Formation for the Whole Family
St. Clare of Assisi strives to assist you in guiding you and your children to grow your relationship with Christ and His Church! Our parish is excited to announce a partnership with Faith and Family Life Catholic Ministries for our Family Catechesis program in 2024-2025.
Pathways is an experiential, family-centered, hybrid faith formation program uniting the family and the parish, achieved through reflections and dynamic tactile experiences. Each program meets once a month in person at St. Clare and then has at-home meetings on the subsequent Sundays of the month.
Non-Sacramental Families
Through our new Pathways program, families will participate together in ongoing faith formation. The programs SEEK and ROOT emphasize the beauty of the Gospel message and how to root more deeply in our faith.
First Communion Year 1 Families
The Archdiocese of Atlanta requires two years of ongoing faith formation for students receiving First Communion. Through the Pathways programs SEEK and ROOT, students in their first year of preparation will participate in the same program as non-Sacramental families in order to receive a solid foundation in which to begin preparing for the sacrament for the 2024-2025 school year.
First Communion Year 2 Families
Families will spend this year journeying together with their First Communicant through the programs of SEEK, MEND, and NOURISH. These programs will form the whole family in a deeper love of Reconciliation and the Eucharist. Only children in second grade or older who have participated in Year 1 preparation in 2023-2024 are eligible for this program.
Confirmation
In the Archdiocese of Atlanta, the Sacrament of Confirmation is a two-year process which prepares teenagers in the faith of the Catholic Church. At St. Clare of Assisi, this process usually starts in 7th grade with our Year One Confirmation classes called Root. Year One Confirmation candidates are also asked to have at least one parent accompany them to our monthly classes.
For Year Two Confirmation we are using two programs, Zeal and Purpose. There is also a required weekend retreat in November. Year Two Confirmation classes are typically for 8th graders. Only teens in 8th grade or older who have participated in Year One preparation in 2023-2024 are eligible for Year Two Confirmation.
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