Last Fall, we announced changes to the Confirmation preparation program at St. Raphael’s Cathedral/St. Patrick’s and Holy Spirit parishes. In the 2019-2020 school year, our parishes partnered together to offer a combined collaborative Confirmation program. While covid impacted the program, we celebrated the sacrament at the Cathedral on June 18!
By uniting our efforts, we were able to extend a more robust program to our students and enhance their opportunity to experience the broader church. Students worked together through their preparation, forming a stronger faith-filled community, while accompanying each other on their journey to receiving the Holy Spirit.
Given some recent staff changes at Holy Spirit and the Cathedral/St. Patrick’s, we are expanding our shared programming to include faith formation for children in grades 1-9. We are pleased to announce that Jan Thyne, a recently retired veteran Catholic school teacher from Holy Family-Mazzucheli, will become the Director of Faith Formation for our parishes.
The following three program options will be offered:
Classroom model (with social distancing) during the school year on Wednesday evenings at Holy Ghost, with online offerings as needed; or
Summer program offered over a two-week period after the close of the school year, which will be hosted at the Cathedral with an occasional large group session during the year; or
Homeschool program through Loyola Press using the Finding God series. The program includes online tests after the completion of certain segments. In addition, there will be an occasional large group session during the year.
In order for us to plan appropriately, please register your students for classes as soon as possible. Please complete the following forms:
2020/2021 Family Registration Form (one form per family)
OSE Annual Consent -Waiver Form (one form for each student)
One Student $150
Two Children $250
Three Children $325
Four or more children $400
Sacramental Preparation fee for Reconciliation, First Communion, and Confirmation $30
Home-school program $50
Contact the Director of Faith Formation via email at dbq054ff@dbqarch.org.