Religious Education for Children Grades PreK3-6
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All Are Welcome
All are welcome to participate in faith formation at Christ the Redeemer. The Religious Education Department and Catechetical Ministry Team at Christ the Redeemer directly serve families of children Pre-K 3 through 6th grade.
The mission of Christ the Redeemer’s Religious Education program is to bring the good news of Jesus Christ to the families by forming the faith of the children through the process of religious education. At the same time, we accompany, evangelize, and catechize the parents who are primarily responsible for raising their children in the faith.
Through the formation process the families will continue to seek, know, and love God and because of that love will live each day serving God and neighbor. Through lives committed to prayer, sacraments, formation, and service, they learn what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ, and invite others to do the same.
For the 2021-22 Catechetical Year, we will offer traditional classroom sessions as well as a home-based option for families to ensure all children in grades PreK3-6th are being served. However, to accommodate social distancing, we will be limited in numbers in our traditional classroom sessions. If the need arises due to health concerns, we will pivot to weekly virtual classes, taught by the catechist(s) assigned to the child's in-person class until we can return in-person.
In order for more children to attend in-person classes, we are in need of many catechetical ministers to give a weekly commitment to help in the classroom. We will offer all of the training needed and assist all our ministers throughout the year. If you are interested in joining the ministry, please email Linda Watso at linda.watso@ctrcc.com. -
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Sign up to learn more
The Religious Education Department communicates to our families via Flocknote, the parish email and text messaging system. Sign up to learn more about how to get involved in our program.
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Saints, Solemnities, and More
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Weeks of March 28 & April 4
Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday falls on the Sunday before Easter. It is the beginning of Holy Week and the day on which we commemorate Jesus’ triumphal entry into the holy city of Jerusalem. It is a very important story told in all four of the Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. We will hear Mark’s Gospel proclaimed. Jesus rides a donkey along a path strewn with cloaks and palm branches. People are lined along the way waving their palms and calling out, “Hosanna. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest.” The road Jesus travels is taking him to his passion and death. We will hear that story, The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark proclaimed. Many of the people praising Jesus and calling him King are the same people who in a few days will cry out, “Crucify him!” Triumph turns to sorrow but we know the rest of the story.
The Triduum: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil
Though three days on the calendar, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil are considered one day during which we enter into the passion, death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Triduum is the highest point, the summit of the liturgical year.
Easter Sunday & the Octave of Easter
Christmas and Easter are the only two solemnities on the liturgical calendar that have octaves, prolonging the celebrations of the most important events ever to have taken place for eight days.
“The Easter Octave begins on Easter Sunday and ends on the Second Sunday of Easter of the Divine Mercy with every day being another solemnity or another “little Easter.” The current title for each of the octave is “Monday in the Octave of Easter,” “Tuesday in the Octave of Easter” etc., but commonly called “Easter Monday,” “Easter Tuesday,” and so forth. The Easter Octave “overrides” any other feasts on the calendar“.-catholicculture.org
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Activities for all can be found on our At Home with Jesus pages. Simply click on the buttons to the right and you will be taken to a variety of activities from coloring to videos to help enrich your faith journey. We pray your Holy Week and Easter are full of moments with God and joyous memories.
Christ has died. Christ has risen.
Christ will come again. Alleluia!
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