We have a great year planned showing our love for God and others by helping to make disciples. We thank all the parents who are dedicated to helping their children and teens learn more about the Faith. Whether through the classroom or in home study, we are happy to be able to partner with parents who have been called by God to be the primary catechists for their children and who have promised at their Baptism to teach them about the Faith.
The calendar and more information is listed below. All communications will be sent out through Flocknote. If you are registered and have not received any Flocknote communications, please call the office to make sure we have your correct email.
We also thank all parents for helping us keep our environment safe for our children by the way we pick up and drop off our children in a flow that allows extra space. The doors will be locked during class times to secure our facility from any strangers who may wander in during class times. Thank you again for your patience and for the sacrifice that you make for the glory of God. May God continue to bless you and your family!
POPE FRANCIS [Excerpts from Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love)]:
"Passing on the Faith Raising children calls for an orderly process of handing on the Faith. This is made difficult by current lifestyles, work schedules and the complexity of today’s world. . . . Even so, the home must continue to be the place where we learn to appreciate the meaning and beauty of the Faith, to pray and to serve our neighbor. . . Handing on the faith presumes that parents themselves genuinely trust God, seek Him and sense their need for Him . . . (n. 287).
Children need symbols, actions and stories. Since adolescents usually have issues with authority and rules, it is best to encourage their own experience of faith and to provide them with attractive testimonies that win them over by their sheer beauty. . . . It is essential that children see that, for their parents, prayer is something truly important. Hence moments of family prayer and acts of devotion can be more powerful for evangelization than any catechism class or sermon (n. 288).
In all families the Good News needs to resound, in good times and in bad, as a source of light along the way. All of us should be able to say, thanks to the experience of our life in the family: 'We come to believe in the love that God has for us' (1 Jn. 4:16)."