How fast can you run?

In my last blog entry I said we have about 30 children in CCD. Well, since we started classes this week we have almost hit 50! School starts here at age 5 and so does CCD. We have 3 churches with children from 5 to 18 and Ginni and I are sticking to putting them into four categories. Pre-1st Communion, First Communion, Confirmation, and those in between First Communion and Confirmation. It should be interesting.

My RCIA background is also going to be put to work. Currently four people have come forward asking about RCIA, one of whom has not been baptized. So once again Tuesday night will once more be my RCIA night.

So, now that we are settled in and have had a few months to get organized our schedule shapes up like this:

Monday afternoon - 330-430 CCD at Christ the King (grades 1-6)
Monday afternoon - 500-600 CCD at Christ the King (grades 7-12)
Teusday afternoon - 330-430 CCD at the AUTEC Navy base
Teusday evening - RCIA
Wednesday afternoon - 330-430 CCD at St. John's (grades 1-6)
Wednesday afternoon - 500-600 CCD at St. John's (grades 7-12)
Thurs evening - Mid-week Bible Study
First Friday's - Holy Hour/Adoration
Then its the weekend - time for our 3 weekend liturgies

Sometime mid-week I hope to write homilies and pay bills (yup, the role of pastor has hit me full force and I have a greater appreciation for all the administrative stuff that Fr. Culloty does behind the scenes at St. Tim's back in Norwood).

As I said in my last post, without any religous ed for 4 years the size of the first communion class is huge. We have 20 of the 50 kids who will recieve First Communion from ages 7-14. Our goal is to try to make this a reality by the feast of the Ascension in May.

One really nice benefit of doing this is that Ginni wanted to use music with the kids and one of the men on the Navy base sold us one of his guitars. Ginni couldn't bring hers due to limitations on luggage but this has proven to be a great asset. One of the women who makes straw baskets weaved a guitar strap for her from the same palms she uses to make baskets. The guitar really is an asset in the CCD classes, especially with the little kids.

Well, time to get back to work. Keep us in your prayers.