Religious Education General Information

Faith Formation Registration is closed for the 2023-2024 School Year.

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Summer Intensive Program (SIP) Registration is closed.

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General Faith Formation Information
Welcome to St. James the Greater Catholic Church’s page regarding our parish’s page Faith Formation information. Here at St. James, our objective is to give every opportunity for those who encounter our religious education department to form one’s faith:  by being informed, formed and transformed.  It will be everyone’s (clergy, religious education staff, catechists, parents and students) to know, proclaim, witness and share to foster a deeper relationship with Christ and fulfill his mission and our baptismal call to “make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19).

What do we offer?
Because faith formation is lifelong, our formation process not only begins with one’s baptism through the building up of the domestic church, but in formation classes within the parish setting to help prepare those in their sacraments along with the discipline of lifelong formation through the various grades. Here at St. James we offer Faith Formation in Adult Education, Children’s Faith Formation (PK-5), Middle School, High School Youth Ministry, Young Adult, Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA), Rite of Christian Initiation for Children (RCIC), and Step Up in Faith (sacraments for non-traditional students), along with traditional Sacramental Preparation for First Reconciliation, First Communion and Confirmation. 

Religious Education Staff:

Kayla D'Allura
Pastoral Associate for Religious Education
704-720-0600x729
kaylad@saintjamescatholic.org

Kitty McIndoe
Children's Faith Formation Coordinator, First Communion, and Step Up in Faith
704-720-0600x730
kittym@saintjamescatholic.org

Chris Conrad
Middle School Faith Formation Coordinator, Sacramental Assistant and Recruiting Coordinator
704-720-0600 x722
chrisc@saintjamescatholic.org

Beth Giddings
Middle School Faith Formation Coordinators 
704-720-0600
Edge@saintjamescatholic.org

Gustavo Gallo
Youth Ministry Coordinator, the Sacrament of Confirmation and Young Adult Ministry
704-720-0600x720
gustavog@saintjamescatholic.org

Eliana Oviedo
Faith Formation Adm. Assistant
704-720-0600x732
elianao@saintjamescatholic.org

Summer Programming 2023

 

Summer Intensive

Week 1: June 26-June 30, 2023

Week 2: July 10-July 14, 2023

 

Totus Tuus

June 11 - June 16, 2023 

 

 

Wednesday Classes (Pre-Kindergarten-12th Grade) 2023-2024

August 2023

Open House: August 23

August 30

January 2024

3, 10, 24, 31

No Class—17 (Staff PD)

September 2023

6, 13, 27

No Class: 20 (Staff PD)

February 2024

7, 21, 28

No Class- 14 (Ash Wednesday)

October 2023

11, 18, 25

No Class: 4 (Parish BBQ) 

March 2024

13, 20

No Class—6 (Spring Break), 27 (Holy Week)

November 2023

1, 15, 29

No Class—8 (Staff PD), 22 (Thanksgiving)

April 2024

10, 17

No Class - 3 (CMS Spring Break), 24 (Snow Day Make Up)

December 2023

6, 13

No Class—20, 27 (Christmas)

May 2024

1, 8 (Last Class)

 

 

Thursday Classes (Pre-Kindergarten-12th Grade) 2023-2024

August 2023

Open House: August 24

August 31

January 2024

4, 11, 25

No Class—18 (Staff PD)

September 2023

7, 14, 28

No Class: 21 (Staff PD)

February 2024

1, 8, 22, 29

No Class—15 (Staff PD)

October 2023

12, 19, 26

No Class: 5 (Staff PD) 

March 2024

14, 21

No Class—7 (Spring Break), 28 (Holy Week)

November 2023

2, 16, 30

No Class—9 (Staff PD), 23 (Thanksgiving)

April 2024

11, 18

No Class - 4 (CMS Spring Break), 25 (Snow Day Make Up)

December 2023

7, 14

No Class—21, 28 (Christmas)

May 2024

2, 9 (Last Class)