Simsbury, CT 06070
860-658-7627
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Contact Us
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Steve DiMottayouthministrystmarysimsbury.orgRel. Ed. Coordinator (Grades 9-10) & Youth Minister
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Grades 9 & 10
The Confirmation program uses the "Chosen" cirriculum. Chosen is an engaging program that uses videos to teach and then allows each class to have small group discussions about the materials and how they relate to the teenagers or how that topic is meaningful for a teenagers every day life.
Confirmation students meet once or twice a month for classes, there is also a service component to the cirriculum and a retreat component.Service:
Each class will be completing a service project together, and each student (in addtion to the class project) must complete at least 10 hours of community service and can be logged by using the form below.
Service Hour Log
Our next class will be on Sunday, 11/03 from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM We look forward to seeing everyone.
Welcome Letter (from Steve DiMotta)
Class Syllabus/Dates: Grade 9
Class Syllabus/Dates: Grade 10
Drop Off & Pick Up Procedures/Map
Service Hour Log
Service Opportunities -
1st Year Confirmation Retreat
I hope everyone enjoyed the retreat for year 1 confirmation. If you were not able to make it for any reason, please contact Steve DiMotta, he has the information for your student to attend a make-up retreat.
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Teen Lures Prevention Program
This is a safety and self-awareness program that is a requirement of Office of Safe Environment at the Archdiocese of Hartford in response to the safe environment mandate from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).
The USCCB expects that all, "churches, schools, and youth organizations must ensure that children and youth who worship, study, or participate in activities sponsored by a parish can do so in the safest and most secure setting possible."
The curriculum incorporates small group discussion and a newscast that was recently filmed by IGNITE Youth Ministry. The Catholic faith is consistently incorporated throughout the night highlighting the power of prayer and the work of the Holy Spirit which we often credit as our conscious. Our newscast even covers the question, "Why doesn't God prevent someone from using these lures?"
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Since the institution of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People in 2002, "over 4.5 million children and over 98% of people who work with children have been trained to identify and prevent abuse through safe environment policies. [The Catholic Church] has administered over 2 million background checks...[making her] one of the safest institutions in the country."
Our catechists have been trained to meet these requirements. Parents and guardians, please join us as we continue to build a safe environment and an even safer community!