St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church PSR
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PSR NEWS
PSR resumes on Sunday, March 17th and Wednesday, March 20th. The Lenten Youth Mission of Mercy is in full swing! This year, Bishop Rice has chosen five food pantries across our Diocese to receive the collected funds. PSR students received a letter and an envelope for contributions. We'll be collecting donations weekly until March 27th. Parents, please encourage your children to be generous to those less fortunate.
PSR Classes will be praying the Stations of the Cross on Wednesday, March 20th and Sunday, March 24th (Confirmation One on March 17th and March 27th). Parents, consider attending a Friday Stations of the Cross here at SEAS during Lent.
Children preparing for FIRST COMMUNION: Don't forget the Workshop on Sunday, April 7, from 3:15 PM to 5:30 PM, followed by the Family Banquet at 5:30 PM.
FAMILIES: Mark your calendars for VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL at SEAS this Summer, June 18th-22nd. Registration for Participates & Volunteers is now available here.
Questions? Contact Denise Dumars, DRE, at ddumars@seaschurch.org or 417.887.6472, ext. 610. It's going to be a blast!
PSR Report for March 2024
Confirmation was a success on February 24! 41 young people were confirmed! I’m contacting the various ministries that some of them expressed interest in being a part of. I will give their name along with their parent’s email/phone to contact about the specific SEAS ministries available
We are in the last weeks of PSR classes, with our last classes at the end of April. This week, Stations of the Cross is part of the curriculum. Of course, we will not have PSR on March 31, Easter Sunday. The last classes, Wednesday, April 24 and Sunday, April 28, will be FAMILY EVENTS, where we will pray the Rosary in the Prayer Garden (weather permitting) and then process in the Parish Hall to crown Mary. We will then have refreshments and give the families time to gather have fellowship.
The Family PSR Mass and Pizza Party are set for Wednesday, May 1. Mass that evening will be at 6:30 pm (rather than the usual 6 pm). Dinner will follow in the Parish Hall. We will also have some games for the kids.
The PSR Appreciation for catechists and PSR volunteers this year will be a luncheon rather than a dinner, on Sunday, May 5, at 12:30 pm.
The Lenten study has been going well ~ three different groups meeting to discuss the daily Lenten Gospel readings (Bishop Barron study).
Father Mike led the Confirmation One class in the special session of the Teaching Mass Wednesday, March 6. 15 of the 42 registered students were not there, so there will be another make-up Teaching Mass in the fall (date to be set later). This is part of Confirmation preparation for all our candidates.
We are getting ready for the First Communion Workshop and Family Banquet on Sunday, April 7. We have a lot of First Communion parent volunteers to help with the workshop. I will be sending out a request to First Grade parents asking for help with the banquet and clean up.
First Communion will be celebrated on Sunday, April 21, at 2 pm. There are 54 children in preparation to receive this Sacrament.
We had our first VBS planning meeting March 5. St. Agnes and IC Parishes are also participating. We have a special promotion after Masses on April 6 & 7, (handing out treat bags with VBS information) to encourage SEAS families/children to “save the date.” The theme this year is “SCUBA: Diving into Friendship with God.” We will be setting up a display in the Gathering Area to solicit specific donations before the weekend of April 27/28 Masses. VBS dates are Tuesday, June 18-Saturday, June 22. It will end with the 4:30 pm Mass. Our Parish Picnic will follow.
The area DREs have been meeting quarterly for the past six months. I am hosting the next meeting here at SEAS on Wednesday, April 24. It’s a great opportunity to collaborate ministry ideas.
Respectfully, Submitted, Denise Dumars, DRE
PSR Dates for 2024:
Altar Server Training sign-ups start in January. Training will begin in February on Sunday afternoons
February 14: Ash Wednesday; no PSR
Confirmation at SEAS: Saturday, February 24, 4:30 pm Mass
March 6: Confirmation One Teaching Mass for ALL in Confirmation preparation 6:30 pm
Spring Break March 10-15; no PSR on March 10 and March 13
March 31: Happy Easter! No PSR
April 7: First Communion Workshop
April 21: First Communion Mass, 2 pm
April 24 & April 28: Family Rosary and Crowning of Mary (Last Sunday PSR class)
May 1: PSR Mass at 6:30 pm followed by Pizza Party for ALL PSR families (Last Wednesday class)