Through this program children are prepared for receiving the sacraments of Eucharist, Reconciliation and Confirmation. They are also given instruction in the precepts of their Catholic faith. Classes meet on Wednesday for twenty-six weeks. Textbooks based on the new catechism are used for instruction.
Testing is done and special materials are used to enhance the textbooks.
Religious education teachers meet three times a year for instruction and two meetings are held with parents who have children in the sacrament classes. The Sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist are received by children while they are in the second grade. Confirmation enrollment occurs in January of the students' freshman year of high school and prior to receiving the sacrament during their senior year, Confirmation candidates participate in two retreats. The religious program also prepares children in the third grade to become altar servers. August 26, 2001.