Children's & Teens' Faith Formation

The Catholic Parishes of the Blue Hills provide children and teens’ faith formation programs for grades Kindergarten through the celebration of Confirmation. Classes for Kindergarten – grade 7 will be held at the offices of the Blue Hills Collaborative, 20 Como Road, Hyde Park, just behind St. Anne Church.
 

2024-2025 Faith Formation Registration

Our 2024-2025 Faith Formation Registration form will be available starting August 5, 2024!

Click on the button below to register!

2024-2025 Schedule

Our Faith Formation program will begin with a Faith Formation Cookout on Sept. 29 at noon at the Collaborative Center (weather permitting). All are welcome to attend!

Family Mass will be the first Sunday of every month from Oct. 6, 2024 to May 4, 2025.

Family Mass will be at Most Precious Blood at 9 AM.

The dates for Family Mass are as follows: Oct. 6, Nov. 3, Dec. 1, Jan. 5, Feb. 2, March 2, April 6 and May 4

2024-2025 Curriculum

This year, the Faith Formation Program for youth will be titled, "The Mass."

Our programs will center around the importance of the Mass as Catholics. We anticipate that all those participating in Faith Formation will attend Mass regularly and request that you attend the Family Mass, which is the first Sunday of the month.

Grades K – 7 will use Pflaum “Gospel Weeklies” Faith Formation Program, as well as Christ Our Life, New Evangelization Edition (Loyola Press)

• Grades K-1 use Christ Our Life and “Promise”
• Grades 2 & First Communion Prep use Christ Our Life
• Grades 3-5 use ”Venture”
• Grades 6 & 7 use “Visions”
• Confirmation Prep, Grades 8 & 9, use Pflaum: "Visions" & "Gifted With the Spirit, as well as video material from Dynamic Catholic’s “Decision Point”.

Following their Baptism, children in Catholic faith formation receive three more sacraments, the final two Sacraments of Initiation (First Communion and Confirmation), as well as the first Sacrament of Healing, Reconciliation.

Grades 1 & 2: First Reconciliation/First Communion

Grades 1 & 2: First Reconciliation/First Communion: The sacraments of First Reconciliation and First Communion have traditionally been celebrated in grade 2, but many times, for one reason or another (like COVID), that does not happen. We always welcome families with children and teens who are older than grade 2 to prepare for these important Sacraments. The Catholic Parishes of the Blue Hills believes that preparing children/teens for Reconciliation and Eucharist is a wonderful opportunity for families and supports parents, grandparents, and Godparents as the primary educators of their children/grandchildren/Godchildren in our Catholic faith. We will do our very best to meet your family where you are and assist all of you on your faith journey.

Regardless of parish affiliation, students and their families are welcome to celebrate First Communion at any of our three parishes.

Grades 8, 9 & 10: Confirmation

The Confirmation program for the Catholic Parishes of the Blue Hills is two (2) years, offered to students beginning at the start of Grade 8. Teens who attend Catholic schools are required to participate in Year II only.

For more information about sacramental preparation, please contact Anna Cote at acote@bluehillscollaborative.org by email or 857-342-9500 X15 at the Collaborative offices.

If you are not registered with any parish in the Archdiocese of Boston, please click here first, to register with one of the parishes of our Collaborative.

Check out our Faith Formation class resources below!