pipeorgan.gif (16035 bytes)Religious Education

Director: Mr. Jon Lindstrom
              50 Cherry Street
              Farmingdale, NY 11735
             (516) 694-0633

St. Kilian's Religious Education Program is organized to demonstrate the  Pastoral Staff's commitment to guiding young people on their faith journey and providing them with a catechesis based on sacred scripture, tradition, liturgy, teaching and the life of the Church.

 

Attendance and code of conduct

Class Calendar

 

 Prayers

Catechists

Gospel Champions
All families must register in the Parish Rectory prior to enrolling in St. Kilian Religious Education Program.  Please contact the Rectory at (516) 249-0127.

Registration Forms are available in the Religious Education Office. 
Children entering Grade One: Please include a copy of your child’s Baptismal Certificate.
Children transferring from another Religious Education Program: please include a Letter of Transfer with a copy of child’s Baptismal Certificate.

Children in first through seventh grades attend one hour classes each week.   Instruction, prayer and service experiences are presented to students, as well as opportunities to share their faith with their families, sponsors and parish.

CATHOLIC PRAYERS

 "The Christian family is the first place for education in prayer."

Please teach your child the following prayers. The prayers are found in your child’s textbook or can be printed here. Each student will be asked to recite the required prayers to his or her catechist. See your child’s grade requirements below.    

Grade One:  

Sign of the Cross, Our Father, Hail Mary & Glory Be
Grade Two:

Sign of the Cross, Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be, & Act of Contrition
Grade Three: 

Sign of the Cross, Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be, & Act of Contrition
Grade Four:

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be, Act of Contrition & 10 Commandments
Grade Five:

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be, Act of Contrition, Nicene Creed, Seven Sacraments
Grade Six:

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory to the Father, Act of Contrition, & Nicene Creed. Seven Sacraments & Works of Mercy
Grade Seven:

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory to the Father, Act of Contrition, & Nicene Creed. Seven Sacraments, Works of Mercy & Gifts of the Holy Spirit

Sign of the Cross 
In the name of the Father
and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit. Amen

Our Father
Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name;
Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. 
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.   Amen.

Hail Mary
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee,
blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. 

Glory Be
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. 
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end.  Amen.

Act of Contrition
My God, I am sorry for my sins with all my heart.
In choosing to do wrong and failing to do good, I have sinned against you whom I should love above all things.
I firmly intend, with your help, to do penance, to sin no more, and to avoid whatever leads me to sin.
Our Savior Jesus Christ suffered and died for us. In his name, my God, have mercy.

Nicene Creed
We believe in God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father. 
God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, Begotten not made, one in being with the Father.
Through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven;
by the power of the Holy Spirit he was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered, died, and was buried.
On the third day he arose again in fulfillment of the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. 
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. 
With the Father and the Son he is worshipped and glorified.  He has spoken through the Prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. 
We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth. Lord, by the light of the Holy Spirit, you have taught the hearts of the faithful. In the same Sprit help us to relish what is right and always rejoice in your consolation.  We ask this through Christ Our Lord.  Amen.

Name the seven sacraments
Baptism, Eucharist, Confirmation, Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Matrimony & Holy Orders

Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Wisdom, Understanding, Right Judgment, Courage, Knowledge, Reverence, Wonder & Awe

The Ten Commandments

  1. I am the Lord your God.  You shall not have strange gods before me.

  2. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.

  3. Remember to keep holy the Lord's Day.

  4. Honor your father and your mother.

  5. You shall not kill.

  6. You shall not commit adultery.

  7. You shall not steal.

  8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

  9. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.

