Holy Mother of Consolation Catholic Church

Important Registration Notices:

Faith Formation registration for the 2023-24 school year is OPEN! 

Please enjoy this welcome video from our director:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zYGclbP4qe4TKKiy4l9wDjhxW-6QOjjb/view?usp=drive_link

Class Times and Days

2023-2024 Calendars and Events CLICK HERE

4K-6th

GIFT Events for 4K-6^th Grade Families

In addition to the class times mentioned above, Growing in Faith Together (GIFT) is a once a month 4K-6^th Grade Faith Formation gathering where we are inviting parents to join their kid(s) in 30 minutes of prayer, activities, snacks, community, and fun before or after class, depending on their class day.

These family activities will be at the following times once a month:

• Sundays: 8:30-9:00am (Starts 30 minutes before class)
• Wednesdays: 5:30-6:00pm (Starts at the end of class)

7th and 8th Grade

We are offering the 7^th and 8^th grade program on two different nights at two different parishes. Parents can choose the date/time/location that works better for their family.

 There will be four components to our 7^th and 8^th grade Faith Formation sessions:

• Video Lesson:

The 20-minute video lessons will involve an explanation of the week’s topic, related stories, guest speakers’ perspectives, contemporary Christian music, images, Catholic videos, online games, exploration of how the topic relates to our daily lives, and more! I create these videos by pulling a variety of resources together to make them engaging and meaningful for our students. A few days before the session, I will send out an email with a link for parents/youth to access the video and watch it BEFORE our session.

• Fun Activity:

When we gather together on Sundays or Wednesdays, we will begin each session with a fun activity or game. Participants can look forward to dodgeball, human foosball, minute-to-win-it games, fun skits, etc.!

• Prayer:

After our opening activity, we will have 15 minutes of guided and individual prayer time to talk with God.

• Small Group Discussion:

We will end with 30 minutes of small group discussion. Our large group of students will split up into small groups to explore the week’s topic together. Through this discussion, youth will come to understand a particular aspect of our Catholic faith more deeply and explore how they can live it out in their daily lives.

High School Opportunities

Confirmation

Per the Diocesan guidelines, the sacrament of Confirmation is no longer connected to a specific grade level, and it’s not just a completion of High School Faith Formation. Instead, Confirmation will be offered for candidates who have a desire to be confirmed and an intent to continue on their Catholic faith journey after Confirmation. If your family is looking forward to your 9^th grade (or older!) student celebrating Confirmation in the Spring, your teen will come to four sessions that will be held on Sunday evenings from 6:45-8:45pm. These four sessions will only focus on the sacrament of Confirmation. Some of these sessions will be held at St. Ann and some will be held at HMC. Parents/Sponsors will participate in two of the sessions. Confirmation Candidates will also be invited to participate in a retreat and a Rite of Welcome Mass.

If they aren’t ready/wanting to be confirmed this year, they can always wait another year to celebrate Confirmation! We will be offering Confirmation every year for high school students and adults, so they can choose to prepare/receive the sacrament whenever they feel called to celebrate this sacrament.

High School HOPE Nights

Our Confirmation Candidates will be joining other high school students once a month on Sunday evenings from 7-8:30pm for:

• Fun games
• Inspiring personal witness talks given by older high school students/adults who will talk about how God has been present in their lives
• Delicious desserts
• Engaging small group time
• Meaningful prayer

These evenings will involve 9-12^th grade students and we will be calling them High School HOPE nights! Pastorate 24 teens are encouraged to bring their friends, even if they aren’t Catholic. HOPE nights are free, but we would still like you to register for them, so we can reach out to you/your teens with reminders about these events.

Our Confirmation prep sessions will be held on different nights than our HOPE nights. Some events will be held at St. Ann and some at HMC.

Youth Ministry Events

We will also host several other youth ministry events throughout the year that all teens from Pastorate 24 and their friends can attend!

If you’d like to get a glimpse of the youth ministry programs Becky has led in the past, feel free to scroll through the pictures uploaded on our Facebook and Instagram pages.

Facebook: Holy Mother of Consolation Youth Ministry

Instagram: hmcyouthministry

Registration Fees & Tuition

Registration through WeShare (linked above) offers online payment with credit card, ACH, or debit and allows payment plans. If you do not wish to pay online, would like to pay with cash, physical check, or are looking for other options, please do not sign up on WeShare. Contact Corrine in the Faith Formation office to discuss your financial situation.

We do not believe that cost should be a barrier to your child(ren)’s faith education. If these costs are a hardship on your family, please contact the Faith Formation office about fee reductions, volunteering for waivers, or other options.

If you do not have access to a computer, or if you have further questions about registration, please contact Corrine Willson in the Faith Formation Office.

If you have any questions about the program, please contact Becky Phillips, our Director of Faith Formation and Youth Ministry.

Corrine Willson
corrine.willson@hmocchurch.org
(608) 835-5764

Becky Phillips
becky.phillips@hmocchurch.org
Office: (608) 835-5764
Faith Formation Cell: (608) 501-7501