Faith Formation

Welcome to St. Joseph Religious Education Program!

At St. Joseph’s parish, children learn their faith at home and in class together with their peers. They are formed in the truths and teachings of the Catholic faith that they may fulfill their baptismal call to worship God and serve others as members of the Catholic community.

We are following with care the guidance being offered by the Archdiocese of Washington Catechetical Office and State of Maryland for Prince Georges County as we plan for the 2023-2024 Religious Education Program year. We will provide a safe environment for your child to grow in his/her catholic faith. God bless you.
With much prayer, joy and hope we are pleased to offer “in-person” classes for grades K-8 on Thursday evenings, 6:15pm-7:30pm, begins September 21.

Enrollment in the Religious Education program is required of all children and youth in the parish who attend public school or home school and are not attending a Catholic school.  

There are sacramental classes for children and youth to receive special instruction to prepare them for First Penance, First Eucharist and or Confirmation. 

Children in the Religious Education program are expected to attend Sunday Mass regularly with their families.
Registration can be completed by paper form. Forms are in the commons area of the church, in the Faith Formation Office or can be emailed upon request.

Online registration is available too! Click on the link at the bottom of the page.

For online take notice of a few things:

• Required release forms are integrated right into our registration process. 
• You will receive an email with a confirmation of your registration. 
• After completing one form for each child, you will need to go to the online-giving webpage where you can make your payment.  Visit www.stjosephbeltsville.org/give, then click Monetary Donations, and choose Youth Faith Formation.

Please note, a child is not accepted into a class by the inability to make the required tuition fee.
Should the tuition fee be a hardship, please contact: Helene Stever, Director of Faith Formation at [email protected].

We are excited and blessed to have your family at St. Joseph!
In his Holy year, St. Joseph, Pray for Us!
 

2023 - 2024 Registration began August 15, 2023.  For more information, contact Helene Stever, 301-937-7183 x 418; [email protected]