  10. You shall not covet your neighbor's goods.

 Works of Mercy

"Corporal (Latin for body) Works of Mercy"

  1. Feed the hungry.

  2. Give drink to the thirsty.

  3. Clothe the naked.

  4. Shelter the homeless.

  5. Visit the sick.

  6. Visit those in prison.

  7. Bury the dead.

"Spiritual Works of Mercy" 

  1. Instruct the ignorant (or more literally: Help people understand and learn!)

  2. Counsel the doubtful.

  3. Convert the sinner.

  4. Comfort the sorrowful.

  5. Forgive injuries.

  6. Bear wrongs patiently.

  7. Pray for the living and the dead.

2008-2009 CALENDAR
for Grades One through Seven
 (click here for a printable copy)

Monday
Classes

Thursday
Classes

Saturday
Classes

Week

Date

Week

Date

Week

Date

1

 Sept 15

1

 Sept 18

1

 Sept 13

2

 Sept 22

2

 Sept 25

2

 Sept 20

3

 Sept 29

3

 Oct 2

3

 Sept 27

4

 Oct 6

4

 Oct 16

4

 Oct 4

5

 Oct 20

5

 Oct 23

5

 Oct 18

6

 Oct 27

6

 Oct 30

6

 Oct 25

7

 Nov 3

7

 Nov 6

7

 Nov 8

8

 Nov 10

8

 Nov 13

8

 Nov 15

9

 Nov 17

9

 Nov 20

9

 Nov 22

10

 Nov 24

10

 Dec 4

10

 Dec 6

11

 Dec 1

11

 Dec 11

11

 Dec 13

12

 Dec 15

12

 Dec 18

12

 Dec 20

13

 Dec 22

13

 Jan 8

13

 Jan 10

14

 Jan 5

14

 Jan 15

14

 Jan 17

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 Jan 12

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 Jan 22

15

 Jan 24

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 Jan 26

16

 Jan 29

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 Jan 31

17

 Feb 2

17

 Feb 5

17

 Feb 7

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 Feb 9

18

 Feb 12

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 Feb 14

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 Feb 23

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 Feb 26

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 Feb 28

20

 Mar 2

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 Mar 5

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 Mar 7

21

 Mar 9

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 Mar 12

21

 Mar 14

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 Mar 16

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 Mar 19

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 Mar 21

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 Mar 23

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 Mar 26

23

 Mar 28

24

 Mar 30

24

 Apr 2

24

 Apr 4

St. Kilian's Religious Education Program is pleased to offer ....

GOSPEL CHAMPIONS

A Catholic Action Adventure Video Game Sequenced with the Liturgy to Extend Gospel Readings to your Home Computer.

Download your free game today!

Gospel Champions recreates Gospel stories in a 3D arcade game that is fun to play and helps reinforce Gospel and Catholic teachings. Best of all, the game is sequenced with the liturgy! Each month the game presents a new Gospel Story from one of the readings that children will hear in mass during the same month. So they hear it in mass and then play it at home.

It's fast and furious action for Zack and Mary Martha. Help them as they travel through adventurous Gospel stories using fun power-ups and ancient tools to perform acts of service, solve problems, and outwit menacing adversaries. Score bonus points as you find Catholic Prayers, Saints and Teachings.


Visit Gospel Champions website to open the page from which the setup program can be downloaded. Gospel Champions will run on most PC’s with an 800 MHZ (or higher) processor running Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, and VISTA.

An authentication code will be required during the installation process.  Please email us to receive this code.  

HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED THE CATECHETICAL MINISTRY?

More than one hundred volunteer catechesis are needed to staff this program.

If you have a willingness to share your faith with children, the ability to interact with children in a respectful, nurturing, and age-appropriate way, then we ask that you be open to this opportunity to respond to God’s calling to this ministry and to give it serious thought and prayer.

We will provide in-service training, support, encouragement, a written curriculum and all materials necessary for lesson preparation.

SUBSTITUTE CATECHISTS AND HALL MONITORS NEEDED.

NEW! Religious Education has created yahoo groups online where all catechists can easily communicate with each other.  Some of our catechists have been using these groups since 2005.  There’s an area within each group where we can share files, as well as a message area where we can share ideas or pose questions and comments to everyone in the group.  

There are separate groups for each grade level.  To join the group for your grade level click the appropriate link below.  Please be sure to identify yourself by name when joining the online group.  Our catechist yahoo groups are ‘private’ - meaning that your membership must be approved (this is to protect our privacy and avoid spam from strangers.

First Grade
Second Grade
Third Grade
Fourth Grade
Fifth Grade
Sixth Grade
 Seventh Grade

Please don't hesitate to email or call Jon Lindstrom at the Religious Ed office, if you have any questions.