ST. RAPHAEL CHILDREN'S MINISTRY
Grades 1-5

Religious Education is a partnership between the family and the church.
Our goal is to together raise faith-filled children.

Day & Time Choice of: Sundays 4:15 - 5:30 or 6:30 – 7:45 or Tuesdays 4:15 - 5:30 or 6:30 – 7:45

Location Grades 1-5 meet in small groups of 6-10 children in the home of the catechist. A catechist is a volunteer parent who shares their faith with the children in his/her group.

 

What’s the family’s part in this partnership of raising faith-filled children?

• Review the chapter that your child(ren) learns weekly.
• Read the page your child(ren) brings home each week called, "Raising Faith-Filled Kids".
• Support your child’s catechist by being the second adult in the home when you are scheduled.
• PRAY together as a family at meal time and bed time.
• Go to church together as a family.

Curriculum – What will the children be learning about?

The textbook the children will be using is called, "Finding God: Our Response to God’s Gifts". It reflects the inspiration of Saint Ignatius of Loyola and tells what Catholic faith formation calls us to do: recognize the presence of God in all things.

First Grades will learn:

• God is our Creator and loves us as our Father
• To know Jesus through personal prayer
• To obey the Commandments by caring for one another, and the world
• Prayers to Learn by Heart: Lord’s Prayer, Hail Mary, Glory Be

Second Graders will learn:

• To act on God’s love for us by loving one another
• How to make a good confession and to examine their conscience through the Sacrament of Reconciliation
• The importance of receiving Jesus in the Eucharist through the Sacrament of Eucharist
• A Prayer to Learn by Heart: Act of Contrition

Third Graders will learn:

• God creates us good and calls us to live in community
• How each sacrament deepens our relationship with God
• How the virtues of faith, hope, and charity are the foundation for moral choices
• A Concept to Learn by Heart: Seven Sacraments

Fourth Graders will learn:

• God calls us to live a moral life
• The Ten Commandments
• The Beatitudes
• A Concept to Learn by Heart: 10 Commandments and The Beatitudes

Fifth Grades will learn:

• The Seven Sacraments
• Be able to live like Jesus in making choices for God and others
• A life in Jesus will find completion at the Last Judgment
• A Prayer to Learn by Heart: Apostles Creed or Nicene Creed