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Kids Questions:
Your children have questions and while there is a lot of information going around, some of it is more alarming than helpful.
Here is a link with some basic information about how to answer some of those questions and worries your children may have (provided with permission):
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y-V6QhJouym8Mvx1TtaBUg1BIOgryIRKA_s7z6Fajrw/edit?usp=sharing
PBS kids (how to talk to your kids about coronavirus):
https://www.pbs.org/parents/thrive/how-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-coronavirus?fbclid=IwAR3KdttouZvPEq1s3-6fsiBfZ4OmZDhdVC0Y46B8BEBZO-PfZscJ7o69Pkw
Faith Matters:
Now that we are at Mass together through the television and internet, here are some links to help strengthen your family's faith. Consider "visiting" different parishes for daily Mass during Lent as a way to remind your children that we are all in this together:
St. Joseph Catholic Church Franciscan Friars are live-streaming daily and Sunday Mass through their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/stjosephherndon/posts/1061929410230 58?notif_id=1584809383447169& notif_t=live_video_schedule_ broadcaster
Televised Mass is celebrated in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception which airs every Sunday at 10:30am on WDCW-50.
Sunday and Daily Mass videos can also be found at many parishes including these: https://www.omvusa.org/st-clement-shrine/schedule/daily-mass-videos/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_KPsyfWw6AIVC18NCh3qQw7HEAAYASAAEgIYF_D_BwE;
http://www.catholictv.org/masses/catholictv-mass
Mass on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltz-aU52Qzo
Other ways to help your children to feel connected to their faith while we are not together at school include these suggestions from the Catholic Icing website:- Read the readings and Gospel that would be at Mass that week (You can find the readings for March 15, 2020 here!)
- Take spiritual communion (Read about how to do this here and find the prayer as well)
- Listen to an online homily via podcast or YouTube
- Pray a rosary together
- https://www.catholicicing.com/spiritual-communion-for-kids/
The Catholic Icing website also has fun activities for families and kids, many are free:
https://www.catholicicing.com/weekly-mass-resources-for-kids/
The Catholic Mom website also has some free resources:
http://catholicmom.com/kids/catholic-gospel-coloring-worksheets-sunday-mass/
Living Faith--Daily Catholic offers free resources for kids and families:
http://www.livingfaith.com/?mc_cid=ab8fafa63c&mc_eid=27439713ca;
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We're still here for you:
Please sign your students up for guidance class google classrooms (grades 2-8) and look for links to our guidance lessons from your classroom teachers in grades K-1. We will also be adding information on this page about virtual office hours and ways you can reach us.
Please feel free to email, we will reply as soon as we can. These sudden changes and all of the uncertainty can try the most patient person so we greatly appreciate your understanding when we hit the inevitable bumps in the road with our virtual learning.
If you find something that is working well for you and your family, please let us know and we'll share the suggestions.
Take care,
Patty Farrell & Beth Henry
p.farrell@sjschoolva.org
b.henry@sjschoolva.org