At St. James we follow a family formation model, where parents take on the role of being the first witnesses of our faith in their home and helping their children know, love and serve God. Our role at St. James is to provide parents with tools they need to model the faith for their children. It is our responsibility to be sure that parents have a full understanding of Reconciliation and Eucharist and a practice of receiving these sacraments themselves (if they are Catholic) before having our students receive them.
FORMED is an online platform that we use to help parishioners become informed about or reaquainted with our Catholic faith. It is also used as part of our First Communion and Confirmation formation for parents.
How to sign up for FORMED:
Click here to view instructions in English
Haga clic aquí para ver las instrucciones en español
First Communion Parents:
Watch "Forgiven" (Reconciliation) videos here - ENGLISH
Ver "Perdonado" (Reconciliación) videos aquí - ESPAñOL
Watch "Presence" (Eucharist) videos here - ENGLISH
Ver "Presencia" (Eucaristía) videos aquí - ESPAñOL
In place of 2-hour parent workshops, parents of First Communion students are required to view Sessions 1, 2 and 3 of both the Forgiven and Presence series' and submit reflection sheets for both. While parents may watch the videos online, we will discuss these videos in person at our Parent Gatherings in February and March.
Click the button below to access a printable copy of our reflection sheets for our March Parent Gathering, where we will discuss Presence: The Mystery of the Eucharist.
Click the button below to access a printable copy of our reflection sheets for February's Parent Gathering, where we will discuss Forgiven: The Transforming Power of Confession.