Parenting is hard work!

Our Parish Family Connection provides families with young children a place to gather and enjoy their children in a fun and engaging atmosphere. Children build strong language, motor and social skills while the adults have an opportunity to meet other parents and talk about child rearing challenges. Our programs are free of charge, and you can attend a session to see if the program is a good fit for your family. 

If you are new to our programs, please use this link to complete the Family Connection Registration Form
before registering for programs.

Fall program registration is now open.
You are welcome to contact us if you have questions or would like to preview a class using the "contact form" below.

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Our Parish Family Connection Programs
Fall 2022

Roots & Wings
Mondays, 10:00 - 10:45 AM

Parents, infants and toddlers on the move will enjoy singing and playing together as they build strong language skills and loving bonds. The program includes nursery rhymes, lap rhymes, music, books and lots of hugs and love!  The program will end with a special development time to encourage gross motor and social skills.  This program is for children up to 30 months & their caregivers.
 

Register for 
Roots & Wings

Divine Duos
Tuesdays, 10:00 - 11:00 AM

Parents and children will enjoy a time to sing and play together as they celebrate their child’s growing sense of self. The program encourages independence, sharing, and cooperation as we build strong language, thinking, motor, decision making, and social skills. The program includes rhymes, books, music & thinking activities. This program is for children 2½ - 3½ years old & a caregiver.  

Register for 
Divine Duos

The Wonder of Me
Wednesdays, 10:00 - 11:00 AM
 

God created us to live in harmony with the world around us exploring and growing along the way until we discover all He has created us to be. This program will work with children where they are and inspire quiet growth by thinking about “me and my place in the world.”

•    What can I do, what is still hard for me…how can I grow?

•    Can I think about the way God made the world and try to understand it?

•    Can I get to know others and learn to appreciate what they like and what they can do?

•    Can I listen and share even when it’s hard?

Join us as we read, listen, sing, think, & work with our hands so we can begin to discover all we can be. 
This program is for children 3 1/2  - 4 1/2 years.
 

Register for 
The Wonder of Me

 

Journey to the Word 
Thursdays, 10:00 - 11:00 AM

We all want our children to grow into literate, thinking adults, but reading the Bible doesn’t happen in a day.  It takes time and practice to develop the literacy skills necessary to become a proficient reader.  This program will focus on helping children build a strong foundation of phonological awareness skills to support their growing phonemic awareness and early literacy skills.  Children will need a binder for filing their work. This filing is an important step in the process of learning alphabet skills. 
This program is for students who will be kindergarten age in the fall of 2023.

Register for 
Journey to the Word

The First Christmas… 

a Christmas Novena for Children

This is a busy time of year, but as families, it is important to make time to show our children the true meaning of Christmas.  We’ll meet every afternoon for 9 days to prepare to welcome Jesus into our hearts and lives in a very special way. We’ll start in the church with a special reading, song & prayer to Jesus and then we’ll finish in the hall creating one piece of our own Christmas Nativity to take home to celebrate Jesus’ birthday.  Each child will need a shoe box for this program. Our final session will include a birthday celebration especially for Jesus! Recommended for families with children 4 years & up. This program will be presented at St. Charles Borromeo Church.

Dec. 16th - 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Dec. 17th & 18th - 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Dec. 19th - 23rd - 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Dec. 24th - 2:00 - 3:00 pm

Register for
The First Christmas

Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
Sundays, 9:30  -  11:00 AM

The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd program is a beautiful, hands-on way of leading young children to learn about our faith, the Bible, the Mass and our loving God. This fall, our parish will open a Level 1 Atrium for children ages 3 - 6 years.  This weekly 1 1/2 hour program will give your child the gift of faith as well as a loving relationship with our heavenly Father.  There is a small fee for this program.