RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAMS 

Two program options are offered. The Sunday Religious Education program is held at St. Joseph School, and the Family Program is based at St. Margaret Mary Parish. Parishioners from any of the area parishes are welcome to register for either option.

REGISTRATION:

To register for either program, please click here: REGISTRATION FORM. 

Please print form, fill out, and mail with payment to:

Director of Religious Education

161 Main Street

Suite 108, Keene, NH  03431.

SUNDAY RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM:

Sunday Religious Education Program Calendar

This classroom style program for grades 1-8 meets on Sundays during the school year from 10:45 - 11:45 AM (following the 9:30 AM Mass) at St. Joseph School.  Children meet in classrooms according to grade level.  All teachers have met the requirements for volunteers working with children according to the Diocese of Manchester Safe Environment standards.  The curriculum used in our Sunday program is the "Image of God" curriculum published by Ignatius Press.  To learn more about this curriculum, check the website at http://www.ignatius.com/Textbooks/Catechism-ImageOfGod.aspx?SID=1&

FAMILY PROGRAM:

Family Program Calendar

The Family Program option for Religious education for grades 1-8 is based out of St. Margaret Mary parish.  The Family Program will involve you, as parents and primary educators of your children, more actively in your child's faith formation.  The program consists of 3 components:  A parent education once a month, on a weekday evening; 2 home-taught lessons; and a Community meeting where you will get together with the other families in the program and share what you have learned, as well as do other projects.  Although this may seem like more "work" initially (and it is!), through this process the whole family will come to better integrate the faith into daily life, and in time it will become the "natural" thing to do.  Many of the home-taught lessons can be done as you sit around the table for an evening meal or are together in the car.  The curriculum for Family Program in 2008-2009  will center on the Seven Sacraments.