Grades 1-6

Grade 1 Parent and Youth  Sessions (follow Faith Formation calendar for all other weeks)

Church of Our Lady of the Lakes

• Come for one hour and fifteen minutes anytime between 3:15-6:00 P.M. on Wednesday, November 2.  Together, you and your child will participate in a self-guided tour of the church.
• Come for one hour and fifteen minutes anytime between 3:15-6:00 P.M. on Wednesday, January 11.  Together, you and your child will participate in a variety of self-directed activities related to the liturgical year.

Church of Saint Mary

• Come for one hour and fifteen minutes anytime between 5:30-8:00 P.M. on Wednesday, October 5.  Together, you and your child will participate in a self-guided tour of the church.
• Come for one hour and fifteen minutes anytime between 4:00-8:00 P.M. on Wednesday, January 18.  Together, you and your child will participate in a variety of self-directed activities related to the liturgical year.

Grade 2
The main focus for students in Grade 2 is preparing them for receiving the Sacraments of First Reconciliation and First Communion. More information about preparing for these sacraments can be found by clicking here. 

Grades 3-4 Parent and Youth Sessions (follow Faith Formation calendar for all other weeks)

​Church of Our Lady of the Lakes

• Come for one hour and fifteen minutes anytime between 3:15-6:00 P.M. on Wednesday, December 14.  Together, you and your child will participate in a variety of self-directed activities related to the season of Christmas.
• Come for one hour and fifteen minutes anytime between 3:15-6:00 P.M. on Wednesday, April 19.  Together, you and your child will participate in a variety of self-directed activities related to the season of Easter.

Church of Saint Mary

• Come for one hour and fifteen minutes anytime between 4:00-8:00 P.M. on Wednesday, December 21.  Together, you and your child will participate in a variety of self-directed activities related to the season of Christmas.
• Come for one hour and fifteen minutes anytime between 4:00-8:00 P.M. on Wednesday, April 26.  Together, you and your child will participate in a variety of self-directed activities related to the season of Easter.​

Grade 5  Parent and Youth Sessions (follow Faith Formation calendar for all other weeks)

Church of Our Lady of the Lakes

• Participate in a Hunger Banquet with your child from 3:15-4:30 P.M. (during class time) on Wednesday, October 12.  (October is World Hunger Action Month.)  A Hunger Banquet simulates the imbalanced distribution of food in our world and provides an opportunity for you and your child to actively express solidarity with the poor.  At the meal, each person will randomly be assigned to an economic level and will be served a meal representative of that economic standard of living.  Please come to the meal hungry.
• Join your child from 3:15-4:30 P.M. (during class time) on Wednesday, February 15.  Together, you and your child will play a board game called Divinity to learn about the Catechism of the Catholic Church.  Snacks will be served.

Church of Saint Mary

• Participate in a Hunger Banquet with your child from 5:30-6:45 P.M. (during class time) on Wednesday, October 26.  (October is World Hunger Action Month.)  A Hunger Banquet simulates the imbalanced distribution of food in our world and provides an opportunity for you and your child to actively express solidarity with the poor.  At the meal, each person will randomly be assigned to an economic level and will be served a meal representative of that economic standard of living.  Please come to the meal hungry.
• Join your child from 5:30-6:45 P.M. (during class time) on Wednesday, February 22.  Together, you and your child will play a board game called Divinity to learn about the Catechism of the Catholic Church.  Snacks will be served.

Grade 6  Parent and Youth Sessions (follow Faith Formation calendar for all other weeks)

​Church of Our Lady of the Lakes

• Come for one hour and fifteen minutes anytime between 3:15-6:00 P.M. on Wednesday, November 16.  Together, you and your child will participate in a variety of self-directed activities related to the life of Moses.
• Participate in a Seder Meal (Passover Meal) with your child from 3:15-4:30 P.M. (during class time) on Wednesday, March 15.  The meal recalls the night the Angel of Death passed over the Hebrews (Israelites) in the land of Egypt and is called a Seder meal because the meal takes place in a particular order, including lighting candles, washing hands, drinking “wine” (grape juice), and eating parsley, matzah, bitter herbs, charoset (a mixture of apples, cinnamon, and nuts), hardboiled eggs, and lamb.

Church of Saint Mary

• Come for one hour and fifteen minutes anytime between 4:00-8:00 P.M. on Wednesday, November 30.  Together, you and your child will participate in a variety of self-directed activities related to the life of Moses.
• Participate in a Seder Meal (Passover Meal) with your child from 5:30-6:45 P.M. (during class time) on Wednesday, March 22.  The meal recalls the night the Angel of Death passed over the Hebrews (Israelites) in the land of Egypt and is called a Seder meal because the meal takes place in a particular order, including lighting candles, washing hands, drinking “wine” (grape juice), and eating parsley, matzah, bitter herbs, charoset (a mixture of apples, cinnamon, and nuts), hardboiled eggs, and lamb.