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ELEMENTARY Faith Formation

Encountering Christ

Our St. Nicholas Elementary Faith Formation apprenticeship aims at helping parents assist their children in growing in their Catholic Faith and personally encountering the person of Jesus Christ. Our catechists work and serve to allow our youth to experience Christ though their personal witness of discipleship and through encouragement of faith sharing in a small group setting. Our central focus is Christ and His message as given in the Sunday Gospel. The standards and curriculum set forth by the Archdiocese of Indianapolis are incorporated into lessons which include a living participation as the children are challenged with a weekly "Call to Action".

We strongly support the Archdiocesan Mission Statement of Lifelong Faith Formation which calls for a program that transmits Catholic beliefs, traditions and values; and fosters the development of a living, conscience and active faith. In our Catholic tradition, faith is formed primarily in the family and is supported by the parish community.

Our program includes sacramental preparation for First Holy Communion and First Reconciliation in the second grade. We gather with our children in grades one through five in the Parish Center from 9:00 to 10:15AM each Sunday morning.　
　
For information or to register for our Elementary Faith Formation Apprenticeship or to offer your services as a volunteer catechist, call or email the　Director of Religious Education　at　dre@stnicholas-sunman.org.

 MIDDLE SCHOOL & HIGH SCHOOL Faith Formation – A YDisciple Apprenticeship

Deepening Our Relationship with Christ and Becoming
His Disciples

Our YDisciple Apprenticeship aims at helping parents assist their children in growing in their Catholic Faith.　 Special emphasis is given to deepening their personal relationship with Jesus Christ and helping our youth to become true, active disciples. The adult mentors facilitating the apprenticeship guide and direct our youth in grades six through twelve on their journey of discipleship with the catechetical video support of YDisciple from the Augustine Institute. 　

Our small discipleship groups consist of youth from St. Anthony, St. Louis, St. Nicholas and other various parishes in our Batesville Deanery. We meet on Wednesday evenings on the St. Anthony Campus from 7:00 to 8:30PM.　
　
For information or to register for our YDisciple Apprenticeship or to offer your services as a volunteer mentor, contact the　Director of Religious Education at dre@stnicholas-sunman.org.

VERSO L'ALTO

 The mission of Verso L'alto is to provide young adults (18 years and older) from the Batesville deanery an opportunity to gather in a relaxed atmosphere to learn and grow in their Catholic faith, prayerfully through the intercession of Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati.
 
The group meets various Friday evenings throughout the year at the Batesville Knights of Columbus Hall or other various places.
 
Contact: 
facebook.com/versolaltobatesville or 
versolaltoteam@gmail.com.
 
To the heights,
The Verso L'alto Team
(Leann Bond, Kim Koehne, and Elijah Huber)

Adult Faith Formation Groups:
 

Men's Prayer Group: 
is open to all men of St. Nicholas, St. Anthony, and St. Louis Parishes and any other men are welcome to attend.    We study a faith-based program and discuss relevant topics while enjoying fellowship with each other.
We meet the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 7 pm. We are currently studying "This Man is You."

That Man Is You:

The Spirit of Nazareth builds on the incredible success of the first year of the That Man is You! Program by identifying and practically addressing the challenges men face in the spiritual life.  Here's your opportunity to experience the session in its entirety as it was given by program founder Steve Bollman.
 
Through the program you will discover:

• The true source of the struggles in the spiritual life and the time honored means for winning the spiritual battle.

• The practical means for developing a prayer life that puts you into communion with God so that you can discern His will in your life.

• A step-by-step guide to developing a "spiritual plan of life" that enables you to make true progress in your spiritual life.

• The grace being offered families to experience the love, peace and joy found within the Holy Family.

 We meet every Saturday morning at 6:15 a.m.  
For more information, please contact Jared Spokowsky.

Thursday Morning Ladies Prayer/Study Group

We meet at 8:30am on Thursday mornings in the parish center.  We study scripture, Mary and teachings of the Catholic Church.  It is a morning of sharing and fellowship.  We welcome anyone who wants to know and love the lord and His Mother.  For more information contact Joanna Kinker 623-2700.