Parish School of Religion
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MISSION STATEMENTSt. Peter Parish School of Religion, secure in the love of the Father, and guided by the Holy Spirit, strives to reach out with today's living Gospel message to all parish families. Our mission is to provide Catholic religious education for children in Grades K-8, in the hope that these children and their families, always looking to Jesus as their role model and to the Holy Spirit for guidance, grow in religious knowledge, and become active in faith and service.
Our PSR program provides formal Catholic religious education in the classroom setting to students who attend area public schools and non-Catholic private schools. Our program continues and supplements the religious formation of parents, who are the first teachers of their children in the ways of the faith. We assist families in the areas of knowledge of the faith, beliefs, and Christian life skills and religious practices, and strengthen the growing relationship with Jesus and his Church.
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PSR Classes take place on Tuesdays during the school year, with Session 1 from 4:30-5:45 PM and Session 2 from 6:30-7:45 PM. Children in Grade 2 are prepared to receive First Reconciliation and First Communion, and youth in Grade 8 are prepared to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. Our program currently has an enrollment of 350+ in Grades K-8 in the Tuesday program.
It is the policy of St. Peter Parish that children preparing to receive the sacraments of Reconciliation, Eucharist and Confirmation need to be in their second year of formal religious education (i.e., having been enrolled 1st as well as 2nd grade and having been in 7th as well as 8th grade.) Children who are not baptized need to be enrolled in OCIC, and children who are baptized, but have had no prior religious education are enrolled in Sacramental Preparation after one year in the PSR program.
Stewardship of Time and Talent is actively encouraged in our Parish School of Religion. Parents and parishioners alike are involved in the program in various ways. Over fifty adults serve regularly as catechists, co-catechists, classroom aides, and special needs aides in our classroom groups. Others provide help as substitute catechists and aides. Parents assist in the safety of students during arrival and dismissal by serving as crossing guards. A variety of other talents provide appreciation events for faculty, organize the annual Ice Cream Social, help with art activities, provide expertise in the area of special learning needs, and more.
Please contact PSR Principal Susan Lueker at 314.821.0460 Ext. 4212 if you need tuition assistance. All inquiries will be handled confidentially.
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Do you have a school-age child in Grade K-8 who needs religious education?
Please contact us! All are welcome!
Interested in registration:
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Susan Luekersluekerstpeterkirkwood.orgDirector of Religious Education
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