The 2024-2025 school year is underway!
(Registration is closed.)
You can contact the Director of Religious Education, Lucy Pratt, at LPratt@CathedralPB.com
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The two years spent preparing to receive First Communion is a special time in the life of a child. They are taught about their faith (at an age-appropriate level), make friends, and are prepared to receive the Sacrament of the Eucharist.
The best time for a child to start First Communion classes is in first grade, but we also offer classes for those who are starting later. Classes are offered for those in grades 1-2, for those in grades 3-5, and for those in grades 6 and higher.
For the 2024-2025 year, First Communion classes (for grades 1-2) are on Tuesday afternoon from 4:30 to 5:45 or evenings from 6:00 to 7:15 pm. Classes began September 3rd and run through late April. First Communion classes (for grades 3-5) are on Tuesday evenings from 6:00 to 7:15 pm.
The First Communion class for grades 6 and higher is on Wednesday evenings from 6:00 pm to 7:15 pm. Classes began September 4th and run through late April.
The Holy Spirit bestows seven gifts upon someone who receives the Sacrament of Confirmation: an increase in Wisdom, Understanding, Right Judgment, Courage, Knowledge, Piety, and Wonder and Awe.
Typically, a student begins Confirmation classes as they enter middle school, but they are welcome to participate through their mid-teens. (For an adult, preparation for Confirmation should be completed through the RCIA program.)
For the 2024-2025 year, Confirmation I classes are on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. Confirmation II classes are Wednesday evenings from 6:00 to 7:30 pm.
Confirmation I classes began Tuesday, October 1st or Wednesday October 2nd and will run through mid April.
Confirmation II classes began Wednesday, September 4th, and will run through January 22.
Confirmation Mass will be on Sunday, January 26 at the 5pm Mass.
