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NEW RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM An Alternative to Traditional Religious Education               Parents, you are invited to join in an innovative and flexible Religious Education Program that helps you share your faith in your own home with your children with the support of St. Jude’s Parish Family.  This program is intergenerational, so all ages can work together.  Grandparents and grandchildren, aunts and uncles and nieces and nephews, parents and children.  You are all family, and you are all welcome.               If your child is preparing to receive a Sacrament, your child will need to attend the Traditional Two Year Class Program.               Registration forms are available in the Religious Education Office and also at the Pastoral Center.  For more info, please call Cindy Kozal at 818 – 889 -   2006-2007 REGISTRATION For Faith Formation (Religious Education) Classes   Registration for Faith Formation (Religious Education) Classes for the 2006-2007 School Year (grades Preschool thru Confirmation) is being accepted.  Registration Forms are available in the Faith Formation Office and also in the Pastoral Office.  Please return all Registration Forms directly to the Faith Formation Office only.               If this is your child’s first year in any Faith Formation Class, then you need to present a copy of your child’s Baptismal Certificate which will be kept on file.  If you bring your child(ren)’s original Certificate(s), we will copy it/them for you.               If your child is not baptized, they too can be registered for Faith Formation sessions.  If that child is in the First Grade or higher, he/she is are required by the Holy See, and confirmed by our American Bishops, to complete a Special Sacrament of Initiation Program.  This Program includes faithful class attendance, Sunday Mass participation faithfully week after week, and also completion of all RCIA Rites.  These RCIA Rites take place during Sunday Masses usually at 9:00 am or 5:00 pm for older children.  All of these Rites must be completed; a Rite will be supplied if your child is sick and does miss a Rite.  Upon completion of this program, the children are given all three Sacraments of Initiation (Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Communion) during the Easter Vigil.                 If your child is preparing for the Sacrament(s) of Penance, First Holy Communion and/of Confirmation, the American Bishops, as does our Archdiocese of Los Angeles, require a minimum of two years immediate preparation of these Sacraments, plus faithful class attendance, and Sunday Mass participation faithfully week after week.               To receive the Sacrament of Confirmation, the student must be in high school.  The course runs two (2) years as does all other Sacramental Courses.   For more info, call Cindy Kozal.