Join us starting Sunday, Sept. 10 at 9:15am for the first session from Year One of The Creed!
At the PARISH
Parents or grandparents attend a monthly workshop, where they learn through teaching, discussion, and activities.
At HOME
Parents teach their children with clearly designed lessons and activities that involve the whole family.
In COMMUNITY
Families come together for enjoyable events, such as picnics, feast day celebrations, and activities.
A Family of Faith follows a four-year cycle: one pillar of the Catechism is covered per year from September through April.
Parents are given a detailed picture of authentic and vibrant Catholic family life and the tools to implement this life in their home.
Age-appropriate readings, games, crafts, and other activities help parents deepen among their children a love for Christ and His Church.
Each year is self-contained (families may join at any time in the cycle).
After four years, families will have been guided through the entirety of the Catechism and will have developed a broad understanding of the Church's teachings.
Families then cycle through the program again in order to deepen their knowledge and develop the habits needed for life-long spiritual growth.
To learn more or to enroll, please contact Oralia Gil, ogil@divineredeemer.net, 719-234-0342.
Families learn this year about events that took place thousands of years ago. But the story of salvation history is not just in the past: it continues to take place in our lives in a deeply personal way. In the beginning, God created the universe out of nothing, and God continues to create throughout all ages each and every time a human person is conceived. And just as God spoke to our fathers in faith and showed them His plan of salvation, God still speaks to us and calls us to become part of the story of His saving love.
These are not distant events to be memorized, but rather life-giving truths to be lived each day. God has called us each by name—this is the story of salvation history. This is our story!
In every way, the Sacraments are about God’s love, fully revealed in Jesus Christ. The seven Sacraments—the foundation of Christian living—are the focus of Volume II of Family of Faith. Families will learn about each of the Sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance and Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony.
The Sacraments are important parts of each stage of life, in which we receive God’s free gift of grace. Through the grace given to us in the Sacraments, Jesus brings us into communion with Himself, the Father, and the Holy Spirit, and with one another in the Church.
This year focuses on the moral life and what it means to live the way God wants us to live. From the Ten Commandments to the Beatitudes to the Great Commandment, throughout salvation history, God has provided us with models for living virtuously. Ultimately, He sent us Christ Himself, who gives us the perfect model of holiness and calls us to live like Him and in Him.
Together, families will come to a deeper appreciation of Christianity, not just as a set of rules, but as a complete way of life, totally immersed in Christ and leading to life with Him in Heaven forever.
This volume focuses on Christian prayer, and why it is so essential for growing in relationship with God. After exploring the covenant drama of prayer in Scripture, families learn the richness of the Our Father, the major expressions of prayer, and the example of the Virgin Mary in conversations with God.
Throughout the whole year, families are helped to put into practice all these learning through a fruitful prayer life.