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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Sacramental InformationThe 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. Mass & Service Hours
Students in grades K-8 have a certain number of Mass and service hours they must complete each year.
For Mass hours, if you attend in person, you need to get a bulletin signed by the priest or a volunteer. While Cardinal Cupich's dispensation for attending Sunday Mass is in place, students can also earn their hours by watching Mass on TV or online. To get credit, they must fill out an online Mass worksheet which you can find below. 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. The form is below. 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. ONLINE MASS WORKSHEET SERVICE HOURS FORM |
Upcoming EventsSunday, January 9th
Family Mass - 11:30am Student Volunteers will be reading and bringing up the gifts Tuesday, January 11th Religious Education Class - 6:00-8:00pm Saturday, January 15th Religious Education Class - 9:00-11:30am Saturday, January 22nd Special Sacraments Class - 9:00-11:00am Tuesday, January 25th Religious Education Class - 6:00-8:00pm Confirmation Biography Form Due Saturday, January 29th Religious Education Class - 9:00-11:30am Confirmation Biography Form Due Wednesday, February 2nd First Reconciliation - 7pm Sunday, February 6th Family Mass - 11:30am The 4th grade will be reading & bringing up the gifts Tuesday, February 8th Religious Education Class - 6:00-8:00pm Wednesday, February 9th First Reconciliation - 7pm Saturday, February 12th Religious Education Class - 9:00 - 11:30am |
