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2-00766
Level II (ages 6-9)
Format: Other
Start Date: June 10, 2024
All Course Dates: Part 1 Dates: June 10-14, Sept 14, Oct 5, 2024 Part 2 Dates: TBD
St Patrick-St Anthony Church
285 Church St Hartford, Connecticut 06103 United States
Formation Leader: Deborah Pelletier
New
1-02405
Level I (ages 3-6)
Format: Long weekend
Start Date: June 6, 2024
All Course Dates: Part 1 Dates: June 6-8, 2024 and July 25-28, 2024 Part 2 Dates: Dates in 2025 TBD but similar to Part 1
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
20523 Huebner Road San Antonio, Texas 78258 United States
Formation Leader: Kerri Mecke-Lozano
New
2-00762
Level II (ages 6-9)
Format: Long weekend
Start Date: June 27, 2024
All Course Dates: Part 1 Dates: June 27-30, 2024 and August 22-25, 2024 Part 2 Dates: June 26-29, 2025 and August 21-24, 2025
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
20523 Huebner Road San Antonio, Texas 78258 United States
Formation Leader: Sandra McCutchon
New
1-02413
Level I (ages 3-6)
Format: Weekly Intensive
Start Date: May 31, 2024
All Course Dates: Part 1 Dates: May 31- June 5, 2024 Part 2 Dates: May 30- June 4, 2025
St Christopher's Episcopal Church
5709 Wedgwood Drive Fort Worth, Texas 76133 United States
Formation Leader: Rev. Joyce Scherer-Hoock
New
1-02404
Level I (ages 3-6)
Format: Long weekend
Start Date: June 6, 2024
All Course Dates: Part 1 Dates: June 6-9, 13-15, 2024 Part 2 Dates: June 5-8, 12-14, 2025
St Anthony of Padua Catholic Church
10299 Millbank Rd King George, Virginia 22485 United States
Formation Leader: Cecilia Drabbant
New
1-02402
Level I (ages 3-6)
Format: Other
Start Date: May 5, 2024
All Course Dates: Part 1 Dates: May 5, 19, 27 - 31, 2024 Part 2 Dates: TBD
Holy Rosary Convent
1602 Adams Street Missouri City, Texas 77489 United States
Formation Leader: Sr Theresa Josephine Do OP
New
1-02403
Level I (ages 3-6)
Format: Long weekend
Start Date: October 26, 2024
All Course Dates: Part 1 Dates: October 26-28, November 8-10, 2024 Part 2 Dates: January 18-20, February 14-16, 2025
Good Shepherd Catholic Montessori School
4460 Berwick St Cincinnati, Ohio 45227 United States
Formation Leader: Dan Teller
New
1-02397
Level I (ages 3-6)
Format: Weekly Intensive
Start Date: June 2, 2024
All Course Dates: Part 1 Dates: June 3-7, 2024 plus a materials making day (TBD) | Part 2 Dates: July 29-August 2, 2024 plus a materials making day (TBD)
Prince of Peace
14818 W Deer Valley Dr Sun City West, Arizona 85375 United States
Formation Leader: Liz Nance, Mary Frances Walker
New
1-02398
Level I (ages 3-6)
Format: Long weekend
Start Date: September 9, 2024
All Course Dates: Part 1 Dates: September 9-11, 16-18, 2024 Part 2 Dates: TBD September 2025
Christ King Catholic Parish
2604 N Swan Blvd Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 53226 United States
Formation Leader: Ellen Schlosser, Shelly Buchan
New
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