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Recognizing that family life is the most essential component of a person’s faith formation, it is important to nurture spiritual growth within the context of that environment. Research on the spiritual formation of children is indisputable, parents are the primary influencers of their children’s faith lives. While this influence is most readily evident with younger children, teens and tweens are also significantly affected by the ways that parents model their faith. Although teens will often push back as part of their own development as individual beings, children of all ages are keenly aware of parents’ actions and perspectives.
As they mature, our children learn and grow in many environments – home, school, sports, arts, music, etc. The things that are taught, practiced, encouraged, and celebrated consistently within the context of family are the things that stay with a child into adulthood. If effort is to be made to bring a child up as a faith-filled person, our prayer is for that effort to be realized by providing support, guidance, learning materials, and community.
Components of Children’s Faith Formation
To acknowledge and respect the influence of parents and the importance of faith as a lifestyle, our formation emphasis is on faith lived in family and community.
There are three important ways families participate: as parents, as families, and as a faith community.
Parents
Often, parents believe that they do not know enough about our faith to share this important aspect of life with their children; this could not be further from the truth. If you are feeling less knowledgeable than you would like, perhaps consider how your own faith was formed and how you can do things differently to help your children.
Family
Family Faith Formation
Faith Community
Some ways that parents can effectively model faith throughout their lives are through personal involvement in faith activities within the church community, as a family, and as individuals. This involvement can include participating in daily and/or weekly Mass, praying and reading from the Bible and other faith-focused books, engaging in adult formation programs, participating in church service projects as a family, employing faith traditions as a basis when making decisions, and sharing faith with their children through formation activities and personal witness.
We look forward to welcoming your family to Saint Anne Faith Formation!
To register for Children’s Faith Formation and Journey – click here
First Reconciliation and First Eucharist preparation information
For information or questions, please contact:
Mary Jane Kurowski, Director of Lifelong Faith Formation
mjkurowski@stannebarrington.org
847-620-3071
Marianne Bondi, Administrative Assistant
mbondi@stannebarrington.org
847-620-3068
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