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Mission Statement
Our mission in Education for Parenting is to
articulate the sacredness of our parental
vocation, our calling from God to raise children
who are spiritually, emotionally, socially
healthy responsible Catholics with strong faith.
Education for Parenting is…
respecting the life of each individual through
giving us information about age-appropriate
behavior, normal development and family
dynamics, teaching skills of non-violent
discipline, communication and conflict
resolution in our family relationships, along
with creating support networks for us with other
Catholic mothers/fathers.
Parents need this education…
because the supports within our families and
Catholic communities which, in the past, helped
our parents and grandparents to raise their
children have eroded.
Parents want the Church community to…
encourage and support us, in both spiritual and
practical ways. The ideal and most likely place
for this to happen is in the parish where we
parents can gather together to learn, pray
about, and with, our children, and strengthen
and support each other. Offering such education
and support requires preparation of leaders to
make this happen within our parishes.
In order to offer these Education for Parenting
Ministry activities we need itinerant teachers
and parish based leaders who are well versed in
the “who, what, when, where why and how” of
providing these services and teaching the
Archdiocesan curricula material. Each year we
provide training and follow-up for potential
leaders.
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 Leadership Training
Education for Parenting Leadership Training…
is designed to train and motivate prospective
leaders to provide this education and support to
parents in their communities. The training will
also benefit those whose work or ministry
involves relating to, or working with parents.
Any individuals who desire family, personal or
professional enrichment are also welcome.
Leadership Training consists of three
non-consecutive Saturdays of training from 10am
until 5pm. These sessions provide information,
resources and workshop curricula materials.
Offering a personal, intellectual and spiritual
experience, they are conducted in a relaxed and
informal atmosphere involving group interaction.
Site and Dates of Training
2009-2010 Education for Parenting
Leadership Training will be held:
- October 17th, 2009 - Leadership Training:
Level II
- January 23rd, 2010 -
Leadership Training: Level I
- February 6th, 2010
- Leadership Training: Level I
- March 13th, 2010 -
Leadership Training: Level I
- Additional 2010 dates for Leadership
Training: Level II : to be
announced
-from 10:00am-5:00pm at
the St. Joseph Seminary (Institute for
Religious Studies Building) Yonkers, NY.
A missed session can be made up at a future
training program usually the following year.
Certification will be awarded upon completion of
the three sessions.
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 Leadership Follow-Up: “The Parenting Network”
Belonging to the wider world of this ministry
beyond the limitations of personal knowledge,
our own family experiences, and the local parish
program, is important for our continued
motivation and maintaining a Spirit-filled
perspective. For this reason……
The Parenting Network…
is a vehicle for staying connected with the
larger ministry, offering a special workshop in six different regions
throughout the school year. We meet together
with leaders from other local parishes for a
session that provides an opportunity to network
with others from parishes in the same county
that have Education for Parenting programs. We
get to know each other and some spiritual
nurturing is created for us as leaders as we
pray together and learn about a new topic.
Sometimes we exchange information about our
experiences leading parenting groups. The topic in
2009-2010 is "Parenting and Ethnicity: How
is Your Child Impacted by the Significance of
Ancestral Heritage in American Life" dates and
locations are as follows:
- October 23, 2009 -
St. Joseph's church hall, Middletown, Orange
County
- October 24, 2009-
St. Joseph's Seminary IRS Bldg. Yonkers,
Westchester County
- March 12, 2010-
St. Patrick's, Yorktown Heights, Northern
Westchester/Putnam County
- March 16, 2010-
St. Augustine's church hall, New City,
Rockland County
- March 19, 2010- St.
Clare's pastoral center, Great Kills, Staten
Island
- April 17, 2010-
St. Joseph's Seminary - IRS Bldg., Yonkers,
Westchester County
A second topic for 2009-2010: "Birth
Order: Influences, Challenges,
Relationships"
The Parenting Network
Offers...
- Leaders and Directors Planning
Meetings….
are held as spring turns into summer, in
regional locations. They are opportunities to
debrief the just completed programs and get
ideas to plan next season’s.
- Consultation….
with the coordinator is available by visit to
the parish, or via telephone or e-mail.
- Gratitude for….
involvement in the ministry is expressed in an
Advent/Christmas Reflection. This
is a mini-day of recollection for you, followed
by Liturgy at noon and then
luncheon.
***ADVENT REFLECTION & LUNCHEON; THANK YOU
FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP!***
- Thursday December 10, 2009, St. Francis of Assisi, West Nyack,
Rockland County
- For all those who are a part of the
Parenting Network
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Parish-based Parenting
Centers & Programs
Please click
here
to download a PDF file
listing all the ongoing parenting programs in
the Archdiocese, arranged by county.
There's a program near you!
If it should happen that there isn't a
program near you, please contact Eileen Murphy
to help you get one started. She can be reached by
telephone, at (646) 794-3191, or by email, at
eileen.murphy@archny.org.
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How to protect your children from pornography on
the internet
For information
please go to:
http://www.obscenitycrimes.org/helpforparents.php
or visit our "Is
Pornography A Problem?" page here:
http://flrl.org/IsPornAProblem.htm
or visit our
Parent's Page on our Chastity webpage here:
http://flrl.org/ChastityParents.htm
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Current Events:
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9/28/2009- Family
Day- Celebrate Family
Day – A Day to Eat Dinner with Your
ChildrenTM, Monday,
September 28th, by joining parents all
across the country in logging onto
www.CASAFamilyDay.org to take the
Family Day STAR Pledge to commit to:
- Spend
time with your kids by having dinner
together
- Talk
to them about their friends, interests
and the dangers of drugs and alcohol
- Answer
their questions and listen to what they
say
- Recognize
that YOU have the power to keep your
kids substance-free!
Dinner Makes a
Difference!
Eileen
Murphy
Parenting Coordinator
 eileen.murphy@archny.org
646.794.3191
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