Registration is now open!

Registration for the 2021 - 2022 Catechetical year is opened. 

We will be offering Family Catechesis for pre-k - 8th graders. Family Faith Formation in the parish will be accomplished in partnership with parents and the parish.  We will work in partnership to help our families develop a relationship with Christ and help the families strengthen the Domestic Church.  Families will participate in liturgical based curriculum at home and attend two gatherings twice a month to maintain our Catholic community. We will be utilizing the Pathways Formation Suite. 

For our non-sacrament families we will be using the Martha platform which is a weekly reflection on the Sunday Gospel .  This program is led by parents, shared as a family and experienced in the home.  We will then meet twice a month as a family. 

For our sacrament families - those who have a child(ren) who will be making their first communion (year 2) we will be using the Mend & Nourish programs from the Pathways Formation Suite.  This is a weekly program which is led by parents, shared as a family and experienced in the home.  We will then meet  twice a month.

Please complete the secured online registration form and photo release & safety training consent forms. When you submit the online registration form, you will be immediately redirected to the photo release form and safety training form.  It is one PDF file.  Please save to your computer, fill out and then email them to the Faith Formation Office at kdeleo@la-archdiocese.org.   If you have any difficulties, please contact        Kellie De Leo in the Faith Formation Office at 562-438-3826 or                              kdeleo@la-archdiocese.org.

Family Gathering Days:
Family Faith Gatherings - (non-sacramental families 1, 3 - 8 grade) - (Typically 2nd/4th weeks of the month) please choose (We ask that if you have a 6th - 8th grader if you could choose Tuesdays):
Monday or Tuesday at 6:30 pm

First Communion families - (2nd year) - (Typically 1st/3rd weeks of the month) 
Monday at 6:30 pm

Confirmation 1 & 2 - 1rst/3rd Sunday's of the month (there are some variations of the dates because of the holidays.)


Tutition:
Elementart/Middle School families - $165/family (for a family of 4 or less)
                                                                -$185/family (for a family of 5 or more)

Confirmation 1 & 2:  $350/teen

Learning about and living the principles of our Catholic faith is a lifelong process and not one intended to cover just those “Special” events (Baptism, Eucharist, Confirmation, etc) in the lives of Catholics.

You as parents dedicated your child at his/her Baptism and made the commitment to educate him/her in the teachings of the Catholic Church. It is precisely for this reason that ALL baptized Catholic children and youth from first grade through tenth grade not in a parochial school are EXPECTED to attend formal classes every year. We, at St. Bartholomew Catholic Church extend this opportunity to children ages 4 and Kindergarten.

The faith formation responsibility not only entails enrolling the children in a formal Faith Formation program but also ensuring that classes are attended each week and worship at Mass takes place each Sunday as a family.

Children and youth learn more by example than any other mode of communication. Please give your children the “Good Example” of placing faithful Mass attendance and Faith Formation sessions at the TOP of your “TO DO” list.