Church of St. Anthony - Mandaree
The Black & Indian Grant has helped St. Anthony of New Town to provide many different opportunities for our students.
One opportunity that we provided was St. Anthony CLC (Christian Life Camp) which took place last year from July 9 – 13; July16 -23. Week I is put on with our own people from the Diocese of Bismarck, Week II is sponsored with a group of adults and students from the states of MN and Wisconsin. This is an overnight camp. This camp provided students with the opportunity for daily Mass, Adoration, Confession and learning daily about the Catholic faith. This was entwined throughout the day with plays, skits and recreational activities. Breakfast, lunch, supper and snacks are provided throughout day.
St. Anthony of New Town also provides Faith Formation classes on Wednesday evenings. We begin in October and will go through May. We need to provid teacher and student workbooks, Biblical Movies, prayer incentives and we also provide a small snack for our students in attendance. The grant monies have helped to support these items as the teachers volunteer their time.
We have not yet opened up the Atrium for faith formation classes of Catechist’s of the Good Shepherd. We needed to buy supplies for the Level I of Catechist’s of the Good Shepherd and have purchased them.
We continue to prepare adults and children as well for the Sacraments. In order to do so we also have to buy materials and supplies and have used these grant monies for this. We have prepared children for Baptism, First Holy Communion, Sacrament of Reconciliation, and Confirmation. Fr. Roger continues to do Marriage preparation and other classes as well. We are always looking for different materials and ways to teach these Sacraments and continue to build our curriculum of materials to use.
