Program Overview
Families must be registered, active parishioners to enroll in this program. Copies of each student’s Baptismal certificate and record of previously completed Religious Education classes (if applicable) and sacraments must be received by the office when registering in our program for the first time. Returning Student who do not have a copy of their Baptismal Certificate on file in the office WILL NOT be secured in a class for that term.
Admission is on a first come first serve basis. Classes closed when they fill. We encourage you to register early.
Fall Tuition is determined by the Finance Council and assessed yearly.
Fall Registration begins April 1st and lasts to the last day of May. Early registration lasts for the month of April, then continues at the regular price till the end of May.
Fall Registration closes May 31st every year.
Full payment and Baptismal Certificates required - Cancellations are subject to a $10 processing fee - No refunds for Fall Tuition after classes have begun.
INDIVIDUAL GRADE INFORMATION
Grades eligible for Fall Classes
Grades 1 & 2: Two year First Communion Prep Program
Grade 7 & 8: Confirmation Preparation
ON LINE LEARING PROCEDURES
When registering in the Religious Education program at the Parish of Saint Mary, each child is given an email address provided by the parish that will stay with them every year while in the program. This is for both in person and on line learners. Every classroom is set to go virtual at any time for any reason. (example: snow days)
Parents will be emailed all information prior to the start of both online line and in person learning.
Initial password will be set each term and par
If you have more than one child, each child will be issued their own email.
Parents will signed the virtual release form when registering their child every year.
-Religious Education OVERVIEW Update:
As a Religious Education Program we, along with the assistance of so many dedicated certified teachers and volunteers, try to create and organize a program which is alive and loving. Our mission cannot succeed without the cooperation of you, the parents. As Vatican II expressed the wisdom of the ages:
“Since parents have given children life, they are bound by the most serious obligation to educate their offspring and therefore must be recognized as the primary and principal educators. This role is so important that only with difficulty can it be supplied when it is lacking…
It is particularly in the Christian family, enriched by the grace and office of the sacrament of matrimony, that children should be taught from their early years to have a knowledge of God according to the faith received in Baptism, to worship Him and love their neighbor.”
Families must be registered active parishioners. Copies of each student’s Baptismal certificate and record of previously completed Religious Education classes (if applicable) and sacraments must be received by the office when registering in our program for the first time.
Please be aware that children entering grades 2-8 in Sept must have completed and passed their previous Religious Education work before they can be registered for the next school year. Returning Student who do not have a copy of their Baptismal Certificate on file in the office WILL NOT be secured in a class.