The 7th & 8th Grade Program is a two-year program that contains the following:

Class time
​Using the Our Sunday Visitor Curriculum, Faith Fusion—the program is broken into two years based on the four pillars of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

• Year I—Creed and Prayer
• Year II—Morality and Sacraments

Service Nights
Service is a vital part of our faith. Each year youth participate in a service project to live out our call to be servant leaders.

• Seventh graders make Adopt-a-Dog Scarves for shelter animals.
• Eighth graders cut old jeans to make shoes for children in Uganda, Africa through the Sole Hope Foundation.

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Parent and Youth Sessions
​Each grade in Faith Formation has a total of two Parent and Youth Sessions throughout the year. Click here for more information. ​

Issue Nights
Large group sessions that cover one of the following topics.

• Being Peacemakers
• Being Pro-Life
• Celebrating Diversity
• Church: The Christian Community
• Creating Your Self-Image
• Facing Peer Pressure
• Fearfully and Wonderfully Made: Psalm 139
• The Story of Esther: Courage
• The Story of Lazarus
• The Way We Pray
• We All Have Baggage
• What is Social Justice?
• Why Is There Suffering?

Theology of the Body Sessions
These sessions are meant to show young people that they are made in the image and likeness of God. The Catholic perspective on topics such as the body, soul, love, etc. while counter-cultural is essential to the development children during this period of development.

• The seventh grade theme is the Language of the Body and the Body as a Window to the Soul.
• The eighth grade theme is the difference between Real Love and Fake Love.