Christ Our Hope Faith Formation Commission
The Light of Christ Faith Formation Commission (LOC FFC) is the local board responsible for the faith formation programs for all parishioners birth to death in the cluster of Christ Our Hope. The LOC FFC is made up of two elected representatives from each of the six cluster parishes. The commissioners serve a three year term that start in July of the year elected. The commissioners terms are stacked so that no parish should have to elect two new members in any one year. These commissioners are the voice of their parish to the LOC FFC and in turn keep the parishes informed about the LOC programs.
2024/25 Faith Formation Commission Members
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2025 Meeting Schedule
Meetings are held at the Fr. Moran Center in Lawler on the following Tuesday evenings at 7:00 PM: January 28 - Cancelled February 25 March 25 April 22 May 27 June 24 |
Our History
The Christ Our Hope Faith Formation Office began in 2004 as "The Light of Christ". The Light of Christ began when innovative individuals from six local parishes came together, prior to being formally clustered in 2008 as Christ Our Hope, to create a strong religious education and faith formation program that built upon the existing strong school and community identity. These founding parishioners took on the challenge to not simply combine the existing religious education programs, that only served the needs of students, but strived to create a faith formation program, known as Generations of Faith, that meets the needs of parishioners of all ages. The goal then, and now is to help families grow in their faith together and support faith formation at home, as parents are the first and most important catechist and evangelizers in the lives of their children.
The COH Faith Formation office serves the parishioners of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Little Turkey), Holy Trinity (Protivin), Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Lawler), St. John Nepomucene (Ft. Atkinson), St. Luke (St. Lucas), and St. Mary (Waucoma). We offer a variety of faith formation programs including Journey with Christ (our primary formation program), Sacramental Preparation, HerStory in Christ, Signs of Christ, Catechesis of the Good Shepard, Adult sessions, Youth Liturgists in every parish to organize local youth masses, and many other opportunities. The COH FFO is guided by a Faith Formation Commission composed of two elected representatives from each parish, the Pastor and the Director of Faith Formation.
Like other programs, ours has matured and evolved. In December of 2009 we were blessed to begin utilizing the Fr. Moran center at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. This facility was specifically built to provide faith formation for the youth. This change allows all students to be taught in a traditional classroom setting by experienced teachers during the grade level sessions. Elementary students meet on Sunday afternoons and 7-12th grade students meet on Wednesdays. HerStory in Christ is a small faith sharing group for high school females. This group was started by students in January of 2017, and Catechesis of the Good Shepard was added for children age 3 through kindergarten in October 2017.
In August 2018 the programs and the office underwent some changes. The name "Light of Christ" was confusing to parishioners, so the office is now simply called the Christ Our Hope Faith Formation Office or COH FFO for short. Also, the name "Generations of Faith" no longer was appropriate for the primary program offered by the office. That name is specific to a specific program which we have not really followed for several years. To better emphasize our vision to help all parishioners have on going encounters with Jesus, we changed the name to "Journey with Christ".
For adults, we offer a variety of speakers, bible studies, book studies, and other opportunities.
All parishioners young and old are encouraged to regularly participate in our variety of faith formation programs and service opportunities.
The COH Faith Formation office serves the parishioners of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Little Turkey), Holy Trinity (Protivin), Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Lawler), St. John Nepomucene (Ft. Atkinson), St. Luke (St. Lucas), and St. Mary (Waucoma). We offer a variety of faith formation programs including Journey with Christ (our primary formation program), Sacramental Preparation, HerStory in Christ, Signs of Christ, Catechesis of the Good Shepard, Adult sessions, Youth Liturgists in every parish to organize local youth masses, and many other opportunities. The COH FFO is guided by a Faith Formation Commission composed of two elected representatives from each parish, the Pastor and the Director of Faith Formation.
Like other programs, ours has matured and evolved. In December of 2009 we were blessed to begin utilizing the Fr. Moran center at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. This facility was specifically built to provide faith formation for the youth. This change allows all students to be taught in a traditional classroom setting by experienced teachers during the grade level sessions. Elementary students meet on Sunday afternoons and 7-12th grade students meet on Wednesdays. HerStory in Christ is a small faith sharing group for high school females. This group was started by students in January of 2017, and Catechesis of the Good Shepard was added for children age 3 through kindergarten in October 2017.
In August 2018 the programs and the office underwent some changes. The name "Light of Christ" was confusing to parishioners, so the office is now simply called the Christ Our Hope Faith Formation Office or COH FFO for short. Also, the name "Generations of Faith" no longer was appropriate for the primary program offered by the office. That name is specific to a specific program which we have not really followed for several years. To better emphasize our vision to help all parishioners have on going encounters with Jesus, we changed the name to "Journey with Christ".
For adults, we offer a variety of speakers, bible studies, book studies, and other opportunities.
All parishioners young and old are encouraged to regularly participate in our variety of faith formation programs and service opportunities.
Christ Our Hope Cluster Office: 110 Commercial Ave, PO Box 205, Protivin, IA 52163, 563-569-8259