Religious Education Registration - 2009-2010
Preschool through Grade 8; Confirmation &
RCIA for Children Programs

Bette Scaringe, Director of Religious Education
E-mail: scaringeb@gs.ptdiocese.org
Phone: 850-893-1837

Who Should Register?

• Preschool - 3 & 4 year old & kindergarten (5 year old) programs.  [Sept. 1 is the cut-off date for determining preschool-age and kindergarten classes.]
  
  
• Grades 1-8 - for students not attending a Catholic school for religious education classes. [Copy of baptismal certificate required for Grades 1, 2, RCIA for Children & Confirmation]
  
  
• First Reconciliation & First Communion - Grade 2 RE students will prepare for First Reconciliation and First Communion (completion of Grade 1 RE/Catholic School required). Grade 2 Trinity students will receive a letter in late summer about registering for First Reconciliation/First Communion; copy of baptismal certificate required. Programs are available for older children and youth who have not celebrated sacraments.
  
  
• Confirmation - Classes for Religious Education (RE) and Trinity Catholic School students who are in Grade 8 & above.  NOTE:  Two years of middle school religious education required prior to Confirmation classes.  The Confirmation Program is separate from the RE classes.  Grade 8 RE classes end in February; Confirmation Program begins in February, 2010.  RE students attend Confirmation classes at the same day & time as the Grade 8 classes they were attending.
  Notes: 
      * Copy of baptismal certificate required; $45 fee for
         Confirmation Program.
      * Fee for Grade 8 religious education (Sept. - Feb.) when
         also registering for the Confirmation Program is $75 for        both.
      * Confirmation students need only register once for the        Confirmation Program; Confirmation will be sometime        around February, 2011 for all candates who begin in        February, 2010.
  
  
• Any child or youth who has not celebrated the Sacraments of Initiation (Baptism, Eucharist, Confirmation) or First Reconciliation.

Religious Education Registration for 2009-2010 (PDF-full handout)

Click here for REGISTRATION DATES and TIMES

Click here for CLASSES BY DAYS and TIMES

Click here for CLASSES BY GRADES

Additional Information

• Copies of baptismal certificates are required (even if baptized at Good Shepherd) for Grades 1, 2 and Confirmation and RCIA for Children programs.
• Class levels should correspond to the student’s grade in his/her regular school.
• Students registering for Confirmation must be in Grade 8 or above in 2009-2010 in public/private school.

Fees

Payment is requested, BUT NOT REQUIRED, at time of registration and can be waived in cases of need.  Fees are:

• $40 per student - Preschool through Grade 7
• $45 Confirmation
• $75 Grade 8 & Confirmation combines
• Family maximum of $150

Catechists Needed

Catechist Registration Form 2009-2010

Classes are taught by teams of two catechists (teachers); training and support are provided.  A catechist is an ordinary person who is extraordinary because he or she has made a commitment to learning, teaching, and sharing the Gospel and its power to transform lives.

Requirements:  All who can make a commitment, like children/youth, and would like to help in their religious education/faith formation (this will help YOU learn also). 

• Catechists, substitutes, and other volunteers with children, youth, and the elderly must complete the Diocesan fingerprint and sexual abuse workshop requirements prior to beginning teaching. 

Contact Bette Scaringe, DRE, at the Parish (893-1837) or e-mail at: scaringeb@gs.ptdiocese.org.