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Description:The religious education program is a parish-based program. We offer instruction for elementary and junior high school students. Our program is a building block of an on going Christian development. It is not merely a convenience for the preparation and reception of the sacraments. It would be an injustice to our faith and our children to expect anything less. Sacraments are not isolated events in a Christian’s life but an integrated part of a practicing follower of Christ. How one becomes a follower of disciple of Christ is contained in the guidelines to follow: For more information on the Religious Education 1-8 Program, click here.Grade One:Theme: God is our Father, who loves us. Jesus is the Son of God, who tells us about Our Father. Objective: To develop and awareness of God the Creator, who gives us life and grace and promises us eternal life through Jesus. Prayers: Sign of the Cross, Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be the Father (Doxology), and first statement of the Apostles Creed. Grade Two:Theme: Jesus nourishes us and strengthens God’s life and grace within us. Objective: To present Jesus as the model for Christian living, and to introduce the Sacraments of Baptism, Penance and Eucharist. To prepare for the Sacraments of First Penance and First Holy Communion. Prayers: Act of Contrition, simple responses at Mass, continuation of Apostles Creed to "He will come again to judge the living and the dead," and review of all prayers from grade one. Grade Three:Theme: Jesus continues his life and work through the Church. Objective: To deepen the child’s understanding of the Church and to help the child experience the Church as a Christian community. Prayers: Apostles Creed, review of all prayers from grades 1-2. Grade Four:Theme: As God’s people we are called to live as Jesus did, choosing a life of love characterized by obedience to God and service to others. Objective: To help the children form their consciences according to the teaching of the Catholic Church and to learn the basis of Christian morality as taught in the Old and New Testaments. Prayers: Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary, the Ten Commandments, and review of all prayer from grades 1-3. Grade Five:Theme: Through the sacraments the Church celebrates Christ’s saving action in our lives. Objective: To help the children experience and understand the rites of the sacraments and so become a more conscious and active participant in the Church’s sacramental life. Prayers: Gloria, Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary. Grade Six:Theme: God’s saving action are found throughout history. The Bible, written under inspiration of the Holy Spirit, records God’s plan of salvation. Objective: To understand the Old Testament as the revelation of God in the history of a People, a revelation fulfilled in the New Testament. Prayers: Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary, and review of all prayer from grades 1-5. Grade Seven:Theme: Creed One, Liturgy and Worship. As believers we celebrate and worship as a people of God in all the liturgical celebrations. Objective: To deepen the students understanding of what they believe, whom they worship, and why they celebrate. Prayers: This centers on the prayers and responses at Mass. Grade Eight:Theme: Creed Two, Morality, New Testament, the Sacrament of Confirmation. To be a Christian means not only to believe in Jesus but also to live as he taught in his preaching and his life. To be a disciple of Jesus is to allow the Holy Spirit to guide and direct one’s way of acting. Objective: To deepen the students' understanding of what it means to be a moral person, living according to Jesus’ teachings and to prepare the students for the sacrament of Confirmation.
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