“New or Nearly New” DRE orientation is scheduled for Monday, January 29, 2018. All new Directors of Religious Education and those who have not attended an orientation and are interested in doing so, please mark your calendar and make plans to attend. Youth Ministers are also welcomed! The orientation will be held at the Pastoral Center from 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. If you plan to attend, please RSVP no later than January 24 to carolyn-martinez@austindiocese.org as soon as possible. Lunch will be provided. (If you have attended an orientation in the past and would like a refresher, please feel free to RSVP as well!) Topics to be discussed include Policies / Procedures Sacraments Diocesan Certification Deanery Meetings Record Keeping Curriculum / Approved Textbooks Ethics & Integrity in Ministry Diocesan Website And much more!