Faith Formation
Welcome Families!
Thank you for choosing the St. Therese Religious Education Program.
As parents, you are the primary educators in regard to the faith of your family. Your children will learn the most from you and your example: your attitude toward being Catholic, your participation in daily and/or weekly Mass, the importance you place on the Sacraments, how your Catholic values are reflected in your daily life, your excitement toward continuing to learn and share your Catholic faith and having a strong commitment to serve others.
Please talk often to your children about what it means to be Catholic, show them how to live that faith and pray daily with them for wisdom, strength, courage, patience, peace and love.
The goal of the St. Therese Religious Education program is to assist your family in your faith journey. We are here to provide your children with some structured education in the Faith and in Sacramental prep, but we are also here to support parents in any way we can.
On behalf of the St. Therese staff and our wonderful catechists, we look forward to an amazing year of growing closer to Jesus and our beautiful Catholic faith.
Director of Religious Ed/ Youth & Family Ministry
Steve Martin
Contact
715-359-2421 ext 104
Online Resources for Faith Formation
For All Families in Faith Formation
I recommend spending more time in prayer as a family, especially the devotions of The Chaplet of Divine Mercy and the Rosary as well as spending time reading as a family from the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, & John). For my family, I have found that praying just before bed works very well for us but you may find an alternative time works better for you.
At Home Family Faith Fuilding Resources
Our diocese has put together an excellent web page with resources for building up your family at home during this time. For many helpful suggestions and ideas, please visit this site.
For Teens and Adults: Franciscan At Home
This is a wonderful resource available at no cost to you as our parish is already a member!
To get started, click here to create a free account. Then simply fill in the form to gain access to over 75 wonderful online Catholic workshops. When registering, be sure to choose the Diocese of La Crosse as your diocese and then type St. Therese of the Child Jesus for your parish.
For Kindergarteners and younger children
EWTN has some wonderful videos available to watch for free on their website.
Ascension Presents is another great publisher that is live streaming a daily Mass and Rosary. Additionally, on weekdays they offer a daily event each evening at 8 PM. To view the videos, please click here. Once again, you do not need a Facebook account to view their content.
Catholic Life Magazine may be read here.