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CHILDREN’S RELIGIOUS EDUCATION:
Support for families in teaching their children about spirituality, God and their role in the Christian community through Religious
Education classes and home support.
Religious Education classes will be starting on Sun, Oct. 2. Our new religious education coordinator is Melanie Maya-Ehrlich. This year will be an exciting time in our parish as some of the children together with their parents will be preparing for Confirmation and First Communion. We are accepting registration for kids aged 7 to 15 years old. Registration forms will be available in the foyer after mass at St. Elizabeth’s, and online at 2011ReligiousEducationRegistrationForm.pdf
The registration fee is $25 per student up to a maximum of $50 per family. The classes start at 9:45am on Sunday, beginning with a brief gathering in the church and will run until 11:00 am when the children and any adults accompanying them will enter the church to join the congregation immediately following the homily. Please submit your registration as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please contact Melanie at 250-656-8141 or melanie@spparish.com.
Additional Information
Religious Education Previous Handouts
ReligiousEducationProgramOverview
ReligiousEducationCalendar
REP (Religious Education Program) Communicator
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Sacramental Preparation
of Children
MESSAGE FOR FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN:
The Bishop together with a committee modified the sacramental (confirmation and first communion) preparation program into a two year program. There are several reasons for this. Depending on parental and family involvement today’s children have sometimes little religious knowledge. Both children and parents felt “rushed”. A need was seen for a longer and fuller preparation which could better prepare both the children and the parents for receiving these sacraments of initiation.
What is different is that at least one of the parents is asked to accompany their child on that journey by participating in the program. At the end of each Sunday’s program at 11:00 am the children and participating parents will join the rest of the community at offertory time in order to continue the celebration of the Eucharist. The community as a whole participates in the journey by having listened and reflected on the same Word of God proclaimed.
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