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Religious Education Calendars 2020-21 --Confirmation I Calendar here
Participation in Mass for all Faith Formation families: during the health crisis, attend any Sunday mass (or view livestream/ recorded 11:30 am mass)
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Confirmation service forms
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Registration in the parish
All Families registering children for Faith Formation for the first time must first register with the parish. See CENSUS tab at the top of the page.
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Photo Albums
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Saints Family Faith Session
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Program registration information for 2021-22CONFIRMATION PREPARATION for those teens who completed CONFIRMATION IFOR THOSE WHO COMPLETED Confirmation I in 2020-21 (as a 9th grader or older): Please use the link below to register for the second year, then return the signed Covenant and registration fee as per the directions above.
in HIGH SCHOOL, 2020-21- If your teen completed Confirmation I at a different parish, please contact the office before you fill out the form (973-347-0032, ext. 2320)
- Confirmation II registration: please register here
New Program for Middle School Confirmation
Grades 7-9
After much thought and prayer, and with the permission of Bishop Sweeney, St. Michael Parish is going to begin to prepare our young people to celebrate Confirmation at the end of 8th grade. This will be a gradual process over the next two years as we work to prepare all of the young people currently (2020-2021) in 6th-8th grade.
We do not have specific details about the program to share with you yet. However, we ask that you do register your child who will be going into the 7th, 8th or 9th grade during the 2021-22 school year so we know the number of teens interested in Confirmation prep in the coming year. We will share more information about the program during the summer months once the registration period is complete. Grade 7 will be considered Middle School Confirmation I, and for this year, Grades 8 and 9 will be considered Middle School Confirmation II. Thereafter, in general, Confirmation prep will be a 2 year process taking place in 7th and 8th grade.
If you have any questions, please contact us at the Faith Formation office.For all Levels---We will be returning to ‘in person’ Faith Formation Sessions in the fall of 2021.- We are returning to the Mass and Class program. Regular Sunday mass attendance is again expected of all those who participate in Faith Formation. For families with children in Gr. 1-6 program, attendance at the 9:30 am Mass is preferred. Older children ( Gr. 7 and above) will be asked to attend the 11:30 am Mass. Please know that provisions for attending other mass times in a given weekend can be made by contacting Mrs. Rogalo. We will explain how to do this at our parent session. Class sessions will follow after the 9:30 am Mass and finish at 11:30 am (approx).
- For some grade levels, there will be a Home Schooling option for families that cannot attend in person sessions due to health reasons. (Attendance at regular parent sessions will be expected for the home schooling option.) Please mark the appropriate spot on the registration form if you are interested in this option.
- We will have contingency plans for home instruction if the pandemic situation changes and it is deemed necessary to suspend ‘in person’ sessions.
- Please see the information below with regard to our new Confirmation Preparation process.
Details: The exact schedule will depend on number of registrants so that we can maintain a safe environment for all groups. Generally, classes meet weekly from mid-September through early May. Class schedules will be distributed during the summer.FOR CHILDREN ENTERING GRADES K-9
To register older children (gr. 7 and older) with no prior Faith Formation, including First Communion preparation for older children,
please call the office before you fill out a form. Thank you!
REGISTRATION PROCEDURE-
- Families are asked to register using the link below. Multiple children can be registered on one form by clicking on the ‘+’ symbol at the bottom of the box that shows child’s information
- All fees and supporting documents (SEE BELOW) are to be sent to: St. Michael Parish Faith Formation, 4 Church St., Netcong, NJ 07857. You can also drop it off during regular office hours (M-Thu, 9am-3pm; closed for Mass 10-10:30am)
- PLEASE MAKE ALL CHECKS PAYABLE TO: St. Michael Faith Formation. Make sure the envelope says Faith Formation.
- If you would prefer to fill out a paper form, please contact us at 973-347-0032, ext. 2330 or faith.formation@stmichaelnetcong.org
Registration Form: hereIf your family is new to Faith Formation at St. Michael
- You must make sure you are currently registered in the parish FIRST. Please see the CENSUS tab above and fill out the information. (If you receive and use envelopes or donate to the parish via WeShare, you are already registered. Otherwise, please fill out the Census form).
- Under ‘Child’s Information’, please make sure you indicate the last school grade attended OR, if you are transferring from another parish program, the last Faith Formation level completed. Transfers require a letter from prior parish with regard to attendance.
Required supporting documents- 2021-22 Commitment Covenant: this is to be downloaded, printed, signed and returned to the Faith Formation office, one per family. Download here
- If your child is new to Faith Formation at St. Michael, and was NOT baptized at St. Michael, we need a copy of his/her baptismal certificate AT THE time of registration.
- If your child was baptized at St. Michael, as long as you have the approximate date we can look it up in the parish records.
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St. Michael religious education mission statement
Religious Education Coordinator
Debbie Rogalo - 973-347-0032 ext. 2330
The mission of the Religious Education program at St. Michael parish is to aid parents and families in the faith formation of their children in the Parish Church setting.
The Church teaches that parents are the primary religious educators of their children. It is in the home within the bonds of family that children first learn about God and about faith. This is so essential that the Church recognizes that each family is in fact a small ‘domestic church’. Our role in the parish is to assist parents in this holy responsibility to nurture the faith of their family.
We must always remember that faith is not a matter of acquiring a good religious vocabulary. Rather, faith is relationship with Jesus. We come to know Him through prayer, through God’s Word (Scripture) and through the Sacraments, especially the Eucharist (Mass) and Reconciliation. At St. Michael we recognize that Religious Education/formation must be a partnership between the Church and families. The parish Religious Education program can only build on the faith formation that takes place at home.
Faith formation at St. Michael parish is also more than sacramental preparation. It is preparation for life. Our sequential (K-10th grade) program is designed to impart Christian values and knowledge that will aid children as they make choices throughout their lives, helping them to become peace-filled and joyful Christians who know Jesus and all that He calls them to be.
With parents, the catechists of the Religious Education program seek to prepare our children’s minds and hearts to be open to God, trusting that God will be able to reveal himself to them and draw them to himself.
Please keep our many catechists in your prayers throughout the year as they work tirelessly to share the Good News of the Gospel with all of our parish young people.