"It is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me"
- Galatians 2:20
All Saints Faith Formation Registration is here.
Please find the PDF documents you need to register. Read our handbook to learn more about our program.
Our pre-Faith Formation Registration period is over. All our registration fees go up by $15.
Our pre-Faith Formation Registration period is over. All our registration fees go up by $15.
Handbook
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Calendar
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Registration
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Register as soon as you can, you don't want to miss sessions!
You can register at any time, even though our pre-Faith Formation registration period is over. We welcome new families and even latecomers at any time in the year.
If you need financial assistance or scholarship for Faith Formation please contact us today! Don't let money be an obstacle for the precious news of the Gospel. We want to provide quality Catechesis for everyone.
Enveloped Registrations can also be turned in by: dropping of at the parish office during hours, standard mail (send to: Church of All Saints, 310 S. 9th St., Keokuk, IA 52632), or in the collection plate any weekend Mass.
If you need financial assistance or scholarship for Faith Formation please contact us today! Don't let money be an obstacle for the precious news of the Gospel. We want to provide quality Catechesis for everyone.
Enveloped Registrations can also be turned in by: dropping of at the parish office during hours, standard mail (send to: Church of All Saints, 310 S. 9th St., Keokuk, IA 52632), or in the collection plate any weekend Mass.
There are two parts to our Faith Formation Program
*Check out our calendar!
Youth Nights
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Family Formation Nights
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Because Religious Education as we know it is not working like it should...
In a recent CARA study which questioned fallen away millennials who no longer called themselves "Catholic," found that many consciously chose to leave the faith by age 13 for good. 63% of those interviewed shared that they stopped being catholic between the ages of 10 and 17. 23% said that they left the faith before the age of ten. Among those who left, very few have returned or have intentions of returning for sacraments like Marriage or Baptism. (Source: cara.georgetown.edu)
But! here's the good news...
As the old adage says, "families that pray together stay together" is found to be largely true. In fact at the Second Vatican Council families were uplifted in their way of life and the importance of parents in the lives of their children. Really, we are enacting and putting to work the goals that the Council set forth for education of families.
“All Christians in any state or walk of life are called to the fullness of Christian life and to the perfection of charity.”[1]“Be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”[2]We are all called to be holy. As part of the baptismal call, we all are called to sanctify ourselves and the world around us right where we are at in the world.
“[Lay Christians] live in the ordinary circumstances of family and social life, from which the very web of their existence is woven.”[3]
“By their very vocation, they seek the Kingdom of God by engaging in temporal affairs and by ordering them according to the plan of God. They live in the world, that is, in each and in all of the secular professions and occupations.”[4]
“Hence the laity, dedicated as they are to Christ and anointed by the Holy Spirit, are marvelously called and prepared, so that even richer fruits of the Spirit may be produced in them. For all their works, prayers, and apostolic undertakings, family and married life, daily work, relaxation of mind and body, if they are accomplished in the Spirit — indeed even the hardships of life, if patiently borne — all these become spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. In the celebration of the Eucharist these may most fittingly be offered to the Father along with the body of the Lord. And so, worshiping everywhere by their holy actions, the laity consecrate the world itself to God, everywhere offering worship by the holiness of their lives.”[5]
“The witness of Christian life given by parents in the family comes to children with tenderness and parental respect. Children thus perceive and joyously live the closeness of God and of Jesus made manifest by their parents in such a way that this first Christian experience frequently leaves decisive traces which last throughout life. This childhood religious awakening which takes place in the family is irreplaceