OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
GUIDELINES FOR OPENING
If you have not yet sent in your child’s registration for Religious Education, please do so immediately.
- Please do your part by checking your child’s temperature before bringing them to Religious Education Classes. And please do not bring them if they exhibit any signs of illness.
- Masks are to be worn at all times by staff, students and parents when in the building.
- Hand sanitizer will be available and used liberally.
- Desks will be spaced as far apart as possible and all facing the same direction.
- Each child will have their own container of supplies. (pencils, crayons, scissors, glue sticks) No sharing.
- No guests or unregistered students will be allowed in the classrooms.
- No food or snacks allowed in any rooms.
- Preparation for First Reconciliation/Communion will be the same as in the past. On scheduled Saturday mornings, about 6-8 classes. More information will be sent the first week of October 2021.
- On September 12 we will have a meet and greet the teachers and to find classrooms. Parents are allowed to escort the child that day. Beginning September 19 no parents are allowed in the Religious Education halls or rooms.
- All students should be dropped off and picked-up at the rear parking lot/ramp into the building. Students attending 9:00 AM Mass may enter the Religious Education rooms from the Gathering Space. Those planning to attend the 11:15 Mass may use the hallway to reach the Gathering Space to meet their parents.
- Parents please be prompt when picking up the children, they will be escorted by teachers to the back parking lot.
Registration forms for returning students have been mailed.
New student registration forms can be found below.
Religious Education
"The Church has always considered Catechesis one of her primary tasks, for, before Christ ascended to His Father after His resurrection, He gave the apostles a final command - to make disciples of all nations and to teach them to observe all that He had commanded...
At the heart of catechesis we find, in essence, a Person, the Person of Jesus of Nazareth, "the only Son form the Father...full of grace and truth," who suffered and died for us and who now, after rising, is living with us forever. It is Jesus who is "the way, and the truth, and the life," and Christian living consists in following Christ."
Pope John Paul II
At the heart of catechesis we find, in essence, a Person, the Person of Jesus of Nazareth, "the only Son form the Father...full of grace and truth," who suffered and died for us and who now, after rising, is living with us forever. It is Jesus who is "the way, and the truth, and the life," and Christian living consists in following Christ."
Pope John Paul II
Religious Education Classes:
Religious Education classes are held for children age Kindergarten to 8th grade on Sunday mornings from 10-11am at Our Lady Queen of Peace.
To register your child, please complete the registration form and return it to the parish office.
If you have any special circumstances or needs, you are encouraged to speak directly with Mrs. Debbie Boblitz or Mrs. Kathy Shadrach, our directors of Religious Education.
Sacramental Prep Classes:
First Reconciliation and First Eucharist – These sacraments are normally celebrated for children in 2nd grade. In order to receive these sacraments, children must be enrolled in the religious education program for at least one year prior to the year of preparation.
Confirmation – This sacrament is celebrated in the 8th grade. Candidates must be baptized, have already received first Eucharist and Reconciliation, and be enrolled in the Religious Education program at least one year prior to beginning the preparation program in 8th grade.
Children’s Ministry:
We meet at the Sunday, 9am Mass, during the Liturgy of the Word. Our Sessions begin in October and end in May. This is a supplemental program, not a replacement for Religious Education. We minister to children of various ages in a way that they can understand the Gospel message. We present a craft project with the message for them to have hands on, visual and concrete image of the message which they can take home to reflect on and evangelize others. This is to help open and cultivate readiness of the heart to hear the Lord’s word.
Religious Education classes are held for children age Kindergarten to 8th grade on Sunday mornings from 10-11am at Our Lady Queen of Peace.
To register your child, please complete the registration form and return it to the parish office.
If you have any special circumstances or needs, you are encouraged to speak directly with Mrs. Debbie Boblitz or Mrs. Kathy Shadrach, our directors of Religious Education.
Sacramental Prep Classes:
First Reconciliation and First Eucharist – These sacraments are normally celebrated for children in 2nd grade. In order to receive these sacraments, children must be enrolled in the religious education program for at least one year prior to the year of preparation.
Confirmation – This sacrament is celebrated in the 8th grade. Candidates must be baptized, have already received first Eucharist and Reconciliation, and be enrolled in the Religious Education program at least one year prior to beginning the preparation program in 8th grade.
Children’s Ministry:
We meet at the Sunday, 9am Mass, during the Liturgy of the Word. Our Sessions begin in October and end in May. This is a supplemental program, not a replacement for Religious Education. We minister to children of various ages in a way that they can understand the Gospel message. We present a craft project with the message for them to have hands on, visual and concrete image of the message which they can take home to reflect on and evangelize others. This is to help open and cultivate readiness of the heart to hear the Lord’s word.
