Registration/Workbook fees:
All classes include a text and/or a workbook for
which the registration fee
helps defray costs and guarantees minimal personal investment.
Early
registration for cycle 2008 - 2009 is $20 per child or $50 per family, on or before
Open House, August
3rd and 10th 2008, in the school lobby. Late registration
is $25
per child or $60 per family each
week thereafter.
Deadline is October 31st , after which eligibility
for sacrament prep is postponed
until the following year. All workbooks
and texts are ordered according to the
number of paid registration forms.
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Click here for a PREP Handbook.
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Click here for a full PREP
calendar.
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Baptism :
First-time parents must attend a baptism preparation class, held quarterly,
before their child is baptized. If this is not your first child, please attend a
class
if it has been more than four years since you last attended. A reflection on the
meaning of the Sacrament of Baptism, the Rite of Baptism, and a discussion
of Catholic family life and faith development, the goal of the class is to help
parents become aware of the significance of baptism as a beginning,
not an end, to a lifelong commitment. The one hour class delves
into the purpose of baptism from both a spiritual and practical standpoint,
provides
parents with tools for raising their Catholic family as a "domestic church,"
and information regarding the order of the Rite. Classes are held every quarter
at 9:15 a.m. in school building in October, January, April & July. Consult the
parish bulletin for the next class date. It is only necessary to attend one
class
before your child is baptized. Baptisms are not scheduled until a Baptismal
Registration Form (obtained through the baptismal class) has been completed
and turned in to the parish office.
For information
on baptism for children grades 3-8, see RCIC (below).
1st Reconciliation and
First Holy Communion (2nd grade):
In speaking of FHC for children, the Church specifies that they
distinguish the
“mystery of Christ” in the
Eucharist according to their
capacity and receive the sacrament with faith and
devotion.
We seek to prepare them through weekly instruction and formation during
regular
CCD time,
and a special retreat culminating in the reception of these sacraments.
To register your 2nd grade child for 1st Reconciliation or FHC, download a
registration form,
choose the CCD track and pay the registration fee, and mark the 1st Rec. and/or
FHC boxes.
1st Reconciliation is held during an Advent Penance Service.
Reception of First
Communion is at 10:30 Mass May 17, 2009
or at the Hispanic Mass the same afternoon.
A baptismal certificate must be submitted for sacrament prep.
Download an
Examination of Conscience for Children here.
RCIC (Rite of
Christian Initiation for Children, Grades 3 - 8):
Often children miss receiving
the sacraments according to the usual schedule due to relocation,
divorce, or conversion. When this is the case, they attend their own initiation
classes
during regular CCD time, designed to instruct them on the rudiments of the
faith
and prepare them to receive the sacraments.
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grade 3 - 8, for Baptism, download a
registration
form,
choose the CCD track and pay the registration fee, marking the
"Baptism" box. Full initiation (Baptism, FHC, & Confirmation) is at
Easter Vigil, April 11, 2009 for those
in grades 7 or 8 for whom it applies.
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To register your
child, grade 3 - 8, for 1st Reconciliation or FHC, download a
registration form,
choose the CCD track and pay the registration fee, marking the 1st Rec. and/or
FHC boxes.
1st Reconciliation is held during an Advent Penance Service.
Reception of First
Communion is at 10:30 Mass May 17, 2009
or at the Hispanic
Mass the same afternoon.
Confirmation Prep (8th
grade):
The Church specifies that confirmands be “suitably instructed, properly
disposed, and able to
renew the baptismal promises.” With these goals foremost in our minds, the
preparation program
includes weekly instruction, formation requirements detailed in the confirmation
workbook (contents below),
and a retreat, all culminating in Confirmation at the Cathedral in May.
To register your 8th grade child for
Confirmation cycle 2008 - 2009, download a
registration form,
choose the CCD track and pay the registration fee, marking the Confirmation box.
A baptismal certificate must be
submitted for sacrament prep.
Confirmation Packet Contents
RCIA (High School through Adult):
For older children and adults who have
missed receiving the sacraments according to the usual schedule
due to conversion, relocation, divorce, or other circumstances, RCIA prepares
them through their own
initiation classes, Wednesday evenings at 7:00 pm in the library.
Instructed on the rudiments of the faith
and prepared to receive the sacraments of initiation, they go on to full
communion with the Church at Easter Vigil.
To register for RCIA cycle 2008 - 2009, download a
registration
form, and choose the RCIA track. More information on RCIA can be found
here.
