material together.  For this SAREH Program to be the very best it can be, faithful attendance at Mass and the by-weekly meetings is very important as is the completion and discussion of the work to be done at home.  
 


SAREH truly is a COMMITMENT but one well worth the time and effort and filled with many family blessings.