Religious Education

Open Registration 2023-2024
(Discount Available)

Sunday April 18, 2023, from 2:00—6:00 pm (St. James Center)
Sunday April 23, 2023, from 9:00—11:30 am (St. James Center)
Wednesday, May 1, 2023, from 2:30 pm—6:00 pm (St. James Center)
Tuesday, May 16, 2023, from 2:30 pm – 6:00 pm (St. James Center)
Registration by Appointment is available:

Please Call the RE Office at 815-547-7633

Forms, with tuition information and dates are available online at http://www.stjamesbelvidere.org and at the RE Office.

WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE YOUR CHILD’S RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Even after children receive First Holy Communion, it is important to continue Religious Education classes. For children who have received First Communion, the classes below are offered. (Older children, after receiving First Communion, will be placed in the grade level class they attend at school.)

3rd Grade—Continued study of the basic teaching of the Catholic Church
4th Grade—Basic teaching of the Catholic Church with focus of study on the Ten Commandments
5th Grade—Basic teaching of the Catholic Church with focus of study on the Seven Sacraments
6th Grade—Continues teaching of the Catholic Church with emphasis on the Word of God in the Old Testament—Including Revelation, the Church, Morality, and the Kingdom of God
7th Grade—Beginning of Two-Year preparation for Confirmation.