Participants' Page

Closing of the Diocesan Lay Institute
On June 9 we will have a solemn closing of the Diocesan Lay Institute and conferral of certification for those members who have attended all classes or have submitted make-up papers for sessions missed. This will take place at Mass at 4:00 pm with Bishop Morlino presiding and presenting the certificates. Your families are invited. There will be a reception afterwards.

Online Materials
As courses proceed, audio recordings of the classes, class handouts, links to reading homework, and other pertinent materials that are normally given to students at class will also be available on this web page. Click the links on the left for resources specific to each class.

DLI Bulletins
Each month, the DLI staff communicates with participants via a bulletin which is distributed to students at class and which is also available here. These include descriptions of homework for ongoing spiritual formation! Select a given issue of the bulletin from this list: select one June 9, 2007 May 12, 2007 Apr. 14, 2007 Addendum to April Mar. 10, 2007 Feb. 10, 2007 Jan. 13, 2007 Dec. 9, 2006 Nov. 11, 2006 Oct. 14, 2006 Sept. 9, 2006

Participants' Forum
While instructors make every effort to allocate class time for questions, realities of time and numbers prevent every question from being answered. Students may also ask questions via email sent to DLI@straphael.org. The OEC will obtain an answer to the question, either from the instructor or another reliable source. The questions and answers are posted here.

Survey of Participants
Every registered participant is asked to provide some background about themselves by filling out a brief online survey. This information will help the DLI instructors to tailor their material to meet your needs.

F.O.R.E.M. credit
F.O.R.E.M. (Formation Of Religious Education Ministers) is designed to prepare catechists to serve in the ministry of Catholic education. It is intended for Catholic school teachers, parish religious education catechists, youth ministers, all those involved in any form of adult religious education and education commission/committee personnel.

The courses of the Diocesan Lay Institute may be applied toward the F.O.R.E.M. certification. Keep the credit sheets yourself or give them to your parish religious education office if they keep files for catechists. Once you have completed one level of the program you may submit all the forms to the Office of Evangelization and Catechesis for review.

Certification for the Diocesan Lay Institute Level 1 will be awarded for completion of the work of all ten sessions. If you miss a session, you can receive make up credit by listening to the recording of the class and writing a two page summary/reflection paper on the material.