Do my Catholic School or HTH children need to attend the weekly parish Family Faith Formation classes?

Catholic school families are exempt from participating in the parish Family Faith Formation classes as your children are receiving faith formation classes 5 days a week in their parochial schools.  

HTH members are exempt from participating in the parish Family Faith Formation classes as you are already implementing faith formation every day and all day as a Catholic homeschooler. 

Do my Catholic School or HTH children need to register with the parish Faith Formation office every year?

YES! Please register your children (1st-8th) with the parish Faith Formation office every year, even though you do not need to attend the classes.

Why? Because it helps our pastor show the diocese the demographics of his parish. If our parish looks like it only has 400 children in grades 1st-8th, we do not show a correct picture of our parish to the diocese. Currently, on paper, it looks like we have many families at HT, but very few children. 

How do I register my Catholic School and HTH children with the Faith Formation office?

All parish families (including Catholic School/HTH) MUST register any child who will be receiving a sacrament in 2025 and 2026 at Holy Trinity. Registration will run June 1-July 31.

The cost is $40 per child for children receiving a sacrament in 2026 (2nd year First Holy Communion and 2nd Year Confirmation) to cover retreat and other material expenses. There is no fee for the children who are receiving a sacrament in 2027 (1st Year First Holy Communion and 1st Year Confirmation).  

Registration of your non-sacramental children who are in 1st-8th grade costs nothing, so please also include them on the registration form.

Faith Formation Registration

An email will be sent to you after June 30 with payment information if you have a child in a sacramental year. Your registration is NOT complete until payment is received.

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What do my Catholic School and HTH children in a sacramental year need to do?

For ALL children receiving First Holy Communion or Confirmation in 2026

Since the diocese requires two consecutive years of documented faith formation prior to a sacrament, please write a brief letter stating that your child successfully completed his/her first year of sacramental prep and completed your program requirements in 2024-2025.

Attached it to the requirement documents due November 7, 2025.

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Receiving First Holy Communion in 2026

(2nd Year First Holy Communion)

Click here for all the general the requirements

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Receiving First Holy Communion in 2027

(1st Year First Holy Communion)

There are no extra parish requirements.

At the end of the year you would need to write a letter stating that your child successfully completed his/her first year of sacramental preparation in other to register your child for his/her 2nd year of First Holy Communion

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Receiving Confirmation in 2026

(2nd Year Confirmation)

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Click here for all the general the requirements

Final Grades

Final Grade– At the end of the year you will need to submit an email stating that your child has successfully passed their religion class and required coursework. We will need that email by May 8, 2025. The email should be sent to ffa@holytrinityparish.net.

Some parochial schools will not have completed classes by this date, but hopefully, by May 8 you will have a pretty good idea if the candidate is going to pass his/her religion class and you can testify to that in an email.

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Receiving Confirmation in 2027

(1st Year Confirmation)

Click here for all the general the requirements

At the end of the year, you would need to write a letter stating that your child successfully completed his/her first year of sacramental preparation in other to register your child for his/her 2nd year of Confirmation.