Children's Faith Formation (Religious Education)
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Zerlina Kirchen,
Coordinator of Lifelong Faith Formation Contact Information: Phone: (847) 671-6429 religiousedcoordinator@outlook.com All Catholic grade school students in public school should be enrolled in Religious Education Classes.
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ABOUT OUR PROGRAMOur religious education classes meet twice a month either Tuesday evenings from 6:00—8:00pm or
Saturday Mornings from 9:00—11:30am. We are committed to giving our students in grades K—8 the tools they need to grow and mature in their faith by:
REGISTRATION INFORMATIONRegistration is now open for the 2023-2024 year! You DO NOT need to be a parishioner to enroll your child in the Religious Education Program. You can register your child in the religious education program online by clicking the link below or by arriving 15 minutes early on the first day of class. REGISTRATION FORM CALENDAR HANDBOOK |
UPCOMING EVENTSSaturday, September 9th Religious Education Class - 9:00-11:30am Tuesday, September 12th Religious Education Class - 6:00-8:00pm Saturday, September 23rd Religious Education Class - 9:00-11:30pm Sunday, September 24th Family Mass - 11:30sm The Religious Ed. Staff will be reading and bringing up the gifts We will also have the commissioning of the Religious Ed. Staff at this Mass Tuesday, September 26th Religious Education Class - 6:00-8:00pm Saturday, October 7th Religious Education Class - 9:00-11:30pm Tuesday, October 10th Religious Education Class - 6:00-8:00pm Wednesday, October 11 Confirmation Parent Meeting 7:00pm |
Sacramental Information |
Mass & Service Hours |
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The Religious Education program has a 2 year consecutive attendance requirement for the reception of the Sacraments of Communion and Confirmation. 1st Reconciliation & Communion are usually celebrated in 2nd grade and Confirmation is celebrated in 8th Grade.
Special Sacraments Class Students in grades 3-7 who need to receive the Sacraments of 1st Reconciliation & Communion will be enrolled in this class in their second consecutive year of attendance in the Religious Education Program. This class is designed to be a separate class to prepare the students for these sacraments. This class meets on a separate Saturday each month from 9-11am. |
Students in grades K-8 have a certain number of Mass and service hours they must complete each year.
For Mass hours, you need to get a bulletin signed by the priest or a liturgical minister (lector, usher, Communion minister, music director, or choir member), or a catechist or the religious education coordinator. Students can turn their bulletin in to their catechists when they attend class in person or they can scan it or photograph it and email it to the Religious Education Coordinator. Students can earn service hours through various activities which are listed on the service hours direction sheet below. For each act of service the children do they must complete a service hour form. Students can turn this form in to their catechists when they attend class in-person or they can scan it or photograph it and email it to the Religious Education Coordinator. The service hour form can be found below. SERVICE HOURS FORM |
