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Children's Faith Formation (Religious Education)


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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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, 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

Sacramental Information

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.
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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.

Upcoming Events

Saturday, January 7th
Religious Education Class - 9:00-11:30am

Sunday, January 8th

Family Mass - 11:30am
The 5th grade will be reading and bringing up the gifts


Tuesday, January 10th
Religious Education Class - 6:00-8:00pm
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Saturday, January 14th
Special Sacraments Class - 9:00 - 11:00am
Adult Confirmation Class - 9:30am - 12:00pm

Saturday, January 21st
Religious Education Class - 9:00-11:30am


Tuesday. January 24th
Religious Education Class - 6:00-8:00pm

Wednesday, February 1st
First Reconciliation - 7:00pm in church

Saturday, February 4th
Religious Education Class - 9:00 - 11:30am

Sunday, February 5th
Family Mass - 11:30am
The 8th Grade will be reading
and the 2nd Grade will be bringing up the gifts. 
We will have the presentation of 1st Communicants at this Mass. 

Tuesday, February 7th
Religious Education Class - 6:00-8:00pm

Wednesday, February 8th
First Reconciliation at 7:00pm in church

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4157 Atlantic Avenue
Schiller Park, IL 60176
(847) 678-0138
hvm-parish@outlook.com

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