Religious Education
(Last edit: 09/06/22)
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Linkded here: Permission Form for 2022 - 2023 for all grades
Calendar for Religious Education 2022 - 2023
Fees for this year are: $100.00 per family
(Discount for only one child: $50.00)
Welcome to Saint Mary’s Parish Religious Education for 2022 - 2023
Blessings on your family in this new school year. May the Lord keep you safe and may His face shine upon you. Just a few housekeeping details. There is a meeting for families interested in Sunday Religious Education on Sunday, September 11 at 8:45 am while the students have class.
Please make sure that your family has turned in a Permission, Release and Authorization form for each child enrolled in Religious Education. You may use this form to update your contact information.
These forms are coming home tonight. The permission form is also now available on the Religious Education page of the parish website. Sorry, it is not interactive. I need a hard copy, so please print off the form. Let me know if you need another printed copy.
If you are new or have not already, sign up for the Remind notification so that we can communicate easily during business hours and, should the need arise, outside of office hours. I am usually available in the parish office from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm. Remind is where I post notifications about session cancellations due to weather.
The cost of religious education for a family is $100. For families with only one child in our programs, the cost is discounted to $50. Fees help offset the cost of materials provided to each child. If this fee is a hardship for your family, please let me know and arrangements can be made. If your children are enrolled at Saint Mary’s School, all religious education costs are covered. Religious education fees and the parish school tuition include all youth activities.
Pick up an orange Religious Education calendar. Dates are, of course, subject to change. Family members are invited to all sessions at the church or at the school. If you can only spare one hour a week, please bring your children to Mass on Sundays. We will understand. They will receive grace and goodness beyond words.
The primary responsibility for the religious education of your children is in the domestic church of your families and is supported by the pastor and the parish. I pray for all families of the parish each day and I want to support you in any way that I can.
Families may also choose to homeschool the formal religious education of their children. If your family would be interested in homeschool religious education, please notify me. Homeschool families have access to parish curriculum and resources.
Please contact me if you have any questions. In addition to our own programs, I can also connect you to resources, programs or people for your own on-going study of our faith and growth in your relationship with God. We support all Saint Mary’s parish families in raising their children up in the faith of the Church.
See the back for special grade specific announcements. Blessings,
Atrium
The atrium for preschool - first grade will open Wednesday, September 21 and Sunday, September 25.
Whether the atrium will be able to open on Sunday will be determined at the September 11 meeting.
Confirmation
The retreat for 9th graders and their parents is Sunday, September 25. The retreat begins with Sunday Mass at 10:30 am at St. Denis Church in Versailles, followed by lunch at 12:30 pm. The presentation begins at 1:00 pm and runs through 3:00 pm. The retreat will continue in the St. Denis School building.
Saint Mary’s graduates are exempt, but invited. If your student is unable to attend this retreat, there are options in the Northern area in October. Please contact me for dates.
Confirmation is Sunday, April 16 at 1:00 pm at St. Denis Church, Versailles.There will be a practice mostly like the Wednesday before.
First Communion/First Reconciliation
First Sacrament Retreat for 2nd graders and their parents is Sunday, October 2. The retreat is at the new school building in Versailles from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm.
First Reconciliation will be during the month of December.
First Communion will be Saturday, April 29 at the 4:30 Mass at St. Mary’s. Practice will be that same day from 11:00 am to noon.
First Communicants will take part in both the Mary crowning (before the 10:00 am Mass on May 7) and the Corpus Christi procession (after the 10:00 Mass on June 11) in their special white attire.
September
7: Opening Wednesday session 2nd grade - 12th
11: Opening Sunday session 2nd grade - 12th
21: Opening CGS atrium Sunday session Pre3 - 1st grade
25: Open CGS atrium Wednesday session Pre3 - 1st grade
25: Sunday afternoon: Confirmation Retreat, Versailles 9th graders (optional 8th graders) Required
October
2: 1st Reconciliation/1 st Communion Retreat, Versailles 2nd graders & parents Required
All Confirmation 2022 (now Spring 2023) families, please check your paperwork. Scroll down to the bottom for forms.
...we do not cease praying for you and asking that
you may be filled with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding.... Col 1:9
High School Grads: To find your Newman Center at your new university
Forms:
Link to Remind texts for Religious Education
Directions how to link with Remind
Confirmation Forms - keep scrolling!
Wednesday Eucharistic Adoration is available until 7:00 pm
Wednesday Sacrament of Reconciliation is available from 6:00 - 7:00 pm
Benediction 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of the month at 6:45 pm
And this is my prayer: that your love may increase ever more and more in knowledge and every kind of perception Philippians 1:9
3-minute video on Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
The cost of religious education for a first child is $50. For families with two or more children the cost is capped at $100. Fees help offset the cost of materials provided to each child. If this fee is a hardship for your family, please let me know and arrangements can be made. Religious education fees or the parish school tuition includes all youth activities.
Confirmation Forms!
Form C: Sponsor's Pastor's Form
Monica Masso-Rivetti
Director of Religious Education
Saint Mary’s Church, Greenville
937-548-1616