Register Today for 2022-2023 Faith Formation/CCD Classes For Children

Are your children attending public school or non-Catholic private school, and you want them to learn the Catholic faith in a systematic way? Then the CCD (Confraternity of Christian Doctrine) Program at the Basilica of Saint Mary is for you.

We partner with parents to help them fulfill their baptismal promises of providing faith formation/catechesis to their children. Our classes, offered kindergarten (age 5) through grade 8, are designed to prepare children to know and live the Catholic faith; learn to pray; respond to the universal call of holiness; desire and prepare for sacraments; and live a life in Christ as His disciples.

The overall purpose of our class sessions has one clear objective: To know and love Jesus in a personal way. In-person classes begin on Sunday, September 11, 2022, for new and returning families. Classes meet 10-11:15 a.m. on Sundays, Sept 2022 – May 2023, at The Basilica School of Saint Mary (400 Green Street in Alexandria).

For new CCD families, please include your child/ren’s birth and baptismal certificate/s with registration. For students desiring sacraments, there is a two-year program by which a student attends two consecutive years of faith formation classes before the age/grade appropriate sacrament. For more information, to homeschool, or to volunteer, click here.

For families with unbaptized children over the age of 7, and for adults who want to become Catholic or are missing sacraments, please contact Hilary Munger at hmunger@stmaryoldtown.org or call 703-836-4100.

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