Grades 1-5 Information
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Grades 1 - 5 Faith Formation 2024-2025
Our mission in Faith Formation is to support parents as the primary teachers of our Catholic Faith and evangelists within their families. This is called the Domestic Church. Simply put, the Domestic Church is Church in the home, where families grow in faith and holiness together. To support the Domestic Church our Faith Formation Program
consists of the following:
Grades 1 - 5 Use the "Discover! Finding Faith in Life" program; a weekly home-based, child-friendly, self-directed online learning platform. This engaging program supports the domestic church, allowing families the convenience and flexibility to complete faith lessons at their own pace. Supplemental materials are provided to extend online learning.Along with the home-based program we offer optional, in-person family gatherings held at St. Agatha Parish aimed to build community and celebrate the faith together:
- BELIEVE Nights are families gathering to share dinner, games, fun, and discuss faith with other families based on the Gospels.
- ENCOUNTER Evenings consist of families coming together to share dinner, games, fun, and the option to participate in liturgical-based activities for families such as Reconciliation, Adoration, Stations of the Cross, Rosary, etc.
BELIEVE NIGHTS AND ENCOUNTER EVENINGS
will be held once a month on select Mondays from 5:00 - 6:30 pm
throughout the Faith Formation Year
(See Faith Formation Calendar of Events).
The COMPLETION of ALL 20 core and 8 liturgical online chapters of the
St. Mary's Press "Discover! Finding Faith in Life",
the home-based online program,
is a REQUIREMENT for all grades 1 - 5.
Preparation for the Sacraments of
First Reconciliation and First Holy Communion
Starts in Grade 1 with the reception of
First Reconciliation in the winter of Grade 2
and the reception of
First Holy Communion in the spring of Grade 2.
Thank you for your interest, however, registration for the 2024 - 2025 Faith Formation Year is closed, and we are at full capacity.
Please check the Parish bulletin and Website in May 2025 for the 2025 -2026 Faith Formation Program and Online registration information.
