Parish Religious Education Program (PREP)

2nd Grade through 7th Grade

As parents and guardians, you are the primary examples and teachers of the Catholic faith to your children. To support families, we offer a parish religious education program (PREP) and sacramental preparation for all children. Our role is to further develop your child’s knowledge of their faith and to nurture their personal relationship with God.

Grades 2-5: On scheduled Sundays starting October 24th, students will have classes in St. Bernard’s School. All gatherings start with 10am Mass followed by instructional/activity time until 1:30pm.

Grades 6-7: On scheduled Sundays starting October 17th, students will have classes in St. Bernard's School. All gatherings start with 10am Mass followed by intructional/activity time until 2:30pm.

Religious education classes are only a part of your child's growing in faith process. You can support and encourage your child by:

• attending Mass with them on Sundays,
• praying together each day,
• encouraging regular religion class attendance and discussing what they learned,
• serving your church, school or community together,
• reading bible stories and stories about the lives of saints with them.

The registration fee for religious education programs are as follows: $20 for grades 2-5 and $25 for grades 6-7. The fees help to cover the cost of books and supplies. If this amount poses a problem, please don't hesitate to reach out to our Religious Education Director, Marcia Bugbee (prepstbernards.church@gmail.com). Please contact the Director of Religious Education if you are interested in volunteering as a catechist. Downloadable forms are below. We look forward to a wonderful year with your children.