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Protection of Children & Youth
The Office of the Protection of Children and Youth’s (OPCY) mission is to respond to victim-survivors who report sexual abuse by assisting them in the process of healing and reporting allegations, and ensure the Archdiocese is providing services to prevent future instances of sexual abuse. For a complete listing of programs and services, please visit their website at:
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2021 - 2022 Religious Education
The HCJP Religious Ed. programs will be begin on September 11th, 2021, with sessions on Saturday and Sunday. Please see the details of the various programs. We hope you and your family will join us!
I. Saturday Program – K to 8th grade (includes 1st Communion & Confirmation Yr1 and Yr2)
The Saturday Class schedule is as follows:
- Ed class: 3:30 pm to 4:40 pm
- Eucharist Youth Movement: 4:45 pm to 5:50 pm (meets weekly)
- Bi-lingual Mass (VN & EN): 6:00 PM
*All Saturday Rel. Ed students are highly encouraged to attend the 6:00PM Mass*
Students (aged 7+) are invited to participate in the Eucharistic Youth Movement
II. Sunday Program - Additional Sacraments Classes (1st Communion, Confirmation Yr1 and Yr2)
The Sunday schedule is as follows:
- Ed class: 12:00 pm to 1:15 pm
- Youth Mass: 1:30 pm
- Active Youth of HCJP Group: 2:45PM (meets monthly)
*All Sunday Rel. Ed students are highly encouraged to attend the Youth Mass at 1:30PM*
Students (ages 10+) are invited to participate in the “Active Youth of HCJP” Group
*Sunday First Reconciliation and Communion: Intended to prep 3rd to 6th grade students who have not attended Rel. Ed classes in prior years to receive the Sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist.
III. Confirmation (Yr 1 & Yr2): Two year program (as required by the Archdiocese of Chicago)
- Year I Confirmation class is intended for students from 7th to 9th Grade
- Students will receive the Sacrament of Confirmation after completion of Year II
IV. Youth RCIA: This Rel. Ed program is for Young Catholics from Grades 10-12, under age 18, who have not received Reconciliation, Communion, and/or Confirmation. Class time: TBD
V. Registration: Returning students will receive the prefilled registration form via postal mail and be emailed the form to review and update. New students are to use the registration form, which will be available in the information box and online on the parish website or may call the parish office.
VI. Registration fees:
Per family: One student: $100 – 2 students $180 – 3 students: $240
Eucharist Youth Movement: New member $60 (includes uniform) - Returning member $30
We will accept registration forms at the end of the 4PM Sat, 1130AM & 130PM Sun Masses – starting August 21, 2021, and ending on Sunday, September 5, 2021
**Please make checks payable to “St. Margaret Mary Church”**
The rectory will also accept registration forms with payment. (2324 W. Chase Ave, Chicago, IL 60645)
Contact info:
- RelEd@hcjp.org - Rectory office: 773-764-0615
- cynthia.shaw@hcjp.org
- trong.phuc.tran@hcjp.org
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Family Catechesis
Family Catechesis is a Religious Education program in which parents fully participate in the faith formation of their children.
Excerpts from the General Directory of Catechesis and the National Directory of Catechesis:- Family catechesis precedes…accompanies and enriches all forms of catechesis. (GDC 226)
- Parents transmit and bear witness to human and religious values. This activity which is both human and religious is a “true ministry” through which the Gospel is transmitted and radiated so that family life is transformed into a journey of faith and the school of Christian life. (GDC 227)
- It is for this reason that the Christian community must give very special attention to parents…they must help them assume their responsibility of educating their children in the faith (GDC 226)
- Parents are the primary educators in the faith. The family is defined as a "domestic Church", that is, in every Christian Family the different aspects and functions of the life of the entire Church may be reflected: mission, catechesis, witness, prayer etc. (GDC 255).
- Within family-centered catechetical programs are opportunities for parents to catechize their children directly, for spouses to catechize each other, and for children to catechize one another and their parents. (NDC 259
- When children are baptized, parents accept the responsibility to bring up their children in the practice of the faith and to see to it that the divine life that God gives them…At the same time, the Church promises to help parents foster their children’s faith and assists them specifically in their role as catechists of their children. (NDC 235).
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