Annunciation 

The Department of Family Faith Formation offers instruction to children who attend a public or private (non-parochial) school whose families are enrolled parishioners at The Church of the Annunciation Parish.

A ten-year sequence of formation is offered; all Catholic children of the parish are expected to participate up through 10th grade, with 11th and 12th grade as optional but strongly encouraged. We also offer early formation options for preschool and kindergarten as well as youth and young adult ministry.

The Family Faith Formation Program is an ongoing, continuing development of the Christian personality that offers an opportunity for catechists and families to meet regularly to learn about the Catholic Christian faith.  We believe that sacraments are not isolated events, but an integral part of Christian life and should be celebrated in community.  Each level/grade in Family Faith Formation adds to the development of the Christian life.

Our aim is to provide a loving and caring Christian atmosphere in which our parish youth can grow in sound Christ-like attitudes and values. 

At your child’s baptism, the priest offered this prayer for you as fathers and mothers: “God is the giver of all life human and divine.  May He bless the fathers of these children. With their wives, they will be the first teachers of their children in the ways of faith.  May they also be the best teachers bearing witness to the faith by what they say and do, in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
 
In addition to instructing your children in Christian truth, we welcome the opportunity to assist you in fulfilling your primary obligation to help you teach your children to walk in ways of faith.  This can only be done when each family places Jesus Christ and His teachings at the center of their lives through Sunday worship, family prayer and daily living of the Christian message.  Regular attendance at Sunday Mass with your children is an essential part of their faith formation.
 
We look forward to genuine cooperation with you in communicating Catholic Christian values to your children.  We need to pray, talk and plan together.  In that way, we can draw fully from sacred scripture and church teachings and work to support each other in instilling them in our children who need these values so much in today’s world.
 
May God bless us in the work of Christian Education which we carry on in His name!

Melissa Weisenburg
Director of Family Faith Formation