Elementary

Our Elementary School Level of Religious Education.

The early, formative years of a child's life are the important foundation upon which the rest of the child's life will be built and lived. It is in these early years that Religious Education and Faith Formation begins. Each year, builds upon the previous, in helping the children discover the relationship they have between themselves the their family, themselves and their neighbors, themselves and the family of God and themselves and God.

Each year has a specific focus and development. The second grade year also has the special added experiences of preparing for and celebrating the Sacraments of First Penance and First Eucharist. It is important that these Sacraments be a part of the ongoing and continuing faith formation of the child, and not simply a "plug-in" at the right age. Parents are strongly encouraged to let their children participate in the first grade level so as to have a foundation for the Sacraments, and then to continue their children in the ongoing faith formation, all in preparation of the later Sacrament of Confirmation and ultimately a full life of faith for years to come.