Homeschooling Families

August 4, 2019 

Dear Junior High School Religious Education Homeschool Parent: 

I am very pleased to welcome you and your children to the Junior High School Religious Education Program here at Corpus Christi.  I am confident that the curriculum will create a welcoming, inviting and engaging program for your child to grow in our Lord, Jesus Christ.  

The program is designed to help young adults know, live in, love and befriend the Blessed Trinity.  We make connections between what we believe, how we live and how we pray. The three-year curriculum covers God the Father, the Jesus Christ the Son, the Holy Spirit, Prayer and the Sacraments, and Catholic Social Teachings and Morality.

Class schedules for each grade can be found on the Corpus Christi website under “Schedules”.   Lesson homework can be found on the website under “Homework”.

Below are listed Middle School special events that homeschooled students are invited and encouraged to attend along with students attending class at the parish center.  

Special Events:                                
Oct. 20, 2019      7:00 – 8:00pm    6^th Grade Mass                 Church 
Oct. 27, 2019      7:00 – 8:00pm    7^th Grade Mass                 Church
Nov. 17, 2019      6:00 – 7:30pm   6^th Grade Retreat              Gym, Theme:  GRATITUDE
Dec. 8, 2019        1:00 – 3:00pm    Back Pack Assembly      Atrium Conf Room (All invited!)
Jan. 12, 2020      7:00 – 8:00pm    8^th Grade Mass                Church
Jan. 26, 2020       6:00 – 7:30pm    7^th Grade Retreat             Gym, Theme:  KINDNESS
Feb. 23, 2020       6:00 - 7:30pm    8^th Grade Retreat              Gym, Theme:  COURAGE
Mar. 8, 2020        7:00 – 8:30pm    Reconciliation                  ALL Grades, Church
Mar. 15, 2020      6:00 – 7:00pm    Ice Cream Social              ALL GRADES, Gym
 
Homeschool Instructions:

1. Look at your schedule and see which chapter you will need to complete for that week.
2. Read the chapter from the Catholic Connections Handbook.  Discuss the chapter with your parent.   Read the Bible references discussed in the chapter.
3. From the Corpus Christi website, print and complete the homework questions given for each of the chapters under “Homework – Grade X”.
4. Place in an envelope:  Attention:  Brian Duemling and drop off with the Receptionist in the Main Office at church OR email to me directly at bduemling@corpuschristi.org.
5. Please return any/all books, if used, at the end of the year.

Should you have any questions, please contact me at: bduemling@corpuschristi.org  or 973-635-0070, X-740.

Thank you for all your help guiding your children in this program!  
 
Brian T. Duemling
Middle School Religious Education Coordinator