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GRADES ONE through SEVEN: Alive in Christ Textbook Series Schedule

• October: Unit 1 Revelation
• November: Unit 2 The Trinity
• December: Unit 3 Jesus Christ
• January: Unit 4 The Church
• February: Unit 5 Christian Morality
• March: Unit 6 Sacraments
• April: Unit 7 The Kingdom of God
• May: Closing Sessions

GRADE EIGHT:  What Every Candidate for Confirmation Should Know

October:
LESSON 1: REVELATION AND THE BIBLE -
LESSON 2: SCRIPTURE AND REVELATION, PT 1
LESSON 3: SCRIPTURE AND REVELATION, PT 2

November:

• ARTICLE 1 – I BELIEVE IN GOD, THE FATHER ALMIGHTY 

• ARTICLE 2 – AND IN JESUS CHRIST, HIS ONLY SON, OUR LORD

• ARTICLE 3 – WHO WAS CONCEIVED BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND WAS BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY
• ARTICLE 4 – HE SUFFER DEATH UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WAS CRUCIFIED, DIED, AND WAS BURIED

• ARTICLE 5 – HE DESCENDED INTO HELL; ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN
• ARTICLE 6 – HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN AND IS SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER
• ARTICLE 7 – FROM THENCE HE SHALL COME AGAIN TO JUDGE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD

• ARTICLE 8 – I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
• ARTICLE 9 – THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS

• ARTICLE 10 – THE FORGIVENESS OF SIN
• ARTICLE 11 – THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY
• ARTICLE 12 – LIFE EVERLASTING

January:
LESSON 10: THE LITURGY
LESSON 11: THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
LESSON 12: THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION, PT A
LESSON 13: THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION, PT B

February:
LESSON 14: THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY EUCHARIST
LESSON 15: THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING – RECONCILIATION AND ANOINTING OF THE SICK
LESSON 16: THE SACRAMENTS OF VOCATION – HOLY ORDERS AND HOLY MATRIMONY
LESSON 17: THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON

March:
LESSON 18: THE VIRTUOUS LIFE
LESSON 19: SIN, VICE, AND JUSTIFICATION
LESSON 20: THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH IN THE MORAL LIFE
LESSON 21: THE MORAL LIFE AND MISSIONARY WITNESS

April:
LESSON 22: THE COMMANDMENTS
LESSON 23: THE WORKS OF MERCY
LESSON 24: PRAYER IN CHRISTIAN LIFE

May: Closing Session Review

A GUIDE TO SET UP A FAMILY PRAYER SERVICE IN YOUR HOME - click here.

1st Reconciliation Retreat Guide - click here
Retiro de primera reconciliacion en case en Espanol - haga clic aqui

1st Holy Communion At-Home Retreat in English - click here
Retiro de primera comunion en casa en Espanol - haga clic aqui

 Instructions: Parents attend the Parents' Religious Formation Classes on the weeknight for which they registered their child for Religious Formation Classes.  Once a month Parents' Religious Formation Classes are conducted in person at the Church.  The remainder are conducted throughout each month online via ZOOM. 

 OCTOBER - Revelation

• In-Person Classes (youtube option): REVELATION
• ZOOM classes:
  • Tuesdays: the 13th  and the 20th - POWERPOINT
  • Wednesdays: the 14th and the 21st   - POWERPOINT

• In-Person Classes(youtube option) :  THE TRINITY
• ZOOM classes: ZOOM video (fast-forward to 46 minutes to begin viewing) / POWERPOINT
  • Tuesdays: the 10th
  • Wednesdays: the 11th

• In-Person Classes (youtube option): THE INCARNATION
• ZOOM classes:
  • Week of Tuesday, the 8th and Wednesday, the 9th:  ZOOM - JESUS, THE FULFILLMENT OF GOD'S PROMISE
    • Passcode: 8N%?LLf1

• YouTube Video: THE MARKS OF THE CHURCH
• ZOOM classes:
  • Week of January 12th and 13th: ZOOM - THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE CHURCH
    • Passcode: @F!7%F9Z
  • Week of January 19th and 20th: ZOOM - THE MYSTERY OF THE CHURCH
    • Passcode: 17@.4.Y=

• In-Person Classes (youtube option): Intro to Christian Morality
• ZOOM classes:
  • Week of Tuesday, the 9th and Wednesday, the 10th: Christian Morality-Happiness and Virtue ZOOM video  /  Powerpoint Slides
  • Week of Tuesday, the 16th and Wednesday, the 17th: The Moral Law ZOOM video / Powerpoint Slides
  • Week of Tuesday, the 23rd and Wednesday, the 24th:
    • Conscience Formation ZOOM video / Powerpoint Slides

• In-Person Classes (youtube option): The Sacraments, by Fr. Stefan Yap
• ZOOM classes:
  • Week of Tuesday, the 9th and Wednesday, the 10th: Baptism ZOOM video / Powerpoint Slides
  • Week of Tuesday, 16th and Wednesdays, the 17th: Confirmation ZOOM video / Powerpoint Slides

• In-Person Classes (youtube option):
  • Tuesday, the 13th
  • Wednesday, the 14th
• ZOOM classes:
  • Tuesdays, the 20th and Wednesday, the 21st:

• In-Person Classes (youtube option):
  • Tuesday, the 4th
  • Wednesday, the 5th