Registration for the 2020-2021 school year is LIVE! Please click on "RE Regsitration" at the left and it will take you there.
First Holy Communion for students who have prepared for the sacrament for two years and were to receive it last May will now receive it on October 4, 2020! Note that there is no longer a First Communion Retreat, due to Covid-19 restrictions.

Confirmation

Students who were enrolled in RE class for two years will now receive the sacrament of Confirmation on October 17 or 18, 2020, at one of three masses. You may now access the Confirmation Registration form, the service hours log, and the sponsor form below. If you have not done so already, please print them, fill them out, and either send them to DRE@saintlouisparish.org OR drop it off at the church office or send them through the mail. Please note that the sponsor form is only for sponsors who are members of St. Louis parish. If your child's sponsor is a member of another parish, they should ask for a sponsor eligibility form from their own parish and get it signed by their priest. 

• Confirmation registration form
• Service Hours Log
• Sponsor Eligibility Form

Religious Education classes for the 2020-2021 school year will now follow a family catechesis model, and be held in the church on alternating Mondays or Wednesdays.  Registration for Religious Education for this school year will open up in mid-August; check the website! 

We will also offer a class for those children age nine and over who are not baptized. This is known as the Rite of Christian Initiation for Children (RCIC). This is a two year class that will prepare the children to receive the three sacraments of initiation (baptism, Holy Communion, and confirmation) at Easter 2020. Students who began this year will receive the sacraments the next year. 

High school students who are in need of one or more sacraments should register with a parent for sacrament preparation classes, but may prepare for one year instead of two. 

To receive a sacrament of initiation at St. Louis your son/daughter must meet the following criteria:

• Have completed two consecutive years of classroom instruction (either both at our parish or one year at another Catholic parish and the second at ours).
  • First Holy Communion is normally received in May of one's 2nd grade year, but may be received in May of the second year of one's instruction in RE (at any year).
  • Confirmation is normally received in October of one's 9th grade year. A student may receive this sacrament if they have completed two years of prep (as a middle schooler)  OR if they enroll in our high school class and complete all the requirements, including attending a weekend retreat and completing the required papers/projects.

Our Director of Religious Education can be reached at 703-765-4421 x 406.

Our RE program this year will use the Family of Faith curriculum published by Sophia Institute for Teachers.