{"id":2721,"date":"2011-07-27T05:03:31","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T12:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/?p=2721"},"modified":"2011-07-27T00:17:28","modified_gmt":"2011-07-27T07:17:28","slug":"commissioning-prayers-for-catholic-school-teachers-for-beginning-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/commissioning-prayers-for-catholic-school-teachers-for-beginning-the-year","title":{"rendered":"Commissioning Prayers for Catholic School Teachers for Beginning the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I received an email yesterday from Brian Flaherty<\/a>\u00a0asking whether I knew of any commissioning prayers for teachers for the beginning of the school year. I sent him a quick email with two services I found, but after a little more digging I came up with some other resources, and I thought it would be a good idea to share them with you.<\/p>\n

The best resource I found–though I didn’t find it in time for my email to Brian–is the USCCB’s Commissioning Service<\/a>\u00a0(pdf format) intended for use this year on Catechetical Sunday, September 18, 2011. \u00a0There are options for commissioning teachers during Mass and outside of Mass.<\/p>\n

Second, there is the Blessing of Students and Teachers<\/a> from the official Book of Blessings. This is the blessing that the USCCB commissioning service is based on.<\/p>\n

Next up is a commissioning ritual in Microsoft Word format<\/a>\u00a0from the Catholic Education Office of the Diocese of Wollongong, Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Finally, the National Association for Episcopal Christian Directors<\/a> has a pdf document titled Commissioning of Church School Teachers<\/a> that might be able to be modified for use in Catholic schools.<\/p>\n

Are you familiar with other commissioning services? If so, I’m sure Brian and others would love to know about them. Mention them in the comment area below.<\/p>\n

I really appreciate Brian’s question since it gave me a chance to address a real need. If you have a question, feel free to submit it using the contact form<\/a>\u00a0on the “About” page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I received an email yesterday from Brian Flaherty\u00a0asking whether I knew of any commissioning prayers for teachers for the beginning of the school year. I sent him a quick email with two services I found, but after a little more digging I came up with some other resources, and I thought it would be a … <\/p>\n

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