Registration for Faith Formation

You must be a registered parishioner of St. Mary’s Navilleton for your child , youth to attend faith formation! Registration begins first Sunday of August after all masses.

Whole Community Catechesis

These are required faith formation sessions for children k-12 but they are sessions that the parent/guardian/grandmother-father, Aunt, Uncle and Friends are to come to also.  The whole church is invited and expected to come so that we can grow in our faith together.

Again these are required faith formation sessions for the children.  It is not something extra.  It is counted as a faith formation session provided for your child.  Only exception is we want the rest of the adult church to come also.

Confirmation Policy

Parishes in the archdiocese should invite all persons between the ages of 13 and 18 to participate in a process of Confirmation and liturgical preparation.  It is during this time in their lives that these young people are being called to take an important step and to advance their faith journey.

We will not have Confirmation this year 2008-2009 but next year 2009-2010 we will invite all youth between ages 13 and 18 to participate in the process of Confirmation and liturgical preparation.

It is expected that any youth 13 thru 18 who enter into the confirmation program have attended the prior year faith formation offered by the Parish.

RCIA

This is a process where the church community helps to usher in a person into  full initiation in the Catholic Church.  It requires persons from the parish to be a part of  a team, that help inquires to journey through a required time and process before entering into full initiation at the Easter Vigil.  We are making an effort to build such a team this year 2008-2009.  Respond to the Spirits leading and call Gary Taylor – 923-5419.

Infant Baptism

Each time one of your children are to be baptized the parent/guardian are to attend a required number of sessions. It is encouraged that the God parents attend also. The required number of sessions are three before the Baptism.  The parent/guardian are to attend all three.

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Marriage Preparation Policy

1. All couples desiring to marry are expected to notify the parish priest at least six months prior to the proposed dated of their wedding to allow sufficient time for appropriate marriage preparation.

2. Parish –level programs will be the primary form of  marriage preparation utilizing trained sponsor couples  as the facilitators.  Each engaged couple will be assigned a marriage couple sponsor from the parish.

3. Engaged couples will choose and participate in one of the Formal marriage preparation processes presented to them by the engaged couple.

4. A couple-relationship inventory shall be used for purpose of dialogue and discernment.

5. After completing the marriage preparation process make an appointment with pastor.  At this meeting the engaged couple will decide to continue with the preparation for the marriage or to terminate the preparation process.  No invitations are to be sent out until the meeting with the Pastor.

6. The engaged couple and priest will prepare the wedding celebration according to the liturgical guidelines of  the Archdiocese.

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