Faith Formation Director of Faith Formation: - Deacon Gary DiLallo
The 2024-2025 Faith Formation year will start soon! It’s not too late to register and join us this year as we journey together growing in faith!
FAITH FORMATION CORNER by Deacon Gary DiLallo
Dear Parents, Grandparents, and Guardians,
SUBJECT: Information for the 2024-2025 Faith Formation year
Parents have the responsibility of being the first teachers of their children. Children are a
gift from God; Psalm 127:3 Nothing can replace the parent’s role in forming a child in the
faith. Train up a child in the way they should go; even when old, they will not swerve from it.
Proverbs 22:6.
Children are invited to participate in our parish Faith Formation programs that support
the parents in fulfilling the promise they made at their child’s baptism “to raise them up in the
faith”.
The following age-specific programs are available:
a) Pre-K (3&4)- Allelu Home study Sheets
b) Kindergarten –Word of Life
c) 1st through 5th grade – Family of Faith.
d) 6th and 7th grade – Catholic Connections
Sacraments
Children who are ready to receive First Penance/ and First Eucharist must be registered for the Family of Faith program or attending St. Albert the Great Academy, grade 2.
Information for Confirmation can be found on the website or by contacting the Faith Formation Office. Baptismal Certificates are required at registration.
Communication
Please ensure you have a working email and cell phone number as communication is
important. Questions can be directed to the Faith Formation office at 315-252-7593. Either
Deacon Gary or Sister Anne Saphara. E-mail address is Gary.DiLallo@dor.org or Anne.Saphara@dor.org
Sincerely,
Deacon Gary DiLallo
Director of Faith Formation
General registration click here
First Communion Penance Registration Click Here
Faith Formation Corner
“Whoever causes one of these little ones* who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him to have a
great millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.” … See that you do not
despise one of these little ones,” Matthew 18 :6,10
In accordance with the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People: All Volunteers in the Diocese
of Rochester must complete MANDATORY training: Creating a Safe Environment Training (CASE – Volunteers), and the
appropriate Volunteer Code of Conduct, and a Background Check prior to volunteer service within the Diocese.
These must be renewed every three years. Listed below are the links to some of the Diocese’s websites on
Creating a Safe Environment.
Diocese of Rochester Safe Environment Training Site: Log in to the site
Volunteer-Code-of-Conduct-for-Adults.pdf (dor.org)
USCCB-Ministering-Online-to-Minors.pdf (dor.org)
What Every Parent/Guardian Should Know (dor.org)
Talking to your child about sexual abuse (dor.org)
2002-08-23-Update-on-Safe-Environment-Efforts-003.pdf (dor.org)
It is incumbent upon each of us to insure our children and youth are protected. I am asking all volunteers in our
faith community to insure that you are up to date on your training. Please reach out to me with any questions or concerns
at Gary.DiLallo@dor.org or 315-252-7593. Have a Blessed Week!
K-5 Faith Formation Classes will be held in Moravia at St.
Patrick, Church after the 8:30 am Mass. Stephanie Montreuil
– will be the teacher. There will be 40 Minute classes
twice a month. Schedule coming soon.
K-7 Faith Formation Classes at St. Mary’s Schrader Hall
at 9:00-10:30 am on Sept. 15, Oct. 6, Nov. 3, Dec.
1, Jan. 5, Feb. 2, March 2, April 6, May 4, June 1.
Confirmation Preparation Sessions:
Year One: will be meeting at Sacred Heart Church,
30 Melrose Road, Sepember 15 at 1:00 PM.
Year Two: will be meeting at St. Mary’s Schrader Hall,
Sepember 15 at 9:00 AM .
Year Two: will be meeting at St. Patrick, Aurora, Church Hall,
Saturdays form 8:00am to 10:30am. No start date yet.
First Penance sessions begins Saturday, Sept. 21, at 9:00am
at St. Mary’s Schrader Hall.
Parish Eucharist Revival The Liturgy of the Word The Liturgy of the Word Nearing the end of the Liturgy of the Word we come to the creed. It is a recognition and restatement of all of scripture on one page. We with the responsorial Psalm, each time we assert “I Believe” we are responding to and affirming God’s Holy Word. Bishop Barron calls those “fighting words” and says “the liturgy makes not a lick of sense without their inclusion.” In a way, the Nicene Creed, can be thought of as a “disinfectant”, the proclaiming of truth over wrong
ideas, novelties, and easy heresies that can contaminate the life of faith.