PHILOSOPHY of Religious Education
 
At your child’s baptism the priest offered this prayer for you as fathers and mothers: “God is the giver of all life human and divine.  May He bless the fathers of these children. With their wives they will be the first teachers of their children in the ways of faith.  May they also be the best teachers bearing witness to the faith by what they say and do, in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
 
In addition to instructing your children in Christian truth, we welcome the opportunity to assist you in fulfilling your primary obligation to help you teach your children to walk in ways of faith.  This can only be done when each family places Jesus Christ and His teachings at the center of their lives through Sunday worship, family prayer and daily living of the Christian message.  Regular attendance at Sunday Mass with your children is an essential part of their religious education.
 
We look forward to genuine cooperation with you in communicating Catholic Christian values to your children.  We need to pray, talk and plan together.  In that way we can draw fully from sacred scripture and church teachings and work to support each other in instilling them in our children who need these values so much in today’s world.
 
May God bless us in the work of Christian Education which we carry on in His name.
 
Rev. Jack Arlotta                   Mrs. Lydia vanDuynhoven
Pastor                                   Director of Religious Education