The parish’s responsibility is to support parents in their role as primary teachers and evangelists of their families. When parents introduce their child to the formal Faith Formation process, they are acting on the promises they made at their child’s Baptism to raise that child in the Catholic Faith. Parents are integral in the role they play in their childr en’s faith development, and serve as their primary teachers and role models. We believe that the first church is the domestic church found in each and every home. To put it another way, genuine religious education informs, forms, and transforms.Īt the Cathedral, we believe that Faith Formation occurs within the family, and that parents are the primary spiritual and moral educators of their children. Religious education is both instruction in the truths of our Faith, and a guide to a way of life that leads to communion with the Triune God. While the Church acknowledges the right and responsibility of parents to educate their children in the Faith, she must also exercise her role as a vigilant mother in matters of Faith. Faith Formation for Children Beginning a Lifelong Journey of Faith
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