Religious Ed News
First Communion May 2, 2020 - 10am
(practice may 1,2020 - 6pm)
Confirmation June 20, 2020 - 11am
(rehearsal June 19, 2020 - 6pm)
The Religious Education Program at St. Peter’s meets weekly on Wednesdays from 6 to 7:30 pm. Our classes start in kindergarten and run through the 8th grade. Classes meet from early September through early May. We follow the Rondout Valley School calendar.
We believe that parents are the first teachers of their children in the ways of faith and therefore bear primary responsibility for seeing that their children are educated in the faith. We therefore recognize that some parents might choose to homeschool their children. 7th and 8th grades, however, must be completed in the CCD program, as well as at least part of the second-grade First Penance and First Holy Communion year.
It is sometimes the case that children will enter the CCD program at an older age without prior instruction. We try to accommodate these children—usually by having them homeschooled to make up for what they’re lacking while at the same time taking classes in the program at their appropriate grade level.
We welcome new volunteer catechists, substitute catechists, or catechist aides. Ideally, we'd have an aide as well as a catechist in each of our lower grades, but we don't always have the volunteers available. Potential catechists or aides should inquire at the Religious Ed office in the school building. All catechists and aides are required by Archdicesan policy to undergo a background check and take a short "safe enviornment" video training course.