Our ultimate goal is heaven – for ourselves and all those we love.
That is why we evangelize!
St. Michael’s Faith Formation program is geared towards helping parents pass on the Faith to their families and ensure their children have the tools necessary to freely choose salvation.
Our Faith Formation Staff partners with families in their commitment to raising their families as Catholic Christians. We provide opportunities for parishioners of all ages to grow in their understanding of the faith and to develop their relationship with Christ.
Kindergarten - Fifth Grade
Sixth - Eighth Grade
EDGE (Middle School Ministry) at St. Michael’s provides year-round opportunities for youth engagement in the Parish. This program aims to lead youth (Sixth-Eighth grade) closer to Christ through personal encounters. Middle School Faith Formation reinforces K-5 catechesis and begins the conversation on faith ownership. Youth will engage in games, talks, small groups and varied prayer experiences.
Ninth - Twelfth Grade
LifeTeen (High School Ministry) at St. Michael’s provides year-round opportunities for youth engagement in the Parish. The program is designed for 9th to 12th graders and aims to lead teens closer to Christ through personal encounters.
Created to Love
Created to Love (Adolescent Catechesis for Human Sexuality and Child Protection) will also be a part of the curriculum.
Pathways Family Faith Formation
Pathways is an integrated and family centered formation suite designed to facilitate a personal encounter with the Trinity and sustain a lifelong development of faith.
Pathways:
- is hands-on, experiential, and engages the entire family.
- empowers and equips parents to teach, share faith, and lead prayer.
- embeds faith formation into the daily routine of home life.
- invites parents to grow in their own faith.
- is accessible to families at different places in their faith journeys.
Pathways is designed to help our parish transform the way we form and accompany others. This intentional process closely aligns with the example Jesus left us in the Gospel. Jesus met people in their concrete circumstances and gradually led them into the fullness of faith. This process is intended to lovingly support and form parents to confidently take up their rightful place as the primary educators of their children, through at-home and at-church experiences. The goal is to produce faith that remains 5 and 10 years after children leave the home, ultimately continuing as a lifelong pursuit.
We invite you to imagine for a moment what this could look like. Imagine feeling the support of a community who shares similar values. Imagine children having meaningful and positive experiences at church with other children. Imagine parents participating in intentional conversations of faith with their children that have the capacity to transform their life at home. Imagine beautiful, accessible, and quality tools that help lead families in these conversations step by step. Imagine hearing the stories of others who share similar joys and struggles, sitting side by side at tables. Imagine feeling empowered through experiences that build the confidence needed to live out faith in daily life. Imagine encountering Jesus and being renewed in faith, hope, and love. Imagine faith becoming not just one more thing to do, but instead the roadmap for the journey of life.
We are blessed to have the opportunity to partner with this innovative ministry as we begin to make a new way forward for families with the Pathways Formation Suite. Imagine footsteps, returning home.
Adults
This series is designed to help adults grow in their faith at all levels – HOW WE THINK, HOW WE PRAY, HOW WE LIVE. Better yet, access is FREE to all St. Michael parishioners and their families anywhere, anytime on computers, tablets, or phones.
Check out this short video featuring some of the wonderful aspects of FORMED.
If you are interested in becoming a Faith Formation volunteer/peer leader, contact Andrea ([email protected]).
If your child attends Catholic school and only needs to receive a sacrament, contact Andrea ([email protected]).
If you are in need of financial assistance, contact Andrea ([email protected]).
Our Mission for the faith formation of St. Michael Church is to:
- Teach parishioners to become pillars of the Catholic Church.
- Provide weekly lessons based on the doctrine of the Church and the teachings from the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
- Foster growth as a community of believers.
- Provide an opportunity for children and adults to spend time discovering their Catholic identity and embrace the sacramental life of the church.
- Share the Gospel message at age-appropriate levels to ensure understanding of scripture, its message, and how it exists in our current lives. We strive to make the Gospel relevant to our daily lives through teaching.
- Provide an opportunity for shared prayer time with peers during sessions and events throughout the year.
- Provide a Family Life curriculum that is based on morality and virtues that are central to our Catholic beliefs.