ST. MARY RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
14200 E. Old US Hwy. 12, Chelsea, MI 48118
Phone: (734) 475 8164
Marita Martin, DRE
Jenny Haroney, Secretary
Welcome!!!!
The catechists and staff of St. Mary warmly welcome you and your children. We recognize the profound
responsibility we share with you as together we seek to learn more about the faith, traditions, and values
of our Catholic Christianity.
Your child/ren will attend class on the following days:
FAMILY NAME
CHILD’S NAME
Grade/Room #/Teacher
______________________________________________________________________________
Schedule
Fees
Nursery: Sunday, during 10 a.m. Mass
(Ages: 8 months to 3 yrs)
Sunday, 9:50-11:00 a.m.
4-yr olds, Kin, 1st Grade
Tuesday, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
2nd thru 5th Grade
or
Thursday , 3:30-5:00 p.m. 2nd thru 5th Grade
Nursery: donation appreciated
Grades Preschool through 8:
$100 per child/$250 family maximum
Home Study: $25 per child (includes
books/materials)
Alternate Sundays 11:15-1:00 p.m. – 6th thru 8th Grade
FEES - The cost per child is $100, with the family maximum of $250. To save billing expenses, it
would be appreciated if you could pay fees before Oct. 15. However, your child’s religious education is
our top priority. If you need financial aid, please let us know. Call Mary at 734- 475-7561 for confidential assistance.
SNACKS – This year St. Mary will be providing snacks. (The 2nd through 5th graders come to us hungry
and tired after a full day of school. A snack is just what they need to keep them going until dinner.) Our
other grades will also offer an appropriate snack for their time schedule. We will offer fruit, granola bars,
cheese and crackers, etc. trying to keep it on the healthy side. ***If your child has a food allergy please
provide an alternate snack or let us know what is safe for them from our snack assortment.*** The children consume mass quantities of snacks and water. If your budget allows you to donate extra snacks to
our program we would appreciate it. Pretzels, goldfish crackers, granola bars, cheese sticks, gogurts, fruit
and veggies with dip would be appreciated. Or if you would like to include a cash donation toward
snacks, that would be equally appreciated. Thank you so much for your support of our program.
BUSES – The bus schedule on Tuesday and Thursday for those in the Chelsea School District will remain
the same as last year. BUS #58 (Red Rooster) will pick up the third, fourth and fifth graders directly
from South School. They will go to Beach to get the 2nd graders. The 2nd graders will have taken the transfer bus from North to Beach and there, they will board the Red Rooster bus #58. There will be an adult
to assist the children for the first few weeks of school.
Please note that all children riding the Chelsea District school buses must have a new copy of ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION ARRANGEMENT on file with the bus garage. You may fax a completed
form directly (fax # 433-2217) or it can be dropped off at St. Mary Religious Ed. Office.
ATTENDANCE - If your child will be absent from our Tuesday or Thursday classes, please call our
office, or you may e-mail Marita at maritamartindre@gmail.com. Sometimes they forget that it is a
religious education class day and ride the bus to their homes (which may have both parents at work).
First Grade Parents: this is a very important year for your child to begin their First Communion preparation. Our first graders begin learning about the sacraments and the Mass. This is part of their two year
preparation for this sacrament. Please bring them as often as possible so they can receive all the grace that
Jesus wants to give them through the Eucharist.
Parenting with Purpose: “When will the next storm get here? A tree with deep roots can weather any
storm. In your life and mine, it is only a matter of time before the next storm gets here: an illness, the
death of a loved one, unemployment, financial difficulties, a troubled child, natural disaster, marital strife,
or any number of things. The storms of life are inevitable. The question is not whether there will be another storm. The question is: When will the next storm get here? And when the next storm gets here, it’s
too late to sink the roots. When the next storm gets here, you either have the roots or you don’t?” (Rediscover Catholicism by Matthew Kelly)
“Contemporary children listen more willingly to witnesses than to parents, or if they listen to
parents, they do so because they are witnesses.” (Pope Paul VI revised quote)
“He evangelizes more who prays without speaking than he who speaks without praying.” (Fr.
Canalamessa)
We are praying for you and your children. Please pray for us also. May we become the witnesses
and prayer partners out children need us to be.
May we become the witnesses and prayer partners our children need us to be.
Marita Martin, Director of Religious Education
Jenny Haroney, Secretary
All religion teachers and aides
$10
$10
$10 discount if paid before 10-15-2015
$10
$10
Primary Grade/Sunday
Room #
Teacher/s
Preschool
1 and 2
Renae Kempf
Kindergarten
8 and 9
Lisa Korner and Helena Korner
1st Grade #A
5
Elementary/ Tuesday
2nd Grade
Room #
5
tentative arrangement
Joyce Lindstrom
Teacher/s
Joyce Lindstrom
3rd Grade
6 and 7
Dan Rosolowski and Virginia Kreuger
4th Grade
8 and 9
Susan Bertoni
5th Grade
3 and 4
Dawn Williams
Elementary/Thursday
Room #
Teacher’s
2nd Grade
5
Joyce Lindstrom
3rd Grade
6 and 7
Beth Ewald
4th Grade
8 and 9
Marita Martin
5th Grade
1 and 2
Henry Bazdylo
Jr. High/ Sunday
Room #
Teacher/s
6th Grade
8 and 9
Steve Cira, ShelleyWheaton and Jared Beaver
7th Grade
6 and 7
Brian McLaughlin and Daniel McDevitt
8th Grade
Youth Rm.
Aaron Warriner, Peter Rosol and Diane Jordan