Religious education for children attending public or non-Catholic private school
(Calendar of meeting dates will be posted late August.)

REGISTRATION FOR NEW STUDENTS
Please read the below for your child's class, then click HERE to Register:

New Students:
A copy of your child's baptism certificate is also required (if you teen was not baptized at SFX).
A copy of your child's birth certificate is also required

Fees
Children in entering their first year of Sacramental Preparation:  $120.00 per child.
Children entering their second year of Sacramental Preparation: $120.00 per child
Children returning after Communion for 3-6th Grade Religious Education:  $75.00 per child.

Class meeting dates are on Wednesday’s 3:30-5:00 P.M. in the Lower School Building.
We gather early at the lunch benches (at 3:30 P.M.) with parents and children for snacks, announcements and birthday celebrations.
​Parents then sign their child in at 3:45 P.M.
For those making their sacraments of Reconciliation and First Holy Communion, there
are additional parent/child meeting days.  The calendar will be posted in July.

1st & 2nd graders (Includes Sacramental Preparation)
This program has been designed specifically for first and second graders of  public or non-Catholic schools.  Baptized children generally begin their Sacramental Preparation in the first grade, and make the sacraments of First Reconciliation and First Holy Communion in the 2nd grade. If you are beginning this program and your child is entering 2nd grade,  please be sure to register them under the Elem.1st Year (Includes Prep for First Communion) class.

If your child is in 3rd-5th grade, baptized but has not yet made their First Holy Communion, we do have a special Sacramental Preparation class for them.  Please register them under 3rd-5th Grade, First Year (Includes Prep for First Communion) class.
If your child is in the 6th grade or above, and has not yet completed their sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist, then they will need to enroll in our parish RCIA for Children program.

GRADES 3,4,5,6 after First Holy Communion
Catholic education continues past the second grade when a child makes their First Communion.  There are many more truths and traditions of Catholicism to be learned.  Leading 3rd thru 6th graders in making moral choices and exploring an expanding faith through Gospel dramatizations, current events and original stories linked to the Gospel and kids’ own lives.  Saints’ lives and imaginative activities demonstrate applications of the Gospel message, and “think” questions reinforce doctrinal concepts.  These classes run from Sept. through mid May and meet on Wednesdays from 3:30 pm. to 5:00 pm.  

GRADES 7 & 8 Jr. High after First Holy Communion - Please ask about our Family Faith Home Based Program
Contact Mrs. Rosie Roope 

CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD (For children in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Grade)
Children in our Wednesday Religious Education Classes are encouraged to attend the Sunday 10:30 Family Mass and Children's Liturgy of the Word. 
In addition to your child’s regular religious education instruction, this program runs late Sept. thru April during the Sunday 10:30 A.M. Mass and is a great opportunity for children to understand the Sunday Gospel at their own age level.  After the opening prayer, the children are dismissed to a classroom in the lower school building.  They are provided with colorful activities and handouts that enhance what they hear from their adult leaders about the word of God.  The children then return to church to celebrate the Liturgy of the Eucharist with the rest of the parish family.    
This is a free program and no registration is required.