Sibling Saints
By Ivana Mullner, Director of Religious Education

      
             St. Nicholas of Myra

  By Ivana Ackermann
Director of Religious Education

St. Francis and the Wolf
By Ivana Ackermann
Director of Religious Education

CLASSES BEGIN 
Sunday, September 16, 2018
10:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. in the Parish Center

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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REGISTRATION FORM - Please return forms to the parish office prior to the first day of class.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CALENDAR 2018-2019

PARENT LETTER FROM THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR
 

We are pleased to offer a comprehensive and engaging children’s Religious Education Program. Classes Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 10:55 a.m. (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)

This year, our oldest children (grades 4-6) will embark on a year-long venture to discover the overarching story of the Catholic Bible through Ascension Press’ The Great Adventure Storybook. Over the course of the year, the students will learn how the Bible stories they already know (or are about to learn) fall into the greater storyline of God’s plan for the world and for us, His Church.
 
The younger grade levels (grades K-3) will continue to use the Pflaum curriculum, which follows the liturgical cycle and incorporates the Sunday readings into fun and engaging lessons for each age group. Oftentimes, our teachers also plan their own activities and lessons to make the teachings of our faith come alive to the students.

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, 2018. For more information on any of these preparations, please contact Ivana Ackermann via email or call  509-747-7972.