Parents Sessions

The first Sunday of the month, following 9:30 Mass.

While the children are attending their respective Sunday classes, the parents gather in the Parish hall with Father Lavoie.  These sessions are designed to reinforce the understanding of the Catholic faith and to assist parents with the religious education of their children. Topics covered include:

1. The Bible

• Inspiration
• Key Themes of History and Salvation
• Major personalities of the Old and New Testaments

2. The Church

• Ordained leaders - Pope, Cardinal, Archbishop, Bishop, Priest
• Religious Communities
• Lay Ministers - sacraments of Ministry

3. Worship

• Private and Public
• Mass - attendance and participation
• Mass - different parts of Mass
• Bible readings during Mass
• Church Year

4. Devotions

• Daly Prayers - Sign of the Cross, Our Father, Hail Mary, Apostles Creed, Act of Contrition
• 7 Sacraments
• Major Feasts of Our Lord and Blessed Mother
• Prayers to Our Lord in the Eucharist - Perpetual Adoration
• Rosary - Mysteries
• Stations of the Cross
• Holy Days of Obligation

5. The Commandments

• 10 Commandments
• Precepts of the Church
• Examination of Conscience
• Catholic Social Teaching
• Corporal and spiritual works of mercy
• Lives of the Saints