SFdS Religious Education K - 6th
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
Religious Education Fees - Beginning Fall 2025
In consultation with the Parish Council, Finance Council and approval from the Parish Board, St. Francis de Sales has adopted the following fees to help offset our parish religious education program beginning with the 2025-2026 school year:- $35 for the first child
- $25 for the second child
- $15 for the third child
- No additional fees for four or more children.
Payments will be collected at the Parish Office and with the Director of Religious Education.
We appreciate our parish families for choosing St. Francis de Sales religious education program. With your cooperation, we will strive in the name of the Lord.
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Hi, there! Welcome to the SFdS elementary religious education page - we are so glad you are here! On this page, you will find all of the information that you need to know about elementary religious education at St. Francis de Sales. If there's something you can't find or a ministry that you are interested in starting with the children at our parish, please contact Miss Hannah, the Director of Religious Education, by emailing [email protected].
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Goals of Catechesis at SFdS:
Our goals of catechesis at SFdS come from the Directory for Catechesis: Guidelines for Catechesis and Universal Norms to Guide Evangelization, written by the Dicastery for Evangelization. The goals of our program are as follows:
- Form disciples with an intimate communion with Christ through a process of accompaniment (p. 26).
- Help children recognize their God-given human dignity and become active participants in their faith (p. 27).
- Introduce children into the living experience of the Christian community, the true setting of the life of faith (p. 25).
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Program Requirements and ExpectationsThe Catholic Church holds the position that parents are the primary and principal educators of their children. You can read all about what Pope Paul VI had to say about it in the Declaration on Christian Education: Gravissimum Educationis linked below.
Gravissimum Educationis
The program requirements at SFdS were created so that we can help support parents and families are primary educators. While we are incredibly grateful to have the opportunity to catechize your children, 60-90 minutes per week is not enough unless supported at home. Please contact the DRE if you have any questions about parent and family requirements and expectations! -
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2024-25 Schedule
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Miss Hannah's Big News!
Sent via Flocknote on Sunday, March 30, 2025:Dear SFdS Elementary RE Families,I have some bittersweet news to share with you all. Recently, Jesus has invited me to take a humungous step to follow Him across the world.A few months ago, I found a teaching job at a classical Catholic school in Ireland. The whole thing started as a joke - I never thought I would get hired in Europe, but somehow I was able to get an interview. One thing led to another, and with a LOT of prayer, I felt like Jesus was asking me to follow Him to Ireland.The process of getting a work visa in Europe has been quite crazy, but my visa was just granted this past Friday after months of prayer and waiting. I am going to be working at a secondary school called Mater Dei Academy in Cork City. If you know Fr. Liam Leahy, it is in the city he grew up in!I will be finishing up my duties at St. Francis sometime in June, so I will be here for the rest of the school year. God has blessed me so abundantly in my ministry as DRE at St. Francis de Sales. Words cannot express how much joy it brings me to have been able to serve your children and teach them about our Lord!I will be announcing this to the kids next weekend at classes. You are welcome to share it with them beforehand, but I wanted to let you all know first.Please pray for me as I embark upon this new adventure - while I feel that God has called me to this, it is still terrifying! In prayer, I had an image of myself stuck between a brightly lit room and a dark hallway. In the brightly lit room were all of the comforts and familiarities of my current life, but Jesus stood in the hallway, held out His hand, and asked if I would follow Him into the unknown. How could I refuse my Lord, Who has shown me such mercy and guides my every step?Pax et bonum,Hannah