Religious Education
The what's up on the Religious Education year 2007-2008!
Instructional classes are over for the year. Please refer back to this page in late summer.
CONFIRMATION Service projects are on going. Call the office for a list of opportunities to serve.
General Information Parents, please come inside to meet your children. Our parking lot, especially in winter with high snow banks, may not be a safe place for your child. We are hoping that the division of class time will alleviate some of the problem. Please be patient. Also, for those parents who attend Mass while your children are at Religious Education, the children will not be released to the Church lobby during Mass. We have found this disruptive to those parishioners trying to pray quietly. You may meet your children in the classroom/gym. Stop at the Parish Center for a cup of coffee. Monday Classes: Grades 9, 10 Thursday Classes: Grades 6, 7, 8. We would appreciate parent volunteers in any area where you feel gifted. However, we have found a special need for supervision in the parking lot after dismissal. Explanation of Fees Grade K - No Fee Sacramental Years - 2, 3, 9, 10, 11 Family Rate and Confirmation Rates
Sunday, Monday & Thursday Classes, 2007- 2008
Sunday Classes: Grades 1 - 5
9:00 - 10:15 AM or 10:45 - 12:00 PM
Kindergarten offers a 9:45 class
only this year.
7:00 - 8:30 pm
Monday Classes: Grade 11
7:00 - 8:30 pm for October 22, 29 and November 5
7:00 - 8:30 pm
Grades 1-8 - $40/student
$80 max./family
Grades 9-10
Public School - $40/student
Parochial School - Sacramental fee only
A $25 fee for additional expenses
cannot be combined.
We Need Parents!!
...parents have needed skills.
In both formal and informal surveys, when active Catholic adults are asked to identify the major influence in their own faith development, they name their parents and their experience of faith in the family. Parents already have all the skills they need to share faith with their children because these are the very same modeling and mentoring skills they use in other parenting tasks. They are the primary influences in the development of their children's values, and they are the primary shapers of their children's behavior.
Increased involvement in the faith development of children doesn't require formal knowledge; it simply requires being alert to the many opportunities to share faith that occur in the family's daily routine. The religious education program presumes a partnership. The child's overall growth in faith depends on the parent's own involvement in the faith-sharing process.
