OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE PARISH AT

ST. JAMES ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

New Bedford, Massachusetts 02740

 

Religious Education

 

GENERAL

Ø 24 sessions of class

Ø Two years of preparation for First Communion (Those who go to Catholic Schools come to class for a half of year in the second grade.)

Ø Three years of preparation for Confirmation.

Ø Grades 7,8, and 9 come to Mass each Sunday before their classes.

Ø All the grades of children come to Mass once a month.

Ø Marian Desrosiers from the Pro-Life Office of the Diocese comes each year to give a presentation on Pro-Life questions or on chastity. Parents of these young people come to the presentation.

Ø A day of retreat is required for confirmation.

We have about two hundred children in our present program.

Children attend the 9:30 am mass on the first Sunday of each month as part of their CCD program. Children do the readings, making celebration of the Eucharist a participatory event rather than another grown-ups' presentation to be endured. While it is noted that there was a comment that "the children's participation is overdone - disrupting at times", it is absolutely necessary for them to have a place in the mass as they are the future of this parish and of the larger "church". We cannot operate under the old idea that "children should be seen and not heard". There has also been inclusion of girls as altar servers. This happened as soon as the Bishop authorized their inclusion.

 

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASS SCHEDULE

REGISTRATION FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES

This registration is for all students in public schools (Grades 1-9) who are returning to our program or who are entering for the first time. It also includes children in Catholic Schools in Grade 2 (First Communion) and Grade 9 (Confirmation).

 

SCHEDULE OF CLASSES FOR GRADES 1, 2, AND 3,

CLASSES ARE HELD ON WEDNESDAYS FROM 3:15 P.M. TO 4:30 P.M. St. James - St. John School

SCHEDULE OF CLASSES (* means no class on that day)

 

 

Baptismal certificates are required for those not baptized at St. James.

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SCHEDULE OF CLASSES FOR GRADES 4, 5, 6

CLASSES ARE HELD ON THURSDAYS 3:15 P.M. TO 4:30 P.M. IN THE CHURCH HALL

SCHEDULE OF CLASSES (* means no class on that day)

October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, November 7, 14, 21 (28*) December 5, 12, 19 (26*) January (2*), 9, 16,

23, 30, February 6, 13, (20*), 27 March 6, 13, 20, 27, April 3, 10

SCHEDULE OF CLASSES GRADES 7, 8 AND 9

CLASSES ARE HELD ON SUNDAYS WITH MASS.  A.M. TO  A.M.

SCHEDULE OF CLASSES (* means no class on that day)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT CONFIRMATION

 

Day of Retreat (Obligatory) will be held on Saturday, November 2 at Annunciation of the Lord Church Hall in Taunton. Bus transportation will be provided. Confirmation class is to meet in the church parking lot in front of the Church by 8 :45 a.m. The bus will return at 5:30 p.m.

Sponsor certificates for godparents are due on Sunday, December 1. Qualifications for godparents: confirmed Catholic; 16 years old and above; if married, married in the Church; belongs to a parish and attends Mass regularly.

MANDATORY ATTENDANCE AT MASS Children are required to attend the following Masses on Sundays at 10:00 a.m.