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Queen of Angels
1001 Oakland Ave East
Austin, MN 55912
507-433-1888

Saint Augustine
405 4th Street NW
Austin, MN 55912
507-437-4537

St. Edward
2000 Oakland Ave West
Austin, MN 55912
507-433-1841
 

Learning about L.I.F.E.* is a program that teaches about healthy relationships, and in the context of fun loving material, the session will coach you, the parent, in the discussion with your child about ways to recognize exploitation and how to respond. It is Love-based material 

Our parish is offering a wonderful series of age-appropriate family sessions called “Learning about L.I.F.E.”  The acronym L.I.F.E. stands for Love, Infatuation, Friendship, and Exploitation.  This series presents God’s definition of what Real Love looks like. While in the context of learning positive relationships, the negative relationship of exploitation, including abuse, is also covered.  In each session, a facilitator will help you as parents discuss, with your own children, relationships that are loving and friendly compared to relationships that are harmful.  With your guidance, your children will consider ways people relate to each other, will develop skills to better recognize and understand their feelings, and will learn how to ask for help if ever they feel unsafe. 

Each session is scheduled for children of a specific age group with their parents.  It is obligatory that one or both parents (or, if necessary, another loving adult) attend this session with one child at a time.  The session is meant to be an intimate time between you and this child, so please do not bring other children.   

Please mark your calendar for the following dates that pertain to you and your children.   The location for all sessions will be at St. Edward’s Family Room.

As members of this faith community, we hope to partner with parents in helping our children develop positive, loving relationships, while giving them information they might need to help recognize abusive relationships in order to assist in their own self-protection. Together we can work toward minimizing the risk of all child abuse, especially child sexual abuse. 

Please call if you have any questions or concerns regarding this program or its content.  Information can also be found at: www.learningaboutlife.org.