**Registration for 2020-2021 Children's Faith Formation has ended.**
Children's Faith Formation classes begin the week of October 11th and run through May 2021.  Our parish will offer Faith Formation classes for first through fifth grades this year. For 2020-2021, our Children's Faith Formation classes will take a hybrid approach with online instruction (offered through the Diocese of Kalamazoo) and in-person fellowships as they are scheduled.  

As a reminder, parents of first and second graders must enroll their child(ren) in Children's Faith Formation classes this year if they want their child(ren) to make their First Communion the spring of the child’s second-grade year. Sacramental preparation in our Diocese is a two-year program. If you have questions about this requirement, please contact Karen Galloway.

This year’s third-graders are encouraged to use Saturday morning "drive-in" confessions (every Saturday from 11 am - 12 pm in the main parking lot ) for their First Penance. However, if this is inconvenient for your family, you can make an individual appointment with either Father Mark or Father Ben.  If you choose to make an individual appointment, please contact Karen Galloway once the sacrament has taken place so that she can clear your family to sign up for First Communion.

Information about our early childhood textbook, Allelu!, published by Our Sunday Visitor, and purchased courtesy of our local Knights of Columbus Council #6980 in Fall 2019:

• It is developmentally appropriate and includes child-directed activities in every lesson.
• It is built upon the same 7 catechetical themes as the older child curriculum, Alive in Christ!, and includes Revelation, Trinity, Jesus Christ, the Church, Sacraments, Morality, and the Kingdom of God.
• Allelu! is the only Catholic early childhood curriculum that incorporates the latest research in child development and specifically includes child-initiated activities in every lesson.
• It also provides a seamless transition to our older child textbook, Alive in Christ! 

Information about our older child textbook, Alive in Christ, published by Our Sunday Visitor, and purchased courtesy of our local Knights of Columbus Council #6980 in Fall 2019:

• Alive in Christ is a comprehensive religion curriculum that leads students and their families to understand and live a catholic life of discipleship. We will use the Parish edition, which invites children into a personal relationship with Christ while helping them to discover the beauty of their Catholic Faith.