Family Faith Formation

Our 2022-2023 Family Faith Formation year kicks off on
Catechetical Sunday, September 18, 2022.

To Register for Family Faith Formation
please contact Sara Octave at
[email protected]
or
412-963-8885 x105

Volunteer to help out with our Faith Formation program!!

Our Vision:

Our vision for religious education for students in grades K-8 is to provide an environment in which our Faith Formation team and parents work together to foster learning about our Catholic Faith with our children and accompany them in developing personal relationships with Christ.  By leading through the example of our strong commitment to our Catholic faith, we demonstrate that the journey of faith is a lifelong journey that is strenghthened within our parish community.  

We will begin the year on Catechetical Sunday, September 18th.  All families are invited to join us for Mass at 11:00 AM in Saint Joseph Church.  After Mass, families are invited to share in fellowship, ask questions about the program, and meet the catechists..

From October through April, our family-based Faith Formation program will meet monthly on Sundays following the 11:00 AM Mass or Wednesday evenings following the 6:30 PM Mass at St. Joseph Church. After we share in the celebration of Mass we will gather for hospitality and catechesis for the family, which will include family activities as well as breakout sessions by age group. Each family will utilize our new textbook, Finding God from Loyola Press, along with it's digital resources to guide student learning for the rest of the month.   

Here's an example of a Sunday session schedule:

11:00 AM- 12:00 PM       Mass
12:00 PM-12:10 PM        Gather/review  (all)
12:10 PM-12:20 PM        Opening activity  (all)
12:20 PM-1:30 PM          Break-out sessions (adults, K-1st, 2nd-3rd, 4th-5th, 6th-8th)

The registration fee is $60.00 per student, max $200 per family.

 
Please note:  Faith Formation programming will always operate with an abundance of caution and in compliance with any CDC, Federal, State, County, and Diocesan regulations that are issued for our safety.  Although we are hopeful that our programming will operate as planned, we appreciate your patience and cooperation should changes be necessary to ensure the health and safety of your family, our staff, and our volunteers.  We 

We have made every effort to follow the Fox Chapel schedule in planning our calendar. If there is a need to cancel any of our sessions or move them to a virtual format (Zoom), we will send a notification through our Flocknote system.  However, WE DO NOT follow Fox Chapel School District in decisions regarding school closings.

During the week of June 13-17, more than 40 children ages 4-11 learned about their faith through songs, games, stories, science experiments and more—even the snack of the day helped to reinforce the lesson! Thank you to all of our wonderful parishioners and friends who shared their time, talents, and love of God in order to lead our young people through a week full of fun and faith-filled memories. Click to see some photos of the event.

Check out our photo album below.