Religious Education

Welcome to the St. Mary of the Assumption Religious Education Program.  Our Religious Education Program seeks to provide opportunities for all members of your family to deepen and share their faith within the parish community.  Our programs are as varied as the age groups we want to serve:  Traditional classroom style instruction for our young children, Sacramental Preparation Programs, a Junior High Program that combines ongoing faith formation with activities and service projects, a High School Program that focuses on activities and Confirmation preparation, adult faith formation programs, and The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA). 

We are blessed in this parish with many people who are willing and excited about sharing their faith with others.  In the Religious Ed Program we have over 70 volunteers who give of their time to teach, serve on Boards, and offer assistance for special projects.  It is certainly an exciting testimony to the vibrant, active parish we are when so many give so much! 

It is important to remember that the Religious Education Program is successful only by being in partnership with you the parents/guardians.  While the instruction and formation we provide are the building blocks of a growing faith life, the foundation is laid and reinforced by you within the family structure.  Full participation in parish life, including regular Mass attendance, allows the children the opportunity to feel part of the parish family.  It gives meaning and value to all they are learning about God, Jesus, and their Catholic faith.

This handbook has been designed to provide you with all the information you may need to know the workings of the Religious Education Program.  Included are fuller descriptions of the various programs as well as policies and procedures.  We hope it will answer any questions you may have; but if not, please feel free to contact the Religious Education Office any time. 

Your children are a blessing – they are always open, honest, and eager to learn.  Their questions are indicative of the inquisitive minds they possess.  May we always foster questions, growth, and  deepening faith life.