One Bread, One Body
Welcome to Faith Formation!
Yr #1 & Yr #2 Confirmation: Sunday, 9/26 @ 11:10 in Gurnell Hall
Family Formation (grades 1-6): 9/28 @ 6:15 p.m. (Spanish) and on 10/10 @ 11:10 a.m. (English).
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Growing, together, in our Catholic Faith.
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Class offerings
Welcome to Family Formation! We will continue to be cautious in our return to instruction due to the Covid pandemic. We are confident in the positive aspects of the curriculum and strategy we implemented in 2020 and look forward to accompanying your family in faith! For our 2nd year, parents, grandparents, or guardians are invited to join us once a month for take-home, activity based, lesson packets, (grades 1-6). Adult instruction is offered in English and Spanish.
Coming back in 2021! The children will come with the adults for a classroom lesson that week, as well. We look forward to welcoming the children back so that we may partner more intentionally than we were able to last year.
Youth in 7th grade and above are generally beginning preparation for Confirmation. An age appropriate curriculum will be introduced, along with regular participation by their parents, grandparents or guardians. -
More about our Faith Formation philosophy
Our parish program of faith formation is designed to support and nurture the faith life of each family. As Catholics, we know that, “parents are the first and foremost educators of their children [who] educate or catechize informally, but powerfully by example and instruction.”
On these pages, you will find specific information for classes aimed at children and youth. To learn more about adult opportunites, please move to the Adult Formation pages.
_____________________________________________________________________________* Reminder: All are encouraged to have our children receive complete faith instruction from 1st through 8th grades.
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Who We ServeFamily Faith Formation
The Religious Education department serves children in first grade through eighth grade, as well as high school students preparing for Sacraments.
Our focus is meant to offer opportunities for families to share and grow in their faith together. At a minimum, parents are asked to attend meetings and social/formational events, in addition to participating in parish life with their children through Mass, prayers, and family events.
Experience has taught us that faith formation programs succeed best where faith is a vital part of the life of the family and larger faith community. Our Family Faith Formation Program warmly embraces parents as the first and formost educators in their child's religious formation. It is designed to support families of children enrolled in our religious education ministries to meaningfully accompany them on their own faith journey. Along the way, parents are invted to discover the meaning and presence of God's activity in their own lives. -
Contact
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Kathy Kasnicfaithformationstpatpv.orgFaith Formation Director
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