Religious Education

St. Stephen’s Home Based Religious Education Programs

Here at St. Stephen’s Parish, we are very blessed to have a home-based Religious Education Program offered to our children from kindergarten to level one. This program gives families an opportunity to share the Catholic faith, experience a faith community, and witness the Good News of Jesus Christ to others. The program is based on the teachings of the Catholic Church.

This is an opportunity to bring families together to share their faith and to become part of a faith community. To empower the family by being a witness to the Good News and to pass on the Catholic teaching of the Church. Since the Catholic Religion is no longer taught in the regular school system; the parish and the family work together to share and experience the faith.

Programs are available for ages 5-16 years. This includes preparation for the sacraments of First Eucharist, Reconciliation, and Confirmation at the appropriate age.

Please see below for more information.

Diocesan Guidelines for Catechetical Formation and Sacramental Preparation:
In consultation with the Priests, Directors of Parish Life, and Parish Catechists of the diocese the following guidelines have been promulgated to take effect as of September 2016:

Catechetical Curriculum:
Allelu, a family-based program for children age five; Alive in Christ, a family-based program for children aged six to eleven.

First Reconciliation/First Communion Preparation:
Minimum age: 7 years
Minimum faith formation prep: 2 year program

Confirmation:
Minimum age: 13 years;
Minimum faith formation prep: 2 years

More information regarding these guidelines may be found under Policies at www.rcchurch.com

Each family follows a three-tier approach; attending weekly mass, meet as a faith community once a month, and completing the program at home.

In our parish, preparation for Confirmation involves two years. There is a pre-confirmation program (for mostly grade Sevens) in the first year of preparation and a Confirmation program (mostly for grade eight) during the second year. Each year involves about eight sessions. At the end of the second year, Confirmation candidates will receive the Sacrament of Confirmation during Mass Celebration.


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Thank-you
St. Stephen’s Parish would like to thank all parishioners who donated food during the month of September. “Giving", the focus in the month of September for the Jubilee year, and the Mass of Thanksgiving in memory of Sister Betty Daniels, on September 22nd, received a generous amount of food and monetary donations which were donated to our local food bank.

St. Anne’s Guild
St. Anne’s Guild will be meeting on Monday, October 27th at 2:00 pm. New members welcome.

St. Anne’s Guild
St. Anne’s Guild “sock” fundraiser totaled $2015.65. Thank you to Marjorie King for making the socks and to all the parishioners who donated.

Month of the Rosary
In recognition of, Month of the Rosary, the Knights of Columbus will sponsor the Rosary on Sunday evenings at 7:00 pm for the month of October.

Knights of Columbus
The Knights of Columbus State Scholarship is available to children or grandchildren of members in good standing or deceased members. Applicants have to be graduates of the NL High School System and have to be attending their first year of study in a Post-Secondary Institution. Information and applications can be found on the State Council website www.kofcnl.org under scholarships.