Our Lady of Grace Roman Catholic Church     West Babylon, NY

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Faith Formation Office

(631) 661-9353

Mrs. Susan Martin, Director
First Holy Communion Levels I & II
(Grades 1, 2 & older)
Grade levels 3,4,5

Mrs. Peggy Hamisch, Coordinator
Confirmation program

Pre-requisite grade 6

Grades 7 & 8

Lorraine Bustamante -- Special Education

Jo-Ann Coletti --  Christian Teen Initiation Program

MaryAnn Lyons, Lisa Gabriel – Faith Formation Secretaries

Office hours 9-4pm Monday through Friday

Program Description


First Holy Communion 2 year process

  • Level I Parents attend 6 week Parent Enrichment Program and teach their children at home.

  • Level II Parent and Child Classes once a month from Oct.-April

  • Attend Mass once a month & pick up piece for Puzzle or Banner


Grade levels 3 and 4

  • Arranged by semesters on Wed or Thurs from 4:30-5:45pm according to public school.

  • One semester contains classroom instruction for child

  • Alternate semester includes Parent/Child Prayer assemblies

  • Curriculum includes introduction to church, study of sacraments

  • The holy Trinity, the rosary and liturgical calendar, traditional

  •  Prayers such as Hail Mary, Our Father, the saints, and morality

  •  Including sin, 10 commandments, corporal works of mercy


Grade level 5

  • Meets on Tuesday evenings 6:30-8:00pm either Fall or Winter

  • Morality emphasis and reception of the sacrament of

  • Sacrament of reconciliation by students and parents

  • In-depth review of reconciliation, conscience, making good moral
    choices, original sin, free will, beatitudes, scripture study


Grade level 6 (Prerequisite to Confirmation)

  • Meets Thursday evenings 6:30 to 8:00 PM

  • In-depth review of learned doctrine

  • One parent / child lecture

  • Students submit a service journal

  • Students are given a pre-assessment


Confirmation

  • For students in grades 7,8

  • Parent and student gather for monthly workshops for doctrinal
    Instruction, discussion , prayer and experiential component

  • Each child will commit to putting their God-given Faith Into
    Action (F.I.A) here at OLOG and in the largercommunity

  • Mass attendance with monthly scripture reflection


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Our Lady of Grace Roman Catholic Church

666 Albin Avenue

West Babylon, NY 11704

(631) 587-5185

Website last updated 08/05/2011

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