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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Mass / Sacrament Schedule
    • Locations/Maps
    • History
    • Online Donations
    • Staff Contacts
    • Fr. Steve's Anniversary
  • News
    • Bulletins & Newsletters
    • AFC Calendar
    • Homilies
    • Mass Videos
    • Councils and Committees >
      • Area Pastoral Council >
        • Bishop LeVoir's Prairie Catholic Articles
      • Our Lady of the Lakes PAC
      • St. Mary PAC
    • Ministry Schedules
    • Upcoming Events
  • Community Life
    • Catholic Social Teaching
    • Pastoral Care & Community Life
    • Other Organizations
  • Faith Formation
    • Children/Youth General Info
    • Adult Enrichment
    • Liturgy of the Word
    • Grades 1-6
    • Grade 9
    • Confirmation
    • Sacramental Preparation
    • Youth Ministry
    • First Communion photos
  • Español

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 3:30-6:00 P.M. on Wednesday, February 7.  Together, you and your child will participate in a self-guided tour of the church.
  • Come for one hour and fifteen minutes anytime between 3:30-6:00 P.M. on Wednesday, April 25.  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, January 3.  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, April 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. 
  • Please contact Barb Garding to sign up for First Reconciliation and First Communion Centers
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 3:30-6:00 P.M. on Wednesday, November 15.  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 3:30-6:00 P.M. on Wednesday, February 28.  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, October 25.  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, February 21.  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 11.  (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, January 31.  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, September 27.  (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, January 17.  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, December 13.  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 21.  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 29.  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 14.  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.
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St. Mary (AFC Office)
713 12th St. SW
Willmar, MN 56201
(320) 235-0118
(320) 235-0153 (fax)

Office hours:
Monday - Thurs. 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Our Lady of the Lakes
6680 153rd Ave NE
Spicer, MN 56288
(320) 796-5664
(320) 796-6910 (fax)

Office hours:
Monday - Weds. 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
St. Patrick - Closed
Records at the Church of St. Mary
​Mailing address:
713 12th Street SW
Willmar, MN 56201
(320) 235-0118

St. Thomas More - Closed
Records at the Church of St. Mary
Mailing address:
713 12th Street SW
Willmar, MN 56201
(320) 235-0118
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Telephones will roll to the Willmar office when the Spicer office is closed. 

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