Our Faith

School Mass Schedule:

Grades K-4 Every Wednesday at 8:00am in the CTK Church

Grades 5-8 Every Friday at 8:00am in the CTK Church

Please join us in this celebration of our faith.

General Mass Schedule

Mass is celebrated as a school community weekly at 8:00 am in Christ the King Church. Each grade takes a turn leading the Mass and there are opportunities for students to participate in the music ministry as well. Grades K-4 celebrate on Wednesday mornings and Grades 5-8 celebrate on Friday mornings. On certain feast days, holy days of obligation and for special community celebrations, the school will attend mass a single community. These masses will be listed on the school calendar as "All School Masses".

Mass Schedule for November and December 2011

CKCS Mass Schedule for November and December 2011

Nov. 1 – All School Mass for All Saints’ Day
Nov. 17 – All School Mass for Principal’s Day
Nov. 22 – All School Mass for Thanksgiving
Dec. 8 – All School Mass for Immaculate Conception Holy Day
Dec. 16 – All School Mass for Christmas

There will be only 2 Wednesday K-4 Masses in November and December: 11/9/11 and 11/30/11.

There will be only one Friday 5-8 Mass in November and December: 12/2/11.

Confession schedule for advent:

11/30/11 – Grades 3-4 (8:45am in church)
12/7/11 – grades 5-6 (8:00am in churc)
12/14/11 – grades 7-8 (8:00 am in church)

Moms In Touch is a prayer group that prays for our children and schools. We meet every Monday morning at 8:00 am in Assumption Hall. Any mother is welcome at any time. Bring your preschool age children if you need to. Meetings last between 30 minutes to 1 hour.

Our purpose is to pray for our children and the issues they face, to pray for teachers and staff, to provide support and encouragement to all moms, and to be an encouragement and a positive support to our school.Won't you join us for out next meeting?

For information about the Christ the King group contact Kim Destro - 210 -4707 or Jill Roh 621-1399. For more information about Moms In Touch International, visit the website www.momsintouch.org .

Sacraments

Grade 2

* First Holy Communion Parent Meeting will be Wednesday, October 26th, at 6:30pm in Assumption Hall.

* First Holy Communion is will be announced in the CTK Church.

* First Communion Retreat 2A-April 2B- April

This all day retreat will be an activity that the entire class participates in during the course of a school day.

Grade 8

* Confirmation

We would like to remind parents that, starting with the 2011 -2012 school year, the new Archdiocesean Confirmaiton Policy will go into effect.

AGE OF CONFIRMATION

It is the policy of the Archdiocese of Mobile that Confirmation is to be celebrated in the 11th grade, effective August 15, 2011. All parishes within the archdiocese are to adhere to this grade in establishing two-year formation programs for Confirmation.

For parishes who will confirm only eleventh graders every year, the Confirmation formation process should begin no later than January of the 9th grade. The celebration of the sacrament would occur in the spring of the 11th grade.

For those parishes that wish to combine two grades, the celebration of the sacrament will occur in the fall for those teens in the 11th and 12th grades. The formation program would start in the fall of their 9th and 10th grade years.

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Living Our Faith

Our religion program provides all of us with the opportunity to practice Catholic Christian principles in our daily lives. Religious activities include: morning rosary, prayer before each class, weekly masses, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Stations of the Cross, May Procession and Crowning, and preparation for the sacraments of Reconciliation, and Holy Eucharist.

OUR CATHOLIC IDENTITY

* Environment- When you drive onto our campus, it is immediately evident that we are a Catholic school. There are signs and symbols of our faith at every turn. There are statues to remind us of Jesus, Mary, Saint Theresa, and Saint Francis. Pictures and posters and prayers are posted prominently throughout our school. Our beautiful church stands tall next to our classrooms as another reminder that we are a small part of a universal faith. We are reminded visually of the real presence of the Holy Spirit dwelling among us each and every day.

* Morning Rosary- We begin each day with everyone on campus praying a decade of the rosary and a prayer to the Holy Spirit. This prayerful experience is lead by students over the intercom, which enables the prayer to be heard in all parts of the campus inside and out. We offer our prayers for the needs of our community and the world.

* Prayer- Teachers begin each class period with a prayer or a moment of reflection as a reminder that all are in the presence of God. All faculty and staff meetings begin with prayer and the recitation of their Mission Statement.

* Student Masses- Each Wednesday, mass is at 8:00 and students in grades K – 4 participate. Each Friday, mass is at 8:00 with students in grades 5 – 8 participating. Parents are invited and encouraged to participate in all our liturgies. Every class has the opportunity to plan and lead the liturgies. They also have the opportunity to lead a mass when the entire school is in attendance.

* Monthly Outreach Program- Our faculty, staff, and students participate in a Monthly Outreach program, which is spearheaded by our principal, and Student Council.

* Religion Program- We use the Sadlier Religion textbooks for grades K-6. Teachers also use the Sadlier web site, which offers supplemental materials and ideas that coordinate with the textbook. Grades 7 and 8 use the Finding God series from Loyola Press.

* RCIA Outreach- Students make cards, prayer books, and welcome letters for the members of our RCIA class.

* May Crowning- During the first week of May, the entire school and parish community participate in the Crowning of Mary. We make a procession through the streets around our school. The procession is led by four eighth-graders carrying the statue of Mary and all of the first Holy Communicants. As we walk, we pray the rosary which is led by our pastor over the intercom. Upon arriving at the church, the statue of Mary is brought inside; a crown is placed on the statue as we sing, “Oh! Mary we Crown you…” The youngest girl in the first Holy Communion class places the crown on the statue.

* DWP- Everyone practices the Discipline With Purpose Program, which is based on the Gospels. It is a developmental approach to teaching self-discipline within a Catholic framework. Monthly DWP homework is given to all students to be completed at home with their parents.

* PTO- The PTO provides Advent and Lenten Devotionals for each family. The speakers at the fall and spring meetings are chosen to address current Catholic issues.