Faith Formation

The Catholic Faith is a lifestyle, a culture, an outlook on the world that sees God's presence constantly at work to redeem and sanctify His children, who are wounded by sin. Being a Catholic is the project of an entire lifetime, throughout which the Catholic learns to grow in holiness and to deepen his/her relationship with Christ by living the faith in the midst of the Church.

As such, the family household is the most essential location of the Catholic Faith. Each Catholic parent's primary duty is to be a spiritual parent who helps shape his/her children in their Catholic identity. The parish community supports, augments, and nourishes this growth, but can never take over the parents' role in being the first/best teachers of the Faith. This is the vocation of the Catholic family.

The Faith Formation program at St. Michael is designed to help families develop the tools to pass the Faith on to their children, to grow together as a family bonded together by their Catholic Faith, and to deepen their understanding of Catholicism. "Family of Faith" is a curriculum that follows the Catechism of the Catholic Church, designed to accomplish three distinct purposes:

     1. To equip parents to better understand, and be able to instruct their children in, Catholic

          beliefs

      2. To empower the parents to then go home and impart the lessons to their children

      3. To foster a sense of community by bringing families together within the parish to develop 

           relationship and deepen their appreciation of the Faith.

Worshipping together at Sunday Mass and learning to live their faith in everyday life is the way parents fulfill this vocation and journey with their children to the Kingdom of Heaven. Our vision for Faith Formation is designed to encourage our families to take this journey together, to share their faith with each other, to help each other grow in their vocation, and to discover together the beauty of being Catholic.