ST. PATRICK RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Religious Education Classes  

 
May  2021 -  Religious Education Classes for Kindergarten – Grade 10 have ended for this year.  We will now begin the registration process for fall classes 2021-2022.  Registration may be done online on our parish website or by using the forms that can be found at the bottom of the page.  

The Family Registration Form should be filled out with the names of all the children in your family who will be attending Religious Education (CCD) classes.  In addition to the children’s names, please add their grade in the fall and your choice of where you would like them to be placed in classes:  Church, in-person classrooms; Google Meet; or PTAH (Parents Teaching At Home).  I will continue the Google Meet if you would like the online classes.  It is your choice.  The only classes that cannot be done in the PTAH format are Sacraments 1, Sacraments 2 and Confirmation Classes.  The children must be in-person in one of the new classrooms, which should be ready for occupancy by November 30. 

The New Student Form should be filled out for all “New” students, who are being registered for the first time.  Along with the New Student Form, please include a copy of the child’s Baptismal Certificate, if the child was not baptized here at St. Patrick's.

GIFT – Generations of Faith Together is being resumed, now that our parish facility can house the program in the new addition.  We will begin GIFT in October 2021 and plan to offer this parish family program several times throughout the 2021-2022 year. 
 

• What is GIFT?  The GIFT program will incorporate all parishioners of St. Patrick from newborn – oldest member of the parish.  GIFT is a Religious Education Program that is intended for every member of the Parish.  The format is a large-group Meal; opening prayer/explanation of the theme/break-down of groups: adults, teens, grades K-8, all working on the same theme, but in age-appropriate lessons.
• Where/When will we have the GIFT gatherings?  We will use the new hall for the meal and opening prayer/explanation of the theme and then break into small groups for the lessons that go along with the theme.  We will then come back together approximately 45 minutes later for closing prayer.  The GIFT gatherings, which are 2 hours in length, will most probably be following the parish family Masses on Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon one weekend in October and then perhaps 3 additional times during the year. 

• Registration for GIFT will be done online at the parish website: www.stpatsfarm.org, in September or by coming into the Religious Education Office located next door to the church: 110 Main Street, Farmington, CT.  Please watch the bulletin and notices on the parish website for more information in late summer.

*Parents: 
I want to express my sincere thanks for your cooperation and support during the 2020 – 2021 year of uncertainty and pandemic fears.  We will begin the 2021-2022 Registration for Religious Education (CCD) Classes now and will accept them throughout the summer.  Emails will be sent to families with information as well as posting on the St. Patrick Website: www.stpatsfarm.org. 
May God Bless All of Our Families.  May God Bless the United States of America and the world.

Eileen Dignazio, DRE
eileen@stpatsfarm.com
860-676-0253