Thank you for your interest in our Religious Education program.

Classes will begin 
Sunday, September 22, 2019
10:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. in the Parish Center

Online Registration is now open

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CALENDAR 2019-2020

PARENT LETTER FROM THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR 2019-2020 
 

We are pleased to offer a comprehensive and engaging children’s Religious Education Program. Classes meet on Sundays between the two morning Masses (10:00 a.m. to 10:55 a.m.) from September through May in the parish center.
 
PRESCHOOL 

This beginning church program is designed for some of 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 catechists lead 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)

Our corps of committed volunteer catechists provides engaging religious formation for elementary school students at three age-levels: Grades K-1, Grades 2-3, and Grades 4-6. In each classroom, the teacher and program director collaborate to deliver age appropriate, relevant, and interesting lessons about our Faith.

This year, we are excited to introduce the St. Mary's Press curriculum, Discover! Finding Faith in Life. This program focuses on active learning and divides the year into four sequential units. Each unit is structured around the four pillars of the Catechism: Believe, Celebrate, Live, and Pray, thus encouraging students to understand and live our common Faith on a daily basis. One of the great assets of this program is that the primary textbook is a Bible in readable English, so don't be surprised if your son or daughter comes home excited to crack open the Holy Book!

If you have any questions about our Religious Education programs, please contact Ivana Ackermann via email or call (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, 2020. For more information on any of these preparations, please contact Ivana Ackermann via email or call  509-747-7972.