Children & Youth Religious Education :: Pax Christi Catholic Church

Generations of Faith

We are in our second year of a new approach to Faith Formation in our parish, joining many parishes across the nation who offer a comprehensive and compelling vision of formation and learning: lifelong, for all ages and generations and rooted in the life of the Church. There will be opportunities for all members of our parish to register.

Families with children, who are not currently registered and would like to register for Religious Education should attend the meeting set for Oct 28 7-8:30pm in our Christi Center, room 3,4.

Sacrament process Information

First Reconciliation and First Eucharist:

Children are required to have completed the previous year of formal religious studies and ongoing participation in religious education or Catholic schooling. Children show readiness signs for the sacraments of Reconciliation (penance) and Communion as early as second grade. Parents and children together participate in immediate preparation sessions for celebrating each sacrament. First Communion is celebrated in groups of 7 children at regularly scheduled Masses on weekends. Participate by registering for Generations of Faith and Sacrament prep. The latest parent meeting is October 28, 7-8:30pm, as above.

First Reconciliation -- See parenthesis for (begin time and celebration times). Session 1 (late October, mid November); Session 2 (January, late February); Session 3 (May, mid June).
First Communion - See parenthesis for (begin and range of celebration dates) Session 1: (mid-November, late January to early February), Session 2: (late January, mid-April through mid-June), Session 3 (early April, June through August). Please note: Children can be signed up for at most one sacrament program in one season.

Confirmation:

Confirmation preparation includes participation in faith development through middle school and high school. Young people are required to have completed the previous year of formal religious studies. This sacrament of initiation into the life of the Church is an opportunity for discernment rather than accumulation of facts about Catholicism. Immediate preparation classes begin in the fall for young people age 15 or older (by spring of 2010). Participate by registering for Generations of Faith and Sacrament prep. The latest registration meeting is Oct. 28 7-8:30pm, as above.