CLASSES BEGIN
Sunday, September 17th, 10:00 am
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REGISTRATION FORM - form due September 11th to the parish office.
We are pleased to offer a comprehensive and engaging children’s Religious Education Program. Classes Sunday from 10:00 am to 10:55 am (between Masses), September through May, in the parish center.
PRESCHOOL
This beginning church program is designed for our youngest parishioners, ages 3-5. A variety of songs, stories, creative activities, lively conversations and celebrations help the children experience God's presence in their lives. Our welcoming catechist leads the children as they share in the joys of creation, themselves, the people surrounding them and their place in our parish family. This program fosters a sense of belonging to a safe, caring community of Jesus’ disciples called Church. Many of our little ones see this program as THEIR OWN experience of Church. They love it.
ELEMENTARY PROGRAM (Kindergarten through Sixth Grade)
The kindergarten and elementary program introduces the children to the beliefs, practices and story of our Catholic faith. Each level focuses on a specific aspect of our faith. Through active participation in discussions, creative activities and prayer, the children experience formation in our Catholic faith. They grow in their understanding of the Gospel message, the joy it offers and how to live as God’s children today. Strengths of our Pflaum series for all levels is the integration of the Sunday readings and doctrine into each session at age appropriate levels of development for the children. This approach also faciliaties family conversations about our faith.
If you have any questions about our Religious Education programs, please contact Ivana Mullner at imullner@dioceseofspokane.edu at 509-747-7972.
This is the process that prepares and welcomes the un-baptized or those baptized into other Christian faiths into the Catholic faith community. Children who have reached the age of reason (seven years old) are welcomed into the Church with the adults at the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday. New inquiries, children and adults alike, are always welcome and encouraged to begin our process in the fall to allow a sufficient time of preparation before the Easter Vigil, 2018. For more information on any of these preparations, please contact Ivana Mullner at imullner@dioceseofspokane.org or at 509-747-7972.
Each year, youth in 7th grade to 12th are invited to take part in a summer mission trip. The trip is organized with Catholic Heart Workcamp and will included kids from throughout our diocese. Check back in the spring for more information!