Sacramental Preparation

for Reconciliation and First Eucharist

But who attends when?

  • St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School students will receive instruction in the school. Families will still need to register online below. Tuition covers the cost of this preparation. 

  • SEAS school parents are required to attend a formation session at church on the first Wednesday of each month.

  • Students in other schools will have evening formation each scheduled Wednesday.

  • Parents of students in other schools are required to attend a formation session on the first Wednesday of the month. Please register online below. The cost of preparation is $50 per child with a family maximum of $100. The family maximum applies to Faith Formation programming for all students in grades PreK-grade 7.

What is our mission?

To form joyful disciples who make Jesus Christ known and loved.

Why do we promote Family Faith Formation?

As we form joyful disciples, we understand the importance of nurturing the faith of our children, and families spend a lot of time together. If we only teach the faith during a one-hour weekly session and the faith is not practiced in the home, then faith formation becomes just another academic class, something one graduates from after receiving the sacrament of Confirmation. We are not looking for our children to pass an exam or graduate, we are looking for them to be life-long disciples of Jesus… to start building a life-long relationship with the Lord and to have prayerful habits of the heart and mind. Children can only do that in a faith-filled home where parents are immersed in the faith, living out the Gospel and our Catholic traditions. 

Therefore, our mission is to assist parents in the passing on of the faith, providing materials and offering support for teaching the faith.

Do our children need academic instruction?

Yes. They need to learn their common prayers, the tenets of the Catholic faith, and her moral teachings. But our children also need parents who are on an active faith journey, so that our children are immersed in the faith in their daily lives, solidifying habits and living the faith in their hearts and homes. Most of what they learn comes from you, the parents.

Grade 2 sacramental preparation classes for parents and students began Wednesday, October 2. Classes are held in the meeting rooms at church. Sunday Mass attendance is required of all families registered for sacramental preparation.