“The family is where we are formed as people.  Every family is a brick in building society” – Pope Francis

The mission of Faith Formation at St. Scholastica is to support our families in the formation of their children. The parents are the primary catechists or educators of the Catholic Faith for their children. The church is here to support them in that endeavor. We will strive to help educate the parents as well as the child in all of our faith formation programs.
 

SUNDAY FAITH FORMATION - Our first and primary means of Faith Formation is Sunday morning classes for grades 1-8. We meet September through May, from 10:15 until 11:15 AM in the classrooms of St. John Paul II Catholic School.   We strongly encourage all children of our parish if they are not attending a Catholic School to enroll in Sunday Morning Faith Formation upon entering the first grade and continuing until eighth grade. Each year of study builds upon the previous year and the children form a community within their classes and the entire student body of the program.

We also prepare our young people to receive the sacraments of Baptism, Reconciliation, Eucharist, and Confirmation. This preparation is a separate component of the Sunday Faith Formation Program.
While faith formation or religious education encompasses preparation for the Sacraments, the goal of faith formation is to help lead young people closer to Christ. The Sacraments themselves are not the goal, they are part of the journey to help each of us with God’s grace to know our Lord, serve Him and one another.
 

CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD – Beginning the first Sunday of Advent 2019. This is open to children who are second grade and younger at the 9:00 AM Mass. Just before the readings and homily, the children will be called up to the altar for a special blessing and then dismissed to hear the word of God at their level and participate in a brief activity. They will return to their parents at the offertory.  Children’s Liturgy of the Word will take place during the 9:00 AM Mass from September through May.

If you are interested in registering your child(ren) in Sunday Faith Formation or Sacrament Preparation, please be sure to join our parish by registering with the parish office and then contact the Faith Formation Coordinator with any questions you may have. You can print out the Faith Formation forms below, complete them, and turn them into the Faith Formation office.
If you would like to volunteer as a catechist, catechist assistant or in other capacity for our Faith Formation programs, please contact the Faith Formation Coordinator.  All volunteers who work with children or vulnerable adults are required to submit a volunteer application, complete the Safe Environment online class and have a Level II background screening.

Yours in Christ,
Kathy Brasseur
Faith Formation Coordinator
kbrasseur@stscholastica.org
352-746-9422