St. Cecelia Parish
A community of faith, guided and inspired by the Holy Spirit.
Totus Tuus 2010!!
Totus Tuus will be coming to St. Cecelia Parish summer of 2010!
Our Needs:
PROVIDE LUNCH: Whether homemade or ordered in, needs to be delivered to the Rochleau Center (RC) kitchen for the team (4 people) by 11:45am.
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WORK LUNCH: Arrive around 11:45am to aid in students entering the RC for lunch. Help with spills, clean up, etc. Finished at approximately 1:00pm.
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PROVIDE SUPPER: Supper for 4. You may cook at home or take them out. 5:30pm – 7pm
Sunday: Benediction for Corpus Christi
Monday: Rose Reding
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PROVIDE SNACK: Grade School at 9:50am - treats can be brought at that time or dropped off earlier.
Monday: Marge Kramer
Tuesday: Marge Kramer
Wednesday: Helen Krapp
Thursday: Marge Kramer
Friday: Mary Bleich
SERVE SNACK: Assist Grade school students with snack, and cleaning up after. 9:50am – 10:10am
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PROVIDE SNACK: JH/HS: 8:30pm, it can be brought at that time, or dropped off earlier.
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POTLUCK : Wednesday, June 9th, help with set up, serving, and clean up.
1: Kevin and Mary Bleich
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HELPERS: High school students or adults to assist in supervising the children during bathroom breaks, recess, and for any other needs that come up. To be present from 9:10am -1:00pm at the least.
ALL VOLUNTEERS MUST HAVE TAKEN VIRTUS.
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Helpers to travel all day with 1st/ 2nd grade students. ALL VOLUNTEERS MUST HAVE TAKEN VIRTUS.
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CHECK IN – Arrive at 8:30am to check in Grade School students until 9:30am. 2 HS students or Adults per day.
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CHECK IN – Arrive at 7:00pm to check in JH/HS students until 7:45pm.
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Description of Totus Tuus
Totus Tuus (Latin for Totally Yours) is a fun and energetic parish based summer catechetical program, for both grade school age children and junior and senior high school youth. We gather together college students and seminarians onto teams of four in order to train them and send them out on the road to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ in various parishes throughout the Diocese of Sioux City. Their youthfulness, energy, and ability to witness to the faith make our teachers particularly effective with children and young people.
The team serves for a week in each parish by putting on a program Sunday-Thursday from 7:30pm-9:30pm for junior and senior high school youth. Our goal is to put the youth in contact with the Lord so that they can develop a deep personal relationship with Him. To this end, we have a night of Adoration and the opportunity for the Sacrament of Reconciliiaton, catechetical instruction on topics important to young people and a night of fellowship with the team members.
The team also presents a grade school program (grades 1-6) that runs Monday - Friday from 9:00am-2:30pm. Our time is spent on catechetical instruction, songs, games, daily Mass, the opportunity for the Sacrament of Reconciliation, lunch, recess and more. The week ends with a large water fight with the children in celebration for the week. The focus is on imparting an understanding and love of the Eucharist, devotion to Mary, catechetical instruciton, vocational discernment and providing an enjoyable experience.
The team also likes to get to know the parish and its members. In order to do this, they stay with families of the parish, eat with different families throughout the week and invite the entire parish to a "potluck" dinner on Wednesday night.
Throughout the year TOTUS TUUS has succeeded in reaching out to children and youth in order to help them know and love the Lord Jesus Christ. In addition to this, we have tried to help local parishes by providing a fun and strong catechetical program. We hope to continue this in the future as long as our Lord permits.
Our Focus
1. The Eucharist
2. Marian Devotion
3. Catechetical Instruction
4. Vocational Discernment
5. Fun!
Five Marks of Totus Tuus
1. Proclamation of the Gospel...to arouse the faith.
2. Apologetics...examination of the reasons for our beliefs.
3. Christian Witness...an experience of Christian living.
4. Celebration of the Sacraments...especially Holy Eucharist and Confession.
5. Active witness of the missionary nature of the Catholic Church.
