Faith Formation

REGISTRATION FORM FOR 2011-2012 FAITH FORMATION SESSIONS

FORMING DISCIPLES – FAITH FORMATION FOR A LIFETIME

We believe in teaching as Jesus did - to spread the Good News through discipleship. Saint Thomas Aquinas’s Faith Formation Program is committed to minister and teach His message. We share our faith by striving to accomplish the six tasks of catechesis: Knowledge of the Faith, Liturgical Formation, Moral Formation, Teaching to Pray, Community Life, and Missionary Initiation. We endeavor to develop the whole person by sharing the basics of the Catholic faith.   We share ways in which to live every day in a Christian way.  We make every effort to integrate each person into the larger Community - the Church of which he/she is a part. By sharing personal human experiences which are interpreted in light of Christ’s message found in the gospels, catechists are able to assist the individual in understanding a deeper awareness of Christ’s presence within each person. 

We remember that:

• Conversion is central to catechesis. The aim of our programs is to form participants into disciples who act with the mind and heart of Christ.
• Catechesis is a lifelong process. Catechesis is gradual, systematic, and lifelong. We are touched and transformed by the living God and by the lived tradition of the community throughout our life.
• Catechesis is the responsibility of all baptized members of the Church. The whole parish community (including parents, family members, catechists, and pastors) is called to pass on the faith through faith sharing and the witness of daily life.