St. Patrick's Religious Education is growing! We have a total of 232 students in K-8 and 49 in SPY. Special thanks go out to our catechists and aides who give so unselfishly of their time to guide these children on their faith journey.
Mark your calendars!!! These are some of the major events we have coming up during the remainder of the school year, but this list is NOT inclusive. Please watch for updates as the year progresses.
Wednesday, December 18 - NO RE Classes, Christmas Break until January 8.
Wednesday, December 18, 7:00pm - Parish Advent Reconcilation Service
Wednesday, January 8 - RE Classes resume
Wednesday, January 8 & January 15 - Called to Protect for Children (K-5) - This will take place during normal class times.
Saturday, January 25, 9:00am-12:30pm - Called to Protect for Youth (6th-12th grades) -- all students in 6th grade and above who have not participated in this program in the last three years are strongly encouraged to attend. Pizza will be served. Please watch for a reminder and request for RSVP, as we will need to plan for enough pizza.
Wednesday, February 5 (at regular class time) - MANDATORY meeting for parents of all students receiving the sacrament of First Eucharist.
Thursday, March 27, 4:30pm-7:00pm (one-hour block during this time frame) - First Eucharist Workshop for all students in 2nd grade sacraments class and RCIA Adapted for Children and RCIA Adapted for Teens who will receive the Sacrament of First Eucharist.
Saturday, April 19, 8:30pm - Easter Vigil Mass (watch this site for information regarding sacraments)
Saturday, May 3, 10:00am - Special Mass to celebrate First Eucharist with our 2nd grade classes.
Wednesday, May 7 - Last RE Class
Service Projects - Thank you to everyone (all our parents and students and teachers and parishioners) for participating in the Bags of Hope for the Homeless service project. We were able to make 108 Bags of Hope, and the sale of those raised $372.25. This money will be used to fund our Spring project, Prayer Blankets. We will post more information about this at a later date.