St. Paul’s Parish
Religious Education Program
(904) 249-2660
St. Paul’s Religious Education welcomes all children to our program.
It’s never too late to begin learning about your faith.
“Education in the faith by the parents should begin in the child’s earliest years…Family catechesis precedes, accompanies, and enriches other forms of instruction in the faith.” (CCC #2226)
Faith Formation is offered for students in Kindergarten through 8th Grade. Classes meet on Wednesdays.
4:30 – 5:45 (K-5) and 6:30 – 7:45 (K-8).
Download Our Registration Form for the 2024-2025 year
Rel. Ed. Parent-Student Handbook
Sacramental Preparation
NOTE: St. Paul’s follows the diocesan requirements of two full, consecutive years of faith formation prior to celebrating the sacraments of First Communion and Confirmation. If you have any questions, please contact the religious education office.
Preparation for First Communion is a 2-year preparation process.
Children must participate for two full, consecutive years in a Catholic school or parish religious education program prior to receiving the sacrament.
Classroom preparation begins in 1st grade & continues through 2nd grade.
Preparation for Confirmation is a 2-year preparation process. Young people must have participated for two full, consecutive years in a Catholic school or parish religious education program prior to being confirmed in February. Preparation begins in 6th grade and continues through 8th grade.
If your child is 8 years old or older and has not been Baptized or received First Communion, and you have not already spoken with Carol Burns, please contact the Religious Education office as soon as possible.
Sacrament of Confirmation
Next Confirmation Meeting: Sun. Jan. 12, 3:30-6:30
A Prayer for our Confirmation Candidates:
Holy Spirit, strengthen our students with your gifts of Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Fortitude, Knowledge, Piety, and Fear of the Lord, and serve as a disciple of Christ. Grant that they may grow into the fullness of the stature of Christ. Fill them with the joy of your presence. Increase in them the fruit of your Spirit. Help them to experience and trust your dwelling within so that they can count on your guidance today and every day. Show us the way to help one another become better disciples of Jesus Christ, sharing your love with our world and with each person we meet. Come, Holy Spirit! Come!
Religious Education Class- Holiday Schedule
Jan. 1 No Class
Jan. 8 Classes Resume
St. André Bessette, CSC – Feast Day Jan. 6
St. André is closely associated with the Congregation of Holy Cross in Montreal. St. André is widely recognized as the patron saint of those who are sick, marginalized, in need of healing & caregivers. Whenever Brother André heard someone was sick, he would visit the person to pray for them. He would take some oil from a lamp burning within the college chapel and rub it gently on their bodies while he prayed to St. Joseph for their healing. When an epidemic broke out at a college nearby, Br. André volunteered to help nurse the ill, & not a single person died. From then on, the sick began to crowd at his doorstep, asking to be healed. Through all this, Bessette maintained over and over that he was not the cause of the cure but just a vessel for St. Joseph. Br. André died at the age of 91 on January 6th, 1937, in Montreal after a life of service to humanity and devotion to St. Joseph. He was beatified in 1982 and canonized in 2010.
Carol Burns
Director of Religious Education
cburns@stpaulsjaxbeach.org
(904)249-2660