Teaching Our Roman Catholic Homeschoolers (TORCH) is a support group with over 80 families in and around Montgomery County, MD.

Many members gather together for First Friday Mass, academic and enrichment classes, playgroups, book clubs, sports, field trips, and much more. Some of the larger, more formal academic classes and activities require a yearlong commitment and enrollment, while many of the smaller, more home-grown activities are planned by members looking to foster Catholic friendships close to their home or parish with children that have similar interests.

We have, as our foundation and as the guiding principle of all our functions and activities, fidelity to the teachings or the Roman Catholic Church, particularly to the Pope, who, as successor to St. Peter, is the universal teacher in matters of faith and morals, and to the diocesan bishop teaching in communion with him.

Until we disaffiliated in July 2011, we had been the Mother Seton Chapter of TORCH.

Joining
New to homeschooling in Montgomery County MD and want to network with others in the area? Join our yahoo loop (see information below). Have a specific question about Catholic homeschooling in Montgomery County MD? Feel free to contact info@montgomerytorch.org.

If you join by way of our Yahoo page, groups.yahoo .com/group/montgomeryTORCH, your membership will require approval. So please include your name, address, and phone number (for screening purposes) in the aoompanying message and a brief statement of why you would like to join this group. If you don't have enough room to type all this information, also send an accompanying email to montgomeryTORCH@yahoogroups.com when you join. You may also wish to include which grades (K-12) you are homeschooling and which parish you belong to, what sort of curriculum you're using and any other information you'd like to be included in a brief introductory statement sent to group members.