PREPARACIÓN Sacramental Para los niños que se están preparando para la recepción de la Reconciliación, la Primera Eucaristía y la Confirmación, se distribuirá información específica en el momento apropiado durante el año escolar.

         Parents and students are expected to attend meetings where the Sacrament and pertinent information will be discussed.  Information about the dates and times of these meetings will be sent home and will also be published in the weekly bulletin, here on the website, on Facebook and in the Flocknotes app.

Al asistir a estas reuniones, le está mostrando a su hijo el compromiso que tiene con su educación religiosa. Es importante que sea un ejemplo vivo de lo que se enseña semanalmente a sus hijos. La penitencia no se trata solo de PRIMERA Penitencia y la Sagrada Comunión no se trata solo de PRIMERA Comunión. Su hijo recibirá estos sacramentos repetidamente a lo largo de su vida. La confirmación consiste en vivir nuestra profesión de fe.

HOMEWORK

                              Homework assignments are given to reinforce the classroom lesson.  Sometimes the assignment is a written one and other times it is a    discussion with family members regarding a topic covered in class or it might be watching a video on FORMED.ORG  Your involvement in these assignments is important, for it reinforces our partnership in your child's faith development.  Every student is issued a textbook and a folder at the start of the school year.  The student IS REQUIRED to BRING these items to EVERY session

ASISTENCIA La clase se lleva a cabo los jueves de 6:00 pm a 7:15 pm de septiembre a mayo

                            If your child will be absent from a PREP class, please call the Coordinator of Religious Education at the rectory , 215.535.6667 or by email at PREP@stjohncantiusparish.org before 4:00 PM.  The faith formation provided in our programs involves incremental learning. That is each year builds upon the learning of the previous year. Therefore, it is essential that students remain enrolled in the program consistently from year-to-year. Any student who voluntarily leaves the program for a period of one year will be required to make-up the missed year upon re-enrollment into the program. (e.g. a student who leaves the program for a period of one year after completing level 3 and re-enrolls in the program when they are in grade 5 will be placed into the 4th level.) Any student who voluntarily leaves the program for two or more consecutive years must fulfill the following two requirements: 1. The student will be placed into a grade level that is one below their current day school grade level. 2. For example, a student who leaves the program after completing level 3 and re-enrolls when he is in the 6th grade * The parents are required to provide home based catechesis for level 4 * Upon completion of level 4, the child is accepted into level 5 to continue his/her faith formation. All students must complete make-up work for classes missed. If more than three classes are missed in a semester, weekend make-up class may be required. Sporadic class attendance (four or more absences per year) can be reason for the student not being admitted to the next level of instruction. Irregular attendance (more than three absences) during a Sacrament preparation year can result in the postponement of the reception of the sacrament, as the Church charges us with the serious responsibility of seeing that children are adequately instructed before the initial reception of the sacraments. Students in grades one through six who play on parish CYO teams must be registered in the PREP program for the entire school year. The choice of sporadic attendance on the part of the student is cause for being dropped from the CYO team

NON-CUSTODIAL PARENTS It is the responsibility of both biological parents to provide the Parish with the latest, up to date Custodial Order or Custody Agreement. St. Patrick Parish will request these documents in the beginning of the year. If either the Custody Order or Custody Agreement changes during the course of the year, it remains the responsibility of both biological parents to provide that document to the Parish immediately. Our program abides by the provisions of the Buckley Amendment with respect to the rights of non-custodial parents. In the absence of a court order to the contrary, our program will provide the non-custodial parent with access to the records and other program related information regarding the child. If there is a court order specifying that there is to be no information given, it is the responsibility of the custodial parent to provide the program director with an official and latest copy of the court order. If a court prohibits our releasing a child into the custody of a non-custodial parent, it is the responsibility of the custodial parent to provide the program director with an official copy of the court order or custody section of the divorce decree.

PRIMERA RECEPCIÓN DE SACRAMENTOS Junto con la recomendación de la Oficina de Educación Religiosa de la Arquidiócesis de Filadelfia, se requieren dos años de catequesis para la recepción inicial de los sacramentos de Penitencia y Eucaristía. En la parroquia de San Juan Cantius, estos sacramentos generalmente se reciben en el nivel dos y tres. Se espera que los candidatos a estos sacramentos participen semanalmente en la misa dominical con sus familias y que aprecien y comprendan los sacramentos, apropiados para su edad. También se requiere que tengan una asistencia satisfactoria a las clases y que participen en la Ceremonia de Presentación Parroquial, los retiros y los ensayos. Los candidatos a la Confirmación suelen ser estudiantes de Sexto Nivel que hayan completado tres años completos de catequesis después de recibir la Primera Eucaristía.

Candidates are expected to be participating weekly with their families at Sunday Mass. They are required to have consistent attendance at classes, participate in any Parish Presentation Ceremony, the Confirmation Retreat, rehearsals and other activities preparatory to the Sacraments. In addition, candidates for Confirmation are expected to volunteer their services for parish, school, community and family needs, as awareness of their call to take a more active part in the Works of Mercy. Candidates for Confirmation must choose a sponsor who will help him/her throughout life to fulfill his/her baptismal commitment. The godparent who initially assumed this responsibility in Baptism is the ideal choice. The sponsor must be at least sixteen years of age, have received the sacrament of Confirmation, and be an actively practicing Catholic. A Letter of Eligibility from the pastor of the sponsor’s parish is required. In conformity with the 1983 revised Code of Canon Law parents may not be sponsors. If, for emergency reasons, a Proxy Sponsor must be chosen, the same requirements hold for this person. Written notification of the proxy must be submitted to the Religious Education Office