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Religious Education Calendar 2021 – 2022 RE Class Offerings
PreK-8th grade: Religious Education classes for PreK through 8th grade are designed to build a strong foundation of Catholic knowledge and faith to carry them through a lifetime. RE classes are one component of a child’s faith development and are to be considered IN ADDITION to a strong faith life at home, where parents lead and model the 4 Holy Habits: Daily Prayer, Attending Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation, Friday Penance and frequent Confession (Reconciliation). RE classes meet on Wednesdays from 5:30-7:00pm
2nd grade Sacramental Prep:Second grade will receive their First Reconciliation in February and First Communion in May, and must have attended RE classes their first grade year. There is a home study component, as well as a monthly class. Sacramental Prep is IN ADDITION to regular Religious Education classes and always includes regular, weekly attendance at Sunday Mass with their family. Sacramental Prep classes meet from 6:00-7:00pm in the 2nd grade RE classroom.
Confirmation: Confirmation prep students must attend regular Religious Education classes during their 8th grade year and be attending Mass on Sunday and Holy Days of Obligation. During 9th grade, in preparation for receiving the sacrament of Confirmation the Fall of their sophomore year, Confirmation prep students should be attending Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation, as well as developing, along with their families, through practice, the 4 Holy Habits: Daily Prayer, Attending Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation, Friday Penance and frequent Confession (Reconciliation). During their 9th grade year, students expecting to be Confirmed in 10th grade should attend 12 hours of classes, details of which will be forthcoming, along with a class calendar. In addition, they should plan to attend a retreat of their choice, several of which will be available, including one set up specifically for our parish Confirmation students. They will also be choosing a saint for their Confirmation name and writing a letter to the Bishop, as well as choosing a sponsor who is a practicing Catholic and one they can build a faith relationship with. All Confirmation courses meet on Wednesdays from 5:45-7:00pm. Location TBD
Family Faith: Once a month we will have aparish wide religious education evening. There will be a Catholic learning topic and occasional speaker, followed by relevant activities geared to all ages. This is a part of the RE program and RE students and their families need to attend as their class for the evening. Family Faith meets the last class of the month, 5:30-7:00pm in the school gym.
Nativity of Mary RE Calendar 2022-23
Class meeting dates* September 7, 2021 – Religious Education Orientation / Registration, parent meeting September 14 – Classes start September 21 – Class-SACRAMENTAL PREP CLASS/PARENT MTG FOR 2ND GR September 28 – Family Faith- The Mass FOR RE and ALL PARISH MEMBERS
October 5 – Class / Reconciliation for ALL RE students October 12 – Class-CIRCLE OF GRACE K-8TH RE October 19 – Class October 27– No class / school conferences
November 2 – Family Faith- The Bible FOR RE and ALL PARISH MEMBERS November 9 – Class- SACRAMENTAL PREP 2ND GR November 16 – Class-BRING YOUR GRANDPARENTS TO CLASS DAY November 23 – No class / Thanksgiving break November 30-Class
December 7 – Class-Reconciliation for ALL RE students -SACRAMENTAL PREP 2ND GR December 14 – Family Faith- Christmas Program FOR RE and ALL PARISH December 21 & 28 – No class / Christmas break
January 4– Class January 11 – Class- SACRAMENTAL PREP 2ND GR January 18 – Class- SPONSOR RETREAT 5:30-7:00PM PARISH HALL January 25 – Family Faith- Precepts and 4 Holy habits FOR RE and ALL PARISH
February 1 – Class/Reconciliation for ALL RE students February 8 – Class 2nd gradeReconciliation practice 6pm in church February 11-2nd grade FIRST RECONCILIATION 9:00AM IN CHURCH February 15–Family Faith-FOR RE and ALL PARISH MEMBERS February 22–ASH WEDNESDAY- RE ATTENDS 6:15PM MASS
March 1 – Class March 8 – Class- SACRAMENTAL PREP 2ND GR March 15 – Class March 22 – No class / spring break March 29 – Family Faith- Lent RE and ALL PARISH MEMBERS
April 5 – No Class-HOLY WEEK April 12 –Class-SACRAMENTAL PREP 2ND GR April 19 – Family Faith-RE Annual Potluck Dinner April 26 – Class-Reconciliation for ALL RE students
May 3- LAST CLASS-MAY CROWNING ALL RE STUDENTS May 6- FIRST COMMUNION RETREAT 9am-12pm Parish Hall May 10 –2nd grade FIRST COMMUNION REHEARSAL 4:00PM IN CHURCH May 14-2nd grade FIRST COMMUNION 10:30AM MASS
*Please note: When school is canceled because of the weather, religious education classes are also canceled for that day.