CCD News

Dear all, 1.  There will be a meeting for CCD parents and teachers on  November 3, following the 11:30 AM Mass . Please join us to share your valuable insights and thoughts.  2.  Starting this year, all children in grade 4 and above are required to take the  Dei Verbum Bible Quiz 2025 , which will be conducted on Saturday, December 7th, 2024. 10  percent of the CCD marks will be based on the Dei Verbum Bible Quiz. If you have any questions, please email  biblequiz@holyfamilysmc.org  or contact the Quiz coordinator Gisha at 201-310-9483 3.   Please encourage your children in grade 4 and up to participate in this Bible Reading C hallenge .Last Sunday, we distributed printouts of the  Bible Reading C hallenge  . Let's take this challenge seriously and aim to read the entire New Testament, starting from November through April .  Below link has details regarding Bible Reading Challenge . Please click the link below for more details Biblia 2024  . You can register your names in the be...

Dear all, Below are the CCD Updates 1. On October 13, 2024 (Sunday) , the CCD students will lead the Rosary devotion after the 11:30 AM Mass. We encourage every family in the CCD group to attend both the Mass and the Rosary. This date holds special significance for the Catholic Church, as it marks the celebration of the  final apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima . 2.  There will be a meeting for CCD parents and teachers on  October 20, following the 11:30 AM Mass . Please join us to share your valuable insights and thoughts.  3.  The CCD registration fee will be as below. One child is $70. Two children are $100. Three and more children are $130.Fees are due on the first day of class. If you have not paid the fees , You can make the payment fees through the following link  CCD Registration fees 2024-2025   You can also handover the check/cash to your children's respective class teachers. 4.  Please refer to the link below for details regarding the Dei Verbum Bible Quiz. ...

1.Below link has the details regarding the teachers details and class room locations  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kyYX8pcwjo8GOdODr9-jpyq_GEc-7m8l/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=101724637213081501837&rtpof=true&sd=true 2. Below link has the details regarding the calendar 2024-2025 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fv9BqJB5pOB_-iXllXHqDPbx2t5B9YyJ/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=101724637213081501837&rtpof=true&sd=true 3.  The CCD registration fee will be as below.  One child is $70. Two children are $100. Three and more children are $130 . Fees are due on the first day of class.If you have not paid the fees,  You can make the payment fees through the following link  CCD Registration fees 2024-2025 You can also handover the check/cash to your children's respective class teachers . 4.  We plan to conduct a Safe Environment session for CCD Parents after lunch on  this Sunday, September 15th.  The session will last for one hour. Please attend this important session. If y...

As our children step into the new school year,  it is our greatest pleasure and joy to welcome all of our families to  our 2024-2025  Faith Formation  year! We hope that you enjoyed the fantastic summer. At this moment,we would like to express our sincere gratitude and admiration for all the faith formation teachers who have generously devoted their time to make this program possible and continue to do so.We also extend a warm welcome to all the new teachers who have enthusiastically stepped forward to teach for the first time this year. We will begin our Faith Formation sessions on September 8, 2024 with a 10:00 AM  Holy mass followed by CCD Classes . Last year registrants of the CCD program will automatically be renewed ,if they successfully completed the previous grade.Below is the link for new registration or if you have any change in the previous registration.   CCD Registration Link 2024-2025 The CCD registration fee will be as below.  One child is $70. Two children are $100. Thr...

Dear Parents, 1.We extend our gratitude to all of you who supported CCD Fest 2023 last week. We are happy to have had your participation and enthusiasm throughout the event. Please find the link to the list of prize winners below. Bishop Joy Alappat will distribute Trophies/Medals to the first prize winners after the 10.30 AM mass . https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nNaO_LnOxmULmUWiDvDUu3Hemxh4clL7qiKN_bHD19g/edit?usp=share_link 2. There will be no CCD this Sunday(04/23/2023) because of Bishop Joy Alappat's visit to our church. 3. We would like to inform you that the CCD website will be launched this coming Sunday(04/23/2023), and we would like to express our appreciation to Mrs. Mary Jeethu for her generous support in developing the website. If you have any concerns regarding the publication of your child's pictures on the website, please feel free to respond to this email . 4. The CCD final exam has been scheduled for May 21st, 2023 . We kindly request you to motivate an...

Dear Parents, We want to remind you of the CCD Fest taking place tomorrow on Sunday, April 16th . Attaching CCD Fest fliers, along with the instructions and topics for the speech, essay writing, Bible quiz, and drawing contests. Also, we would like to inform you that the essay writing competition will start at 9:00 AM in the big classroom. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Please share this information with your children, and encourage them to participate in it.  Thank you and see you tomorrow! CCD Team

Dear Parents, Below are the updates regarding CCD.   1 . During this lent season, as a part of helping people in need, we are going to help the people in Kenya . Our theme is " Mission Africa ."Each CCD class is going to be a part of this program. We will provide a collection jar to each grade.   Please encourage your kids to be a part of this . 2. Please support our Fifth graders for their bake sale this Sunday(03/12/2023). All donations will go to  " Mission Africa ." 3. We are going to have a Bible arts competition on Sunday April 16th. This is a great opportunity for our kids to perform their extracurricular activities in the church.Please encourage them to participate in any of the competitions. 4. Last week we inaugurated Thirubalasakyam  and Little FlowerMission League Unit for our CCD children.   Thirubalasakyam is  for younger children who have not received holy communion (Pre-K to 4th grade) and Little Flower Mission League Unit is for children from 5th t...