Faith Formation

1st Reconciliation 

Saturday, April 27th at 2 pm

Lowe Church

REGISTRATION FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2024-2025 

Stay Tuned for more infomation in June 2024

St. Matthias Parish offers religion for students who do not attend Catholic Schools

The Diocese of Brooklyn requires that each child attends at least two years of religious instruction before receiving First Penance and Eucharist and two years before receiving Confirmation.

Also, children who are 8 years old or older, who were not yet baptized must enter into the Office of Christian Initiation adopted for Children (OCIA). They will receive their Baptism and Fist Holy Communion after the first two years of preparaion. To receive the Sacrament of Confirmation, depending on their age, they must enter 1 or 2 years of additiotnal preparaion.  All children must be 13 years old to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation.  

It is recommended that children in Catholic families attend religious instruction continuously from 1st through 8th grade. 

Giving a child proper faith formation and knowledge of our Catholic Faith is the responsibility of each parent.

PREPs OFFICE HOUR

Mrs. Ruth Perez (English & Spanish): Wednesdays 6 pm to 8 pm

Ms. Agnes Ambroziak (English & Polish): Mondays 6 pm to 8 pm

Information About Classes

In school year 2023-2024 all religion classes will be held on Sunday in two sessions:

• 10:00 am to 11:30 am
• 11:45 pm to 1:15 pm

Check-list before registering:

1. Make sure that you are a registered parishioner at St. Matthias Parish (if you are not sure, please call the rectory to find out 718-821-6447)
2. Have your child’s birth certificate handy
3. If child was baptized, have copy of the baptismal certificate
4. If child received 1st Holy Communion, have copy of the Communion certificate
5. If in prior school year your child attended religion at another parish, please obtain a letter showing the completion of the previous year from that parish
6. Be prepared to make a payment of $140.00 for classes, books and materials for the school year (registration fee must be paid each year and if you child is schedule for communion or confirmation in 2024, there will another fee of $125 to cover sacramental preparation assessed at later day. 

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