Registration for all formation and sacramental preparation classes will open on July 27th!
Looking for Sacramental preparation or Youth Group?
Click here for 1st Communion Preparation
Click here for 8th grade Confirmation
Click here for the Youth Group
Elementary Faith Formation K-5
We are so excited to get to know you and your family through Family Faith Formation here at Holy Apostles! Our goal is to create an authentic community from which formation in the Catholic faith naturally emerges.
Our K-5th grade formation classes meet for an hour each week after the 9:00 a.m. Mass. *See the calendar for details.*
For more information, contact Lance Pikaart at 719-484-8732 or lpikaart@holyapostlescc.org
Registration Fees
Registration fees help cover the cost of class materials such as books, printing, craft materials, etc. There is a $20 registration fee per family. Each child has a fee of $30, which covers the cost of his or her textbook.
Family Faith Formation Grades K-5 Fees
$50 for one child in Elementary Faith Formation
$80 for two children in Elementary Faith Formation
$110 for three children in Elementary Faith Formation
$140 for four or more children in Elementary Faith Formation
Financial Assistance
We are here to help. If you have children who need to receive sacraments, but you are financially unable to meet to cost of registration for the required FFF classes or Sacramental prep classes, please contact Lance Pikaart at Lpikaart@holyapostlescc.org to discuss your situation.
Volunteer Catechist Discount:
Catechists will receive a 50% discount on their total registration fees for FFF, Youth group, and Sacramental prep classes. If you are interested in volunteering, see the bottom of this webpage.
The Curriculum: Word of Life
We currently use Word of Life by the Augustine Institute and Ignatius Press. Word of Life is a dynamic religious education curriculum that uses the full language of the Church to communicate the Truth of the Gospel and the Love of Jesus Christ. Word of Life is designed as a 22-week program, covering a chapter a week. It employs the “four golden catechetical threads” of Salvation History, Christian Anthropology, Heroic Virtue and Character Formation, and Learning through Discipleship to foster an authentic Catholic identity.
You can learn more about Word of Life here.
OR
Log in to an existing Word of Life portal here.
Each grade level cycles through the entire Biblical story at an age-appropriate level with a unique overarching emphasis as follows:
Kindergarten - "God's Plan of Love"
1st Grade - "God's Promise of a Savior"
2nd Grade - "Salvation History: God's Presence in the Sacraments"
3rd Grade - "Holy Spirit and the Life of Grace"
4th Grade - "The Creed: Truth and Our Response of Faith"
5th Grade - "Liturgy and Worship"
Interested in volunteering?
OCIA, Family Faith Formation, and the Youth Group need Catholics who are passionate about sharing the faith and serving in a variety of ways. If you think that you might be interested in serving with our formation programs, please contact Lance Pikaart at LPikaart@holyapostlescc.org or 719-597-4249 X108.
“How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”
--Romans 10:14-15