What is Family Faith Formation?

What is Family Faith Formation?

New to Christ the King Parish for 2025-2026, Family Faith Formation is a new model of catechesis for families with children in K-6.  Family Faith Formation offers a three-year Flagship Series of lessons that align with the Church's three-year liturgical cycle, supporting families in developing traditions practiced within each liturgical season of the Church.
These family-focused and Christ-centered lessons introduce families to a living encounter with Christ, responding to Pope Francis’ call for the Kerygma (Gospel Message) to become the center of all evangelizing activity, beginning in the home.
The Family Faith Formation model provides our parish's families with the support needed to better balance their spiritual lives with family life:  making time for Formation, Prayer, Worship and Fellowship.

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What will Family Faith Formation look like for my Family:  for Me, for my Children?

Each month consists of two unique sessions - each with its own particular focus:  1) Family Faith Formation Sessions; and 2) Small Groups for Grades K-6

• Family Faith Formation Sessions - scheduled once a month for both parents and children to learn about a specific topic of Faith.  ("Family Funday" - piloted in 2024/2025 - set the framework for the Family Faith Formation Session model)
  Two dates are offered each month, Families choose which one of the two dates to attend. 
  At these Monthly Family Faith Formation Sessions, parents and children break into separate groups that provide an age appropriate space, where they can be evangelized, catechized and encouraged.
  At these Sessions each family receives a "Home Lessons Packet" consisting of weekly lessons they can use throughout the rest of the month.  These Home Lessons are easy to use and have been developed by parents to use amidst typical busy family life.
• Small Groups for K-6 - Children will also have opportunities throughout each month to gather with their grade-level peers for small group lessons instructed by a Catechist.  See calendar  for dates.

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How does my busy family fit everything in?

It is not a matter of finding more family time, it is a matter of refocusing your family time.
The Home Lessons introduce suggestions and content for parents who are the first and primary teachers of our faith to their children, to enter into conversations about our Faith and its Sacred Traditions throughout everyday life.