Oratory of the Most Holy Eucharist
We are blessed to have the Eucharistic presence of our Lord Jesus Christ in Our Lady's oratory. An oratory is a sacred place reserved only for prayer, meditation, and the celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
If you and/or your family would like to sign-up for a holy hour during Our Lady's First Friday Adoration, please call the office.
If you and/or your family would like to sign-up for a holy hour during Our Lady's First Friday Adoration, please call the office.
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd is an approach to the religious formation of children. It is rooted in the Bible, the liturgy of the church, and the educational principles of Maria Montessori. Children gather in an "atrium", a room prepared for them, which contains simple yet beautiful materials that they use.
You may be wondering how these materials help the religious life of children? If an adult hears a beautiful passage from the Bible, the adult might take a Bible, find the passage, and read it slowly again and again. He or she may think deeply about the words and perhaps speak to God in a thankful or hopeful prayer. But a little child, too young to read, needs another way. In an atrium the child can ponder a biblical passage or a prayer from the liturgy by taking the material for that text and working with it - placing wood figures of sheep in a sheepfold of the Good Shepherd, setting sculpted apostles around a Last Supper table, or preparing a small alter with the furnishings used for the Eucharist. Older children who do read often copy parables from the Bible, lay in order written prayers from the rite of baptism, or label a long time line showing the history of the kingdom of God.
You may be wondering how these materials help the religious life of children? If an adult hears a beautiful passage from the Bible, the adult might take a Bible, find the passage, and read it slowly again and again. He or she may think deeply about the words and perhaps speak to God in a thankful or hopeful prayer. But a little child, too young to read, needs another way. In an atrium the child can ponder a biblical passage or a prayer from the liturgy by taking the material for that text and working with it - placing wood figures of sheep in a sheepfold of the Good Shepherd, setting sculpted apostles around a Last Supper table, or preparing a small alter with the furnishings used for the Eucharist. Older children who do read often copy parables from the Bible, lay in order written prayers from the rite of baptism, or label a long time line showing the history of the kingdom of God.
Better Sitters Today. Better Parents Tomorrow.
Our Lady's Montessori School is proud to offer the Safe Sitter program in Summer 2011!
We will be offering the Safe Sitter 6 1/2 hour course. The next session will be split into 2 days August 10th & 11th, 2011. The class will be held at Our Lady's Montessori School from 9-12:30pm. Enrollment is open to young students 11-13 years old. Class enrollment is limited to 8 students per session. The cost of the program is $15, there are scholarships available.
Course cirriculum include how to care for a choking infant or child, basic first aid, personal safety for the babysitter, injury prevention, how to care for children (feeding, diapering, etc.), preventing problem behavior, behavior management, ethics and babysitting as a business.
The instructor for this course is OLMS's own, Janelle Hilger. Janelle taught Safe Sitter for Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan, Kansas. She will complete her MA in Social Welfare through the University of Kansas, in 2012.
www.safesitter.org
We will be offering the Safe Sitter 6 1/2 hour course. The next session will be split into 2 days August 10th & 11th, 2011. The class will be held at Our Lady's Montessori School from 9-12:30pm. Enrollment is open to young students 11-13 years old. Class enrollment is limited to 8 students per session. The cost of the program is $15, there are scholarships available.
Course cirriculum include how to care for a choking infant or child, basic first aid, personal safety for the babysitter, injury prevention, how to care for children (feeding, diapering, etc.), preventing problem behavior, behavior management, ethics and babysitting as a business.
The instructor for this course is OLMS's own, Janelle Hilger. Janelle taught Safe Sitter for Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan, Kansas. She will complete her MA in Social Welfare through the University of Kansas, in 2012.
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Support Staff
Sr. Holy Hope & Ms. Janelle
The Disciples
Ms. Sarah T, Sr. Dani, Ms. Danielle
The Apostles
Ms. Karina & Sr. Catharine
The Montessori classrooms provide four areas; Practical Life, Sensorial, Language and Mathematics. Geography, Art, Music and Science are also included in each environment.
PRACTICAL LIFE are activities a child encounters in daily living, such as pouring, sorting, matching, sweeping and polishing. These excercises build self-esteem, fine motor, focus and concentration.
Each SENSORIAL material isolates one quality such as size, volume, width, length, touch, temperature, weight, color, shape and sound. Repetition is encouraged to allow the child to achieve mastery.
Children are immersed in LANGUAGE throughout the day. They participate in coversations, songs, poems, stories and discussions. The alphabet is taught phonetically as a foundation for reading.
Basic MATHEMATICAL foundations of order, sequence, patterns. relationships, quantity and dimensions are developed in the PRACTICAL LIFE and SENSORIAL areas. Now the child is ready to go on and add numerical value to the concepts already absorbed.
PRACTICAL LIFE are activities a child encounters in daily living, such as pouring, sorting, matching, sweeping and polishing. These excercises build self-esteem, fine motor, focus and concentration.
Each SENSORIAL material isolates one quality such as size, volume, width, length, touch, temperature, weight, color, shape and sound. Repetition is encouraged to allow the child to achieve mastery.
Children are immersed in LANGUAGE throughout the day. They participate in coversations, songs, poems, stories and discussions. The alphabet is taught phonetically as a foundation for reading.
Basic MATHEMATICAL foundations of order, sequence, patterns. relationships, quantity and dimensions are developed in the PRACTICAL LIFE and SENSORIAL areas. Now the child is ready to go on and add numerical value to the concepts already absorbed.
Angels (Ages 1&2)
Ms. Sarah (Neighborhood Watch), Sr. Katie, Ms. Anita
'Our Lady's' Angel room serves up to 10 children ages 1&2.
'Our Lady's' Angel room serves up to 10 children ages 1&2.
Saints (Ages 1&2)
Ms. Megan, Ms. Becky & Sr. Maria
'Our Lady's Saint room serves up to 10 children ages 1&2.
'Our Lady's Saint room serves up to 10 children ages 1&2.
Our Lady's Garden
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