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How do I create my personal formed.org account?

Click the FORMED button below and  type in " 99645" in the "Find your parish or organization" box under the Create A New Account heading and click the NEXT button. Follow the step-by-step registration instructions on the following pages and you are on your way to deepening your Catholic faith!

Faith Formation Registration Form 2023-2024 - This online form is for everyone from 3 years old and up, including adults.  Click Here to volunteer for a ministry within faith formation and youth ministry.  We can always use help in our nursery or with preparation of the Sunday breakfast!

Registration for Reconciliation, Eucharist and Confirmation - If you have a child needing to prepare for one or more of these sacraments, be sure to submit this online form when you register.

Save The Dates 2023/24 - This is the schedule for the Sacrament Preparation for baptized children of Catechetical age for  Reconciliation and Eucharist.

Whole Community Faith Formation Calendar - Print this off and hang it on your frig or otherwise incorporate the dates into your planning calendar.

Sunday morning Faith Formation Schedule - You can see how faith formation is sandwiched in between our two Sunday morning Masses.  

• Preschool (three-four):  Allelu! Early Childhood curriculum from Our Sunday Visitor (OSV)
• Kindergarten (five): Allelu! Early Childhood curriculum from Our Sunday Visitor (OSV)
• 1st – 5th: Alive in Christ: Discovering and Sharing the Kerygma religion curriculum from Our Sunday Visitor
• 6th/7th:  Alive in Christ curriculum (OSV)
• 8th/9th:  Alive in Christ Young Adolescents Faith Guidebooks (OSV)

Teens will join with adults in the Social Hall for formation.  They will hear the same content as the adults but will be guided
In their own discussions led by our Youth Minister.  (see adult formation for more information on topics).  Other resources for teens are The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth published by St. Mary's Press and The Catholic Youth Bible Revised New American Bible from St. Mary's Press. 

 Adults may choose from the following:

Option 1: Four Sundays devoted to Gifts and Charisms discernment as understood by parishioners trained through the Catherine of Siena Institute.  This will be followed by six Sundays on an examination of The Vatican II documents with the help of Deacon Harry Moore.  The next study will take place during Advent and beyond on the various major and minor prophets of our faith.
 
Option 2: How do I share the Catholic faith with my children?  Parents are invited to gather in the Shields Center to engage in conversation focused on answering their children’s toughest questions in an honest, respectful and accurate way.  We will use a book by Julianne Stanz, (author, catechist, lay church leader, and mother of three).  Her book is a practical manual for talking with children about what really matters and will equip parents “with tools to help explain Catholic beliefs, ethics, morality, and faith practices”.    The book study will be facilitated by Joanne Rousculp, Director of Faith Formation.

We are blessed to benefit from the riches of a Catholic school, Our Lady of the Valley, offering classical education for pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. Come and see what we can offer you at our school website, here, or call the school at (907) 376-0883.

We are also proud to support Holy Rosary Academy (K-12) a Catholic school offering a classical curriculum and a Catholic formation. See their website, here.

Lumen Christ is our Archdiocesan Catholic High School (7-12), offering a rigorous education and formation in the Christian virtues. See their website, here.

There are a number of families at our parish who homeschool. If this is an option you are considering, let us know, here, and we will get you in touch with some of these families.