As the Rite of Baptism indicates,
children first experience God in the arms of their
parents. The home is where children first experience
the sacred presence of God as either personal and
intimate or impersonal and indifferent. By watching
and imitating their parents, children learn how to
love and embrace, to listen and respond, to belong, to
forgive, to pray, to reach out and to serve. Where
these are lacking in the home, they will be lacking in
our children and in our Church.
Hence, we acknowledge parents as
primary educators in faith (CCC 2223). In
their manner of child rearing, parents will either
cultivate faith in their children or stifle it.
Ignoring our faith, taking it for granted or
relinquishing the faith as the work of others, hurts
us all, especially the children. In forming faith in
the domestic church, the essential elements of the
church’s life provide a model of life and faith, which
parents and children need to embody. Pope Paul VI
stated,
“There should be found in every family the various
aspects of the entire church.”
Listed on the next few pages are ways
families might integrate the various aspects of the
entire Church into their family life.
Lifelong Faith Formation Statement | Parish Mission Statement | Lifelong Faith Formation Goals | The Role Of The Family | The Faith Of The Parents | Parents As Primary Educators | Registration Policy | Attendence | Excused and unexcused Absences | Pick Up Policy | Drop Off Policy | Discipline | Dress Code | Fees | Communications | Field Trips | Protecting God's Children Program | Other Situations | Baptism | First Reconcilation | First Eucharist | Confirmation | RICA For Children | Quince Anős Celebrations | Adult Formation | Life Long Faith Formation Class Times
