Religious Education/CCD

Religious Education (formerly known as CCD) is the means through which youth are instructed and formed in the Catholic faith.  Information on class times can be obtained from the Director of Religious Education.  Registration takes place toward the end of the summer.


 
"Catechists and Teachers as Agents of the New Evangelization"

−2012 Theme

This year, the Church will celebrate Catechetical Sunday on September 16, 2012, and will focus on the theme "Catechists and Teachers as Agents of the New Evangelization." Those whom the community has designated to serve as catechists will be called forth to be commissioned for their ministry. Catechetical Sunday is a wonderful opportunity to reflect on the role that each person plays, by virtue of Baptism, in handing on the faith and being a witness to the Gospel. Catechetical Sunday is an opportunity for all to rededicate themselves to this mission as a community of faith.

A Prayer for Catechists

     O  God, our Heavenly Father, you have  given us the gift of our catechists to be heralds of the Gospel to our parish family. We lift them up to you in thanksgiving  and intercede for them concerning their hopes and needs. May we be attentive to the presence  of your Word in them, a Word that lifts up and affirms, calls forth and challenges, is compassionate and consoles.
    We pray that our parish family will always be blessed with those who have responded to 
the call to share in Christ’s prophetic mission as catechists. May we too be open to the 
universal call to service that Christ addresses to all of his disciples, contributing our gifts to the communion of faith, the Church.We ask this in Jesus’ name. Amen.