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Explore FourREFuel Homeschool Alternative Option
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Welcome to your Explore Four Home page!
If you are here, it is because you have been approved by our Confirmation team to complete an alternative homeschool curriculum and attend 8 Explore Four events.
What is Explore Four?
Each month, students will participate in Life of the Parish events called "Explore Four" activities. These events support faith formation in the four areas (hence the name) of the Creed, Sacraments/Worship, Christian prayer, and Christian living. Regular growth in the faith and Christian Community is essential to the Christian life. Christ Himself sent the apostles out two-by-two and the early Church speaks of devotion to learning, prayer and communal life in Acts 2:42, "They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal life, to the breaking of the bread and to the prayers." For our Confirmandi preparing for this sacrament, engaging in the life of the parish in these ways are essential habits for their life of faith.
Unlike grades 1-6, only certain events at St. Vincent's can be an Explore Four activity. An Explore Four Reflection Form (found below) should be completed for each activity. Students must be the ones to attend the Explore Four event and fill out the Reflection Form, as they are the ones preparing for the sacrament of Confirmation.
What activities count as an Explore Four event?- Edge night
- Nights of Light
- Ignite Nights (4 Wednesdays a year, find the calendar here. These are like Edge nights, but more specifically Eucharistic focused)
- Parish Mission
- Parish Speakers
- Visiting the Oratory of St. Mary Magdalene for at least a half hour
- Attending a Reconciliation Service
- Parish Stations of the Cross
- Lessons and Carols
- Epiphany Concert
- All Souls Day Outdoor Mass
- Friday Oratory Mass
- Vincentfest
- Mardi Gras Party
- Edge Christmas Box Project
- Volunteering to nanny at a parish event
If you would like to do something not on this list, please contact the middle school ministry office to verify if it will count.
How many do I need to complete?
You must complete 8 Explore Four Events, one for each month from September through April.
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