Purpose

Comment below on our purpose and assumptions

http://ffbestpractices.blogspot.com/ is a group blog to share faith formation best practices in the family, parish and school for:

•       parents, grandparents, godparents
•           pastors, parish personnel, committee members, parishioners
•           chaplains, school personnel, students, alumni, benefactors

Family, parish and school are closely bound as partners to assist their members in lifetime growth as virtuous persons in community. A family is the first school of love and parents the primary educators. A parish is an enduring Christian community forming faith through its life of word and sacrament. A school is a family of hope focused on developing students’ assets for service in the world.

The first authors of this blog are associated with Newman Catholic High School and Middle School in Wausau, Wisconsin. Our focus is the growth of adolescents in the virtues of love, faith and hope. Understanding characteristics of children and varied adult roles for evangelization are necessary points on our compass. We are open to making institutional contributions for many aspects of Catholic education, including adult formation and organizational development.

We welcome participation from other schools, faith communities, and agencies, especially those who minister to and with adolescents.

• Readers comment on the posts entered on the home page and other pages the authors create--explore their menu options on the navigation bar. Please share freely with potential readers our online address: http://ffbestpractices.blogspot.com/
• Authors write about their experiences and ideas. To become a regular contributor email a request to the blog manager, Leo Jacoby: wisdom@wctc.net or any of the authors.

You will notice some influence of a change strategy called “appreciative inquiry.” For an introductory definition click: https://appreciativeinquiry.case.edu/intro/whatisai.cfm So, we start …

•          What are we doing well serving adolescents?
•          What best practices can we recommend?
•          Building on our positive core what changes can we discover, dream and design for practicing the science and art of faith (hope and love) formation? 

Comment below what you would like to see added to our purpose and assumptions

PURPOSE

To share positive stories.To encourage one another in the art and science of faith formation.

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ASSUMPTIONS

Appreciative Inquiry assumes a school is a living system and every system has untapped potential.

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