Religious Education

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

MASS SCHEDULES
St. Ann Waubun
Saturday 5PM
Sunday 11AM
St. Theodore Ponsford
Saturday 4PM
Most Holy Redeemer Ogema
9AM Sunday
St. Benedict White Earth
11AM Sunday
St. Anne Naytahwaush
9AM Sunday
St. Frances Cabrini Big Elbow Lake
7:30PM Saturday

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The Tekakwitha Center Religious Education
White Earth Catholic, MN

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For COVID-19 Preparedness Plans for Parish & Religious Education contact the Parish Office: 218-473-2101.

Fr. John will live-stream Mass at St. Ann's Waubun Saturday at 5PM and Sunday at 11AM on Facebook. You can participate live or view the recordings on Fr. John's FB page. Type “jcoxomi” in the search box. You can also view the livestreams at a later time on YouTube.
Fr. Dan & Fr. Benny will live-stream Mass at Most Holy Redeemer Ogema Sundays at 9AM on Facebook, White Earth Catholic, MN.

Let us remember that we are united in Christ through prayer and a common spirit of love and trust in Him.

ADULT EDUCATION
R.C.I.A. Classes
For more information call the parish office in Ogema at 218-983-3261.

Youth Education
For information about our program, or to register your child for the
2020-21 Season, contact Janet Lhotka, Tekakwitha Center Director,
Office: 218-473-2101 or cell 218-261-0753.
Click on the following link for the google document registration page:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdZPIdXI5E5KOI-QVJyx72uO4t5F_kTUuuUSUF4k_HDlm9OCA/viewform

FEBRUARY FAMILY FAITH CONVERSATIONS
February Challenge-Lenten Prayer Box
This month's challenge is to create a family prayer box and text a picture to share. Kids may want to create their own personal prayer box in addition for their private prayer intentions.
“When your heart starts to worry and your mind just cannot rest; Put your prayers down on paper and let God do the rest.”

What is a Prayer Box & What Do You Do With It? A prayer box is a container where you can pray by writing a note to God. Think of it as a mailbox to God. Use this box to collect the prayers of your family together and as a reminder to pray for your special intentions that you have inside your box. Have each family member write down their prayers (or drawings for the little ones) of praise, thanks, need, love, or for others on paper and put them into the Family Prayer Box. Tell the children that each person in the family can add a prayer to the box at any time and that all can gather daily to pull out and pray one or more of the prayers. When a prayer is answered remove it and add a prayer of thanks. This can be an all-year family prayer box!
What Can Be A Prayer Box? Anything you want! Some ideas: Playdough container, altoid box, shoebox, mason jar, wipes container, coffee can... Have fun decorating your choice with stencils, stickers, coloring, etc.
Where You Should Put Your Prayer Box? Wherever works best for your family. Keep it in sight!
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February 3rd we celebrate the feast of St. Blaise:
According to tradition, Blaise had been a doctor before he was ordained a priest. He became the bishop of Sebaste (now in central Turkey). During a period of persecution, he fled to a cave where he lived as a hermit. It is said that he cured and tamed the wild animals there. Onehunters discovered him and took him to the governor, who sentenced him to be tortured and killed.
About four hundred years after his death, many stories began to be told about Blaise, and he became a popular saint, especially in France and Germany. One legend says that while Blaise was in prison, a mother brought him her small boy, who was choking on a fishbone stuck in his throat. Blaise prayed over the child, and he was healed. Every year on St. Blaise’s feast, February 3rd, two candles tied with ribbon in the shape of an X are used to bless throats. In the prayer the Church prays that those blessed may be delivered from diseases of the throat and from every other illness. Candles are used because of another story: It is said that while Blaise was kept in a dark prison, a woman secretly brought him some candles and food.
Blaise is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, saints who were patrons for almost every aspect of life. People in the Middle Ages showed devotion to these saints as a group.
Videos on Youtube:
Who is St. Blaise                                                                                     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMpTcBhr6xY
St. Blaise                                                                                                   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n24080npAYI
St. Blaise Blessing (demonstration)                                                           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2FgveYfi4g

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February 14th St. Valentine Day
Historians believe that the first Valentine’s Day was celebrated in 496 AD when Pope Gelasius – overwriting an existing Roman fertility festival called the Feast of Lupercalia – declared 14 February to be a commemoration of St Valentine.
There is much mystery surrounding who St Valentine actually was, but the popular belief is he was a Roman priest who served during the third century AD. It wasn’t until the Middle Ages when St Valentine would become the patron saint of love in England and France, and it’s thought that connection came from his defiance of Emperor Claudius.
Claudius had outlawed marriage for all young men, having decided that single men made better soldiers than those who had a wife and children, but Valentine continued to perform marriages for young couples in secret.
When he was found out, Claudius threw him in jail and ordered that he be sentenced to death.
St Valentine is said to have fallen in love with the jailer’s daughter who visited him during his confinement. When he was taken to be killed, he is said to have sent her a love letter that was signed “from your Valentine” - an expression that is still widely used today. As time went on, St Valentine’s name began to be used by people to express their feelings to the ones they loved - later becoming known as Valentine’s Day.
Videos on Youtube:
Saint Valentine's Day Animated History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdKZepHMFWE
10 Facts About St. Valentine                                                              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqXYK_RtADE
You Don’t Know Jack about St. Valentine https://bustedhalo.com/video/you-dont-know-jack-about-valentines-day
How Did Valentine’s Day Start? | COLOSSAL QUESTIONS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-8UcUT7VxE