Program Information
Time: Sundays (8:30-10:30am includes 9:30am Mass)
Location: SMM School Building (Unless otherwise noted on class schedule below)

PROGRAM COORDINATOR:  Melissa Ellis       

COMMUNICATION FOLDER COLOR: Red

TEACHING TOUCHING SAFETY: The job of ensuring children’s safety is a challenging undertaking. The prevention of child sexual abuse requires we give our children the tools they need to overcome the advances of someone who intends to do them harm. The Teaching Touching Safety program (TTS) is designed to assist parents and teachers in this important task. Saturday Faith Formation students will receive lessons 3 & 4 of this training on: October 4, 2015 @ 8:30-9:30am in Hegarty Hall                                           


PARENT FORMATION: As part of our movement towards Whole Community Catechists, St. Margaret Mary RE has implemented a parent component for all of our youth faith formation programs.  What does this mean? Now, instead of just your children receiving faith formation, you, too, will meet with other parents and share faith, grow in knowledge of church traditions and values and, most importantly, foster community.  The parent faith formation requirement is simple--Attendance at any 5 events (See Parent Formation Page for More Information).  Two events will be offered during the students classes on:

November 22,  2015  - Advent Family Retreat @ 8am in Hegarty Hall.
February 21, 2016 - Lenten Family Retreat @ 8am in Hegarty Hall.


ARRIVAL / DISMISSAL:  Children should arrive no more than 10 minutes before class begins.  No child should enter the classroom unless the teacher is present. No students will be allowed in after 8:35am.  Children must be WALKED to their designated classroom in the SMM School building.  Parents must sign their child into their classroom. NO DROP-OFFS.  For pick up parents must parK and pick-up their children from the designated classroom, sign them out and head to mass.  Children not picked up by 9:30 will be taken to Mass by the teachers and will be sitting in the first two pews by the baptism font. NO EXCEPTIONS!


CLASS TYPES 
FR   (1st Reconciliation Year) - 1st Year Students Grades 1-6
FRC (1st Reconciliation & Communion Year) - 2nd Year 2nd Grade or Transfer
FC   (1st Communion Year) - 2nd Year Students Grades 3-6
CE   (Continuing Education) - Grades 2-6


SACRAMENT PARENT MEETINGS: 
1st Reconciliation Parent Meeting (FRC)
Monday, November 2, 2015 - Hegarty Hall (7-8pm)     or                           
Sunday, November 8, 2015—St. Joseph Hall (8:30-9:30am)

1st Holy Communion Parent Meeting (FC & FRC)
Monday, February 1, 2016 - Hegarty Hall (7-8pm)        or                            
Sunday, February 7, 2016—St. Joseph Hall (8:30-9:30am)

1st Reconciliation Parent Meeting (FR)
Monday, February 29, 2016 - Hegarty Hall (7-8pm)       or                          
Sunday, March 6, 2016—St. Joseph Hall (8:30-9:30am)

We ask our parents to attend mandatory parent meetings to help prepare our youth for the sacraments of Reconciliation and 1st Holy Communion. These meetings will be offered twice per sacrament. A $10 fee will be charged to those parents that require a third meeting date.

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Class Schedule

September               
20      First Class & Parent Orientation—Hegarty Hall
27      Class

October          
  4      Teaching Touching Safety—Hegarty Hall  
11      Class        
18      Class 
25      Class

November 
  1      Class
  2      (Mon) 1st Reconciliation Parent Meeting (FRC) 
                     Hegarty Hall (7-8pm)
  8      Class
          Reconciliation Makeup Parent Meeting (FRC) 
                   St. Joseph (8:30-9:30am)
15      Class
22      Family Advent Retreat - Hegarty Hall
29      No Class  - Thanksgiving

December              
  6      Class  
13      Class
20      Class
27      No Class - Christmas Holiday

January           
 3       No Class - Christmas Holiday  
10      Class
17      No Class (MLK Holiday)
24      Class
31      No Class (SMM School Open House)

February        
  1      (Mon) 1st Holy Communion Parent Meeting 
                    (FRC & FC) - Hegarty Hall (7-8pm)
  7      Class
          1st Holy Communion Parent Meeting 
                    (FRC & FC) - St. Joseph (8:30-9:30am)
14      No Class (Presidents Holiday)
21      Family Lenten Retreat - Hegarty Hall
28      No Class (RE Congress)
29      (Mon) 1st Rec Parent Meeting (FR)
                    Hegarty Hall (7-8pm)

March         
  6     Class
         1st Rec Parent Meeting (FR)
                   St. Joseph (8:30-9:30am)
13     Class
20     Class
27     NO CLASS - Easter

April        
  3      Class
10      Class
17      Class 
24      Class (FR & CE)
          1st Communion Retreat (FRC & FC)
                   Hegarty Hall (8-10:30am)
May
 1      1st Reconciliation Retreat (FR)
                   Hegarty Hall (9-10:30am)

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Sunday RE Documents

2014-15 Faith Formation Parent Booklet