Children's Religious Education
PreK Religious Education (PreK3 - 1st Grade)
Our Pre K Religious Education program is for children who are 3 through 6 years old. These classes are designed to introduce the young child to God's story by sharing Bible stories each week. The lessons are age appropriate, incorporating several fun ways of sharing Jesus' love, including music, crafts, and story telling.
Classes meet on Mondays at 5:00 pm and Tuesdays at 4:45 pm and 6:30 pm.
For more information on Pre K Religious Education, please call the Religious Education Office at 281-463-7356 and ask for Sr. Maria Goretti.
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Elementary Religious Education (2nd - 5th Grade)
Our Second through Fifth Grade Religious Education program is deeply rooted in Church Tradition. The four pillars of the Catechism of the Catholic Church - Creed, Sacraments, Morality, and Prayer - are taught and developed on every grade level each year. This ensures that the beliefs of our faith are introduced to and reinforced for our children as they grow, develop, and mature in their faith. Our goal is to teach our Catholic faith and touch the hearts of our children enabling them to share the "Good News" of Jesus with everyone they meet.
Classes meet on Mondays at 5:00 pm and Tuesdays at 4:45 pm and 6:30 pm.
For more information on Elementary Religious Education, please call the Religious Education Office at 281-463-7356 and ask for Lucia Rueda.
For more information on the books we are using for elementary and home elementary classes go to www.faithfirst.com.
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Basic Doctrine (BD) and Cathecumenate (RCIA)
Basic Doctrine - Sacramental Preparation for First Reconciliation and First Eucharist. This program is for children seven years of age and older who have been baptized into the Roman Catholic Faith and already have a defined Catholic identity, but are lacking any formal religious education and/or commitment to Mass participation. This program lasts two years.
The Catechumenate is a part of the Christian Initiation Process of Adults (RCIA), which is of conversion through evangelization and catechesis. CYC is offered for children and youth who are 7-17 years of age, not baptized, and are seeking to join the church through the sacraments of Initiation; Baptism, Confirmation and First Eucharist.
For more information on Basic Doctrine and Cathecumenate please call the Religious Education Office at 281-463-7356..
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Elementary Home and Family Religious Education
Our Home and Family program is provided for families of children in First through Fifth grades who prefer to teach their children at home or who cannot attend traditional Religious Education classes. Parents are provided materials to be used at home that corresponds to the materials used in the regular Religious Education classrooms. Parents are required to attend a parent meeting, turn in the required worksheets and evaluations and families are to attend two on-site family lessons.
For more information on Home and Family Religious Education, please call the Religious Education Office at 281-463-7356 and ask for Lucia Rueda. For more information on the books we are using for elementary and home elementary classes go to www.faithfirst.com.
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Children with Special Needs
Students with special needs requiring educational modifications are welcomed and encouraged to attend our class on Monday afternoons at 5:00 pm . The curriculum for this class is taken from the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Program. Our goal is to teach our Catholic faith and touch the hearts of our special needs children through music, Bible stories and prayer.
For more information on our Special Needs class, please call the Religious Education Office at 281-463-7356.
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Sacramental Preparation
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton welcomes all young people to prepare for and celebrate the Sacraments. Children preparing for First Penance and First Eucharist are asked to meet the following requirements:
• Students should be enrolled in a First Grade CCE program or attending Catholic school to be eligible to receive the Sacraments of Penance and Eucharist in second grade. This requirement is in place so that the children will have an age appropriate knowledge of their faith and of Jesus before learning about the sacraments.
• Students prepare for the Sacrament of Penance in the fall and the Sacrament of Eucharist in the spring. Students are to celebrate the Sacrament of Penance before they celebrate their First Eucharist and ideally within the same year.
• The U.S. Bishops have recommended that the parent's serve as their child's primary teachers when preparing for the Sacraments (National Catechetical Directory #119). As a Church, we recognize that it is within the family that our Catholic faith is handed down to the next generation. At St. Elizabeth's, we begin preparing the students in the Catholic school or the Religious Education classroom and the process is completed in the home.
For more information on Sacramental Preparation, please call the Religious Education Office at 281-463-7356 and ask for Sr. Maria Goretti.