Welcome to the Youth Ministry program for the 2024-2025 year. Rapids Catholic is a collaborative program between Our Lady Queen of Heaven, St. Lawrence, St. Philip, SS. Peter and Paul, and St. Vincent de Paul. Classes will be held on the campuses of these institutions.
There are three different class options for all of High School Youth:
1. First Wednesday of the month from 6:00 - 8:00 pm held at Saint Lawrence.
2. Family Faith Formation on the Second Wednesday of the month from 6:00 - 7:15 pm. (A parent or guardian must attend with the teen) held at St. Vincent de Paul.
3. First and third Sunday evenings from 4:30 - 5:45 pm held at SS. Peter and Paul.
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Families will be contacted as a reminder of upcoming classes and important dates. Emails will also be sent in the case of a weather closure.
All students not baptized at Our Lady Queen of Heaven, St. Lawrence, SS. Peter and Paul, St. Philip, and St. Vincent de Paul must submit a copy of a Baptismal Certificate form the parishes that they were baptized at.
Emergency Contact Information: Please provide an emergency contact other than a parent if neither can be reached.
The Diocese of La Crosse provides Protect and Heal training from the Catholic perspective to participating individuals in its programs.
The Substance and focus of Protect and Heal Training is as follows:
Kindergarten-Second Grade: Students will learn about their dignity (their incredible worth) as children of God and the respect that each person deserves as a child of God. Students will learn about safety, safe environment and the care that is to surround them, the difference between appropriate, kind actions and behavior that makes them feel safe, secure and loved, and inappropriate, harmful actions and behaviors that makes them feel uncomfortable or unsafe.
Grade Three-Five: Students will learn about their virtue of respect, which is based upon the dignity of each human person. Students will learn the importance of saying "no" to inappropriate, harmful actions, behavior and touch that makes them feel uncomfortable or unsafe. Children will be encouraged to tell immediately a trusted adult when these situations arise and will learn about the buddy system.
Grades Six-Eight: Students will learn about how each person, including themselves, must be treated with respect. Students will learn about, and seek to develop or further develop, the virtue of prudence-making good decisions. Students will learn practical tips for keeping themselves safe and will discuss defensive and assertive body language to protect themselves.
High School: Students will understand virtue, which are good moral habits, and vice, which are bad moral habits. Students will discuss the virtue of chastity and modesty; learn practical steps for protecting themselves and others from sexual abuse, including the ability to recognize warning signs and how to react to abuse and to the possible threat of abuse.
I hereby consent that any still or electronic image and/or audio recording, in which I or my child may appear, may be used by Our Lady Queen of Heaven, Saint Lawrence, Sts. Peter and Paul, and St. Vincent DePaul. I understand that these materials are being used for promotion of Our Lady Queen of Heaven, Saint Lawrence, Sts. Peter and Paul, and St. Vincent DePaul. The images and/or recordings may be used to support recruitment, fundraising, evangelization and other communication efforts.I release the staff and volunteers and I understand and agree that the use of my picture is not an invasion of privacy. Neither I, nor anyone claiming to be speaking on my behalf, will later object to the Parish's use of this/these photographs.
I hereby do not consent that any still or electronic image and/or audio recording, in which I or my child may appear, may be used by Our Lady Queen of Heaven, Saint Lawrence, Sts. Peter and Paul, and St. Vincent DePaul.
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