Faith Formation announcements:

All Faith Formation Classes have resumed in person meetings. Faith Formation will be off the weeks of March 28 and April 4 for Easter break.

Please contact Donna Lew-Buechel at dlew-buechel@stisidorethefarmer.org if you have any questions.

If you have not yet picked up your children's textbooks, please contact Donna Lew-Buechel at dlew-buechel@stisidorethefarmer.org to make other arrangements.

2020-2021 Faith
Formation Calendar

Registration for the 2020-2021 faith formation year is now open! Classes will begin the week of Sunday, October 18. There are three options this year. The first option combines traditional (brick and mortar) classes with take-home class work. The second alternative is a homeschooling option that combines working on the textbook and also on the Our Sunday Visitor website (this online portion will not be live teaching through Zoom). The third option is the more traditional "off-line" homeschooling (i.e., textbook only, no online learning).

If you go with the first option, class times and locations are as follows:

Sunday mornings - St. Alphonsus:  9:30am - 11:00am
Sunday evenings - St. Michael (church hall):  6:00pm - 7:30pm
Monday evenings - St. Columbkille:  6:00pm - 7:30pm
Tuesday evenings - Our Lady of Lourdes:  6:00pm - 7:30pm
Wednesday evenings - St. Columbkille:  6:00pm - 7:30pm

Please note the following:

All parents of students who are attending in-person instruction must complete and submit a COVID Memo of Understanding. Please click here to download the form.

All catechists, aides, and other volunteers are also asked to complete and submit a COVID Memo of Understanding. Please click here for the form.

There is no registration fee this year.

If you'd like to read the letter that was sent out to all parents and catechists regarding the faith formation program, click here. Among other things, it gives the rationale for the class times and locations that are being offered.

If you'd like to volunteer to teach, or if you have any questions regarding the faith formation program, please contact Ms. Donna Lew-Buechel, our new director of faith formation, at 724-695-2146 or dlew-buechel@stisidorethefarmer.org.