Monday through Thursday 9AM - 2PM.  Closed on Fridays

We do not have MS/HS Faith Formation In -Class instruction this week.
However, Please continue to attend
Sunday Mass & Youth Ministry Prayer and Service events.

FOR CONFIRMATION INFORMATION click here

A  H.O.P.E reflection form is to be completed and returned to the Faith Formation Office for the Fall session and the Spring Session. Only 1 form is needed for each session. All service offered in the Fall or Spring would be listed on the one form and the reflection questions answered in consideration of all the service offered during either the Fall or Spring session.
Forms can be returned in either harcopy or electronic to the Faith Formation Office. 
H.O.P.E. Spring Service Reflection Form
H.O.P.E. Fall Service Reflection Form
 

The MS/HS Faith Formation program at
St Thomas has 3 components,
 instruction, service and prayer:

Instruction:10 in-class sessions per year
(5 weekly dates in October/November and
5 in February/March)
 

​​​H.O.P.E: Help Others, Pray, Encourage Service: 15 hours per year offered in the spirit of the Corporal Works of Mercy and Catholic Social Teaching.  

Prayer: Attending Mass and other opportunities for worship.

* Our Active Youth Ministry integrates faith, fun with friends, fellowship, and community building. 

 All service activities should involve one of the following Works of Mercy:

Young people grades 6-12 are invited to give witness to Pope Francis's challenge:

"Following Jesus, demands a good dose of courage, a readiness to trade in the sofa for a pair of walking shoes and to set out on new and uncharted paths.

We must follow the path of the 'craziness' of our God who teaches us to encounter Him in the hungry, the thirsty, the naked, the sick, the friend in trouble, the prisoner, the refugee, the migrant and our neighbors who feel abandoned.  God wants to turn your hands, my hands, our hands into signs of reconciliation for communion of creation. He wants your hands to continue building the world  of today. And He wants to build that world with you! We are  not called to be  'couch potatoes' or 'bench warmers' but rather strong witnesses of faith!" (Prayer Vigil of World Youth Day, July 2016)  

Young people involved in Youth Ministry accept the Pope's challenge to avoid being a bench warmer but rather is ateam player in our family, parish and community! Our  young people realize they are the church of Today! Not  tomorrow!  It is not sololy about hours needed for Confirmation it's about accepting our faith challenge to have the courage to Make a Difference where ever we are called! 

Our young people and their families have done just that: cooking and serving at soup kitchens, drives for the needy and homeless, trivia with retired religious sisters, Bingo with nursing home residents, greetings and gifts for the homebound, Ugly Sweater Party, Bowling, Dodgeball, Teen/Family masses, Celebrated the Rosary,  Prayers for Life , teen cantors, readers, acolytes and the list can go on!
If you are ready to roll up your sleeves and pull on your "walking shoes" come and join us and Make a Difference!  Check out our "Make a Difference"  binder in the Gathering Space or contact Mary Ann Hospodar, your Faith Formation Assistant/Youth Minister, today at mhospodar@stthomas-church.org  and
start making a difference today! 

• Printable Registration Form  (please bring or mail completed form to Parish Office)
• New Student to the program?  Please fill out this NEW TO FAITH FORMATION form too
• Electronic Payment of Registration Fees  

Please consider being a catechist.  Faith Formation for Grades 6 through 10 are offered Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings in the Fall and Spring, leading to preparation for the sacrament of Confirmation.  Retreats and service activities are part of the program.  Training is provided.  Ask Rose Ann or Bridget for more information on how you can volunteer.

There are opportunities in Youth Ministry as well.  Help with the community building and service that serve as a bridge between the faith teens learn at home and in classes and the faith they will practice beyond high school as young adults.  Ask Mary Ann Hospodar for more information on how you can volunteer.