What is Lifelong Faith Formation?

"Do not presuppose the faith but propose it...Faith is not maintained automatically. It is not "finished business" that we can simply take for granted. The life of faith has to be constantly renewed. And since faith is an act that comprehends all the dimensions of our existence, it also requires constantly renewed reflection and witness."

The CCD program at Our Lady of Guadalupe is offered to all families with children grades K-8th to help support the parents in handing on the Catholic faith. CCD classes for the K-2nd grades and 1st Communion Prep are Sunday mornings beginning with Mass at 9:30 a.m. and goes until 11:40 a.m. The older children meet on Wednesday afternoons beginning at 5:30 p.m. for 3rd-5th grades, Sacramental preparation and then 7:00 p.m. for 6th-12th grades.

Like Edge, Life Teen uses a non-classroom form of catechesis to help older adolecents live out their faith. Life Teen is open to all high school students grades 9th-12th. 

Adult Faith Formation must engage the particular and diverse needs and interests of the adults. At Our Lady of Guadalupe, we strive to recognize those needs amongst the various age groups and states of life, from young adults to seniors, from families to single parents to those still discerning their vocations. Our goal is to share the Truth, that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior and is truly present in the Eucharist: Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity. To this end, we strive to teach the Faith of the Church through small groups, liturgical catechesis and by living out our faith together, as one community.