Click Here to Register Online
for 2024-2025 Faith Formation

Si necesita asistencia con este formulario, por favor contactar a Denice (denice@stthomascamas.org).

Instructions:

1 - Please complete this form with family information.

2 - Click "submit" at the end of this family form.

3 - Click "checkout" to proceed to payment module. Options will be available (credit card, check, or cash) to pay for all children you intend to enroll.

4 - Use the pull-down menu to confirm "payment type."

5 - Click "submit" and a new window with a summary page will open with a confirmation barcode.

6 - Click on the blue "CLICK HERE TO REGISTER YOUR CHILD" link immediately under the heading. This will launch a new window so you can add your child's information.

7 - Click "submit" and a new window with a summary page for that child will open.

8 - Click on the blue "CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ANOTHER CHILD" link to add another child. Repeat as necessary. If there are no other children, then click "done."

Classes begin Sunday, Sep 15th, 2024 (9:45 - 10:45am)

Our Approach
 

Faith formation at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish offers opportunities for children to complement what they are learning about the Catholic Faith from their parents who are the primary educators of their children. The lessons offered through the Parish Faith Formation Program supplement the family's ongoing efforts to introduce the children to the Good News of what God has done for them in Jesus Christ and how they are called to be formed as his disciples, eventually to be sent as missionaries to share this message with others.

The following list includes some of the core habits for disciples of all ages to develop. They serve as the focus of our efforts at coaching our young parishioners to grow as disciples of Jesus. Notice how the first four are habits primarily developed at home, in the Domestic Church. The final habit is what we can focus on during our Sunday morning faith formation sessions in an effort to help develop some vocabulary and concepts to better understand and articulate the relationship with Jesus at the root of the first four habits:

• Prayer: Develop the habit of daily personal and family conversation with God.
• Mass: Develop the habit of actively participating in weekly Sunday Liturgy.
• Bible: Develop the habit of reading (or listening to) Bible stories.
• Love: Develop the habit of being generous in your love for God and neighbor.
• Study: Develop the habit of learning more about what God has done for us and how we are called to respond.

Youth Confirmation Prep

In-person sessions meet weekly on Sunday mornings at 9:45pm beginning Sep 15, 2024. See the schedule posted below. These sessions form the immediate preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation celebrated each Spring. The date of our parish Confirmation Mass remains to be determined until the Archdiocese schedules this event. It is expected to be celebrated in late April or early May 2025.  CLICK HERE here to visit the Confirmation page on this website for additional details. For 2024-2025, candidates are to be at least in 7th Grade or above who meets the proximal year requirements.  

CLICK HERE to download the Confirmation Orientation PDF for more information. 

Please contact Denice Twyman if you have any questions (denice@stthomascamas.org; 360-834-2126 ext 202). 

Financial assistance is available. Please contact denice@stthomascamas.org to discuss options if these fees represent a financial hardship.

Denice Twyman:  denice@stthomascamas.org

Christine Peters:  sacprep@stthomascamas.org

Amy Parent: amy@stthomascamas.org