St. Christopher Parish Religious Education

Your generosity WILL HELP TEENS GROW AS YOUNG DISCIPLES!

THE WAY - Junior High PSR program was created by a core team of catechists in the summer of 2023. It was developed by busy moms and dads who wanted to provide their teen/pre-teen children with a flexible, fun, creative way to grow in their Catholic Faith.

THE WAY MISSION STATEMENT:

To provide students and families with a more flexible and engaging religious education program that will provide a core lesson to use their critical thinking skills to internalize the Catholic Message of Jesus Christ in Self Love and Love of Others through Knowledge, Actions and Service.

Our goal is to raise $25,000 to provide new programming that meets our group mission:

1. To give students the opportunity to attend Catholic leadership Retreats to promote strong disciples who exemplify their faith in our neighborhoods and schools.
2. Fund service opportunities in our local community. Exposing students to acts of charity and compassion is fundamental to their Christian formation. These funds will allow us to complete service opportunities for organizations that need our help right here in NE Ohio. For example, we hope to provide lunches to underprivileged schools in the inner city with the non-profit organization #lunchbag program. These opportunities expose our students to the poor and vulnerable within our own community.
3. Subsidize students to attend the upcoming Middle School Youth Conference in Cleveland in February 2026.
4. Attend local mission trips to allow students to understand and serve “the least of our brothers and sisters”.

On Giving Tuesday, we ask the St. Christopher Parish community to consider making a donation to “the Way”, our junior high program.

Charitable contributions are a great way to reduce your tax liability while simultaneously providing the invaluable seed to grow and enrich our faith in our young people.

Any amount is greatly appreciated and we thank you for supporting The Way!

One of my favorite things about The Way program is the participation of everyone, and how we get to go in groups, and talk about things we’ve been learning about, and having all of our teachers supporting us and help learn about God." - Ryan C., 7th Grade

"I like that you can talk in groups what we like about God, and it’s fun to hear other people’s perspectives, especially from people from different grade levels, who have more experience than you." - Olivia M., 6th Grade

"The Way is a nice program, because it’s different from normal PSR.  We have three grade levels all together…that means more discussion, more talking, and…we also have service, which means that we help our community, and we learn about interests we like, possibly our future careers." - Olivia D., 7th Grade

"I like learning in groups, and drawing…it makes it better." - Racco K., 8th Grade

"I like The Way because I can sit down at a table with my friends, and learn about Jesus while eating a snack." - Nick T., 8th Grade