Greetings all!

I have some interesting reports on cohesion for this entry.

I have noticed that the confirmation class is beginning to show a total lack of cohesion. We have begun to put pressure on the group in the form of various assignments. Each student needed to select, plan and carry out a community service project, as well as select and write about a saint that exemplified the virtues they admired.

This is becoming a real chore to get them to do this. I have surmised that the problem is that they really are not a cohesive group. Since not all the members of the group go to the same school, or are even friends, there is no real need for them to care if they cooperate together. Also the 16 meeting they have had with us has not formed enough bonds of trust for them to work as a group. Some do have enough trust to actually speak their minds and other are still tyring to prove that know more than the teachers and the other students.

I guess more time together is needed. We shall see what happen when we go on retreat and they are pulled out of their element.

rgs

William