Religious Education

Faith Formation, formerly Religious Education, at St. John the Evangelist means Family Discipleship, deeply rooted in the Mass, empowering parents, and nurturing a lifelong love for Christ and His Church.  There are three main guiding principles that are leading us:

SUNDAY MASS IS THE CLASS. As the source and summit of the Christian life (Catechism of the Catholic Church, Paragraph 1324), everything we do should point toward and flow out of the Eucharist; that is where Jesus himself teaches and feeds us.  Children’s Liturgy of the Word, a reading of the Scriptures, the Creed, and prayers at an age-appropriate level, is offered at the 10am Mass each Sunday.  

PARENTS ARE THE PRIMARY EDUCATORS OF THEIR CHILDREN, our role at the parish is to help parents live out the promise they made at their child’s Baptism to raise them in the Catholic faith. We are here to assist you, the real teachers of your children. (CCC 2223)

SACRAMENTS AND FORMATION MUST BE PRECEDED BY EVANGELIZING, FAITH, AND CONVERSION! (CCC 1072) We want our parish families to fall in love with Jesus and his beautiful Church! We do not mechanically push people through a conveyor belt system like a manufactured product.

for children’s religious education classes, see Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (CGS); for adult religious education, see OCIA/Catholicism 101; for questions or more information on religious education or sacraments at St. John, contact: FamilyDiscipleship@saintjohnjackson.org or Todd Gale (todd@saintjohnjackson.org).