Trunk or Treat is CANCELLED! Due to a family emergency, Karen Galloway, our Children's Faith Formation Director will be unable to host Trunk or Treat. We apologize for the inconvenience, but look forward to having another social event in the near future! Prayers are appreciated for Karen and her family at this time.

Children's Faith Formation classes began the week of September 12, 2021, and registration is now closed for the 2021-2022 school year.  Our parish will offer Faith Formation classes for first through fifth grades this year.  This year, classes will be held in person and masks will be required.   Class session options will be Sunday mornings (1st and 2nd Grades only), Monday evenings, or Wednesday evenings.  We will also offer an online option for those families with unique circumstances that prevent them from attending in-person classes.  

Please note that due to space constraints and planning requirements,  we are unable to accept registrations from non-parishioners this year.  For Children's Faith Formation classes, a family must be registered in our parish on or before January 1st of the year they wish to enroll their child(ren) in class (so, no later than January 1, 2021, for 2021-2022 classes, no later than January 1, 2022, for 2022-2023 classes) to be considered a registered parishioner/family. Thank you for your understanding!  

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 at 269.327-0861 or kgalloway@stcatherinesiena.org.

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

• 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.

• Alive in Christ is a comprehensive religious 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.