Mr. C's Corner

To keep the community of St. Patrick more informed i've created this blog with the help of some very supportive parents. Please become a follower and spread the word to your family and friends. If you have any announcements of your own for our school I would be more than happy to help communicate them.



Wednesday, January 25, 2012

A Catholic Perspective on Human Sexuality

 
Dear Parent:                                                                                        
We are excited at Saint Patrick Parish to introduce a series of talks designed to support and encourage all members of our Parish Community in your parenting efforts.
On each of these Wednesday nights, similar, but gender-specific talks will be given separately to boys and girls.  The talks will begin promptly at 6:30pm and end by 7:45pm. We encourage fathers to attend with their sons and mothers to attend with their daughters. The goal is to support you in your role as educators, give you some resources to discuss some potentially difficult subjects and give you encouragement as your children approach and pass through the adolescent stage.
On February 1st, our first talk, aimed at kids 12-15, will address some of the challenges of our modern culture.  Topics will include appropriate uses of technology as well as ways to live virtuous and chaste lives.
On February 8th, our second talk will cover puberty, and some of the physical, emotional, and hormonal changes it brings.  We will discretely and appropriately discuss gender-specific biology and an overview of human gestation and growth.  The talk is geared toward pre-puberty children (9 and up), but we encourage you to bring your older children as well.
On February 15th, our final talk, geared toward kids who have started the changes of puberty, will cover social development issues such as the challenges of discerning vocations, developing a strong character, and dealing with peer pressure. (10 and up)
The talks are geared to different maturity levels, so you decide what is best for your child. We are very excited about this event and hope this series becomes an annual part of our parish life.  We strongly encourage you to attend each of the talks with the children you feel are appropriately mature.  We will have hand-out materials to support and promote further discussions back home within your family. 
Please RSVP to the school, sps.secretary@gmail.com or call 691-8833, so we can plan space accordingly.
Note: Child care will be provided each night

In Christ,

Fr. Mark Peacock                                
Diane Hamel                           
Scott Czarnopys
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