St. Thomas the Apostle Parish at 1449 Wilcox Park Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506 US - Religious Education & FormationNEWS & INFORMATION
Religious Education & FormationNEWS & INFORMATION
Here you will find the news and information about the Religious Education and Formation opportunities at our parish. Update Your Faith! Great continuing education opportunities throughout the year!
Sunday School
Provided in the school building for children ages 3, 4 and 5 during the 9:00 AM Mass from September through May. Utilizing the Sunday scriptures the children are engaged in age appropriate learning. Registration occurs in the Fall.
Questions About Catholicism?
Do you have questions about Catholicism? Do you desire to become a Catholic Christian? Or do you know of someone who desires to be baptized? Let us help you on your journey. Please email Ann Geer at ageer@stthomasgr.org or call her at 616.459.4662 x 208.
50 Plus Club
50 + CLUB meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month from September to June. We begin with Mass at 11:00 am in the Ministry Center Chapel. Following Mass, we enjoy a prepared lunch and some type of planned program, presentation or entertainment in the Ministry Center Community Room. Sometimes we meet at a near-by restaurant for food and fellowship.
KOINONIA
All young adults (college, young professionals, married, single, divorced, whomever) are invited to gather with us every TUESDAY to answer the late Pope John Paul II's call for a new evangelization – that is for us to become more intelligent ...
College Students Connecting with Christ
Pursue your immediate and distant dreams and find peace along the way! Please feel free to join various Youth/Young Adult host families for a monthly “Soup-er Sunday”. There will be plenty of soup & salad with social time and spirituality. Check the Church bulletin for locations, dates and times ...
Elements of a Successful Catholic School
We bless God for what we have learned on this amazing adventure called The Making of Saint Thomas School. At the same time, we have much yet to discover and learn. We will discover it and learn it together! – and this too will be an enduring blessing to us.
Addressing Racism at St. Thomas Parish
As a parent, you are the first educator of your children. You need to be able to explain to your children how prejudice and Racism works in you, if you are going to help them recognize how it works in them. It takes a lot of humility and courage to be willing to let your life be a resource for the moral growth of your children. This is what Jesus had in mind when he said: “There is no greater love than this to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” (John 15: 13) To be a parent, “Do what I say” is not enough. “Do what you see me trying to do and know why it is important to me,” is the necessary gift of yourself as a parent to your children. For many people, this self-examination is not easy. That is why both our parish and school will continue to offer reflection groups and seminars to assist you.
How to Wear Holiness
A Christian’s transformation from the old self to a new man or woman in Christ is not a self-help program. A fundamental premise of Christianity is that we cannot do it by ourselves. No matter how well intentioned we may be, we just don’t have what it takes to “pull off’ the change consistently.