CLOW- what is it? CLOW stands for Children’s Liturgy of the Word. The target age group is children from 3-6 years old. Children begin Mass with the parents in the pews and are invited to follow prayer leaders out of church to hear the Liturgy of the Word spoken at their level of understanding before returning to the pews in time for the Liturgy of the Eucharist. This allows parents time to focus on listening to the Word and gives the children an opportunity to hear the Word spoken at a level of their understanding. We restarted CLOW at St. Alphonsus in December 2019 but have not met since the start of the pandemic. There is a CLOW webpage as part of our parish website that lists some resources for you to use at home for this age group: https://stalphonsusfaithformation.weebly.com/clowpre-k.html.
Due to the pandemic, we have not been able to meet together in person in the library as we had in the past. We are planning to restart CLOW again at 11am Masses (this is a change from the past when it was at 8am). As we are still under some restrictions, we will have the children meeting outside in the small enclosed garden off of the Gathering Space. We will use picnic blankets and mats to sit on outside, and everyone sitting spaced apart. With the children meeting outside, CLOW will only occur on weekends with decent weather. In addition to restarting CLOW at the 11am Mass, there are some parents who are planning to meet at the upper playground at Saunders Park (behind the hospital) at 10am on Fridays. This is a time for the kids to have some fun in the fresh air and the parents to share in fellowship. These playdates are weather dependent. CLOW is led by volunteers. If you would like to be part of the CLOW Team or would like to receive text updates about CLOW and the Friday playdates, email me at [email protected] and ask to be added to the CLOW Remind group.
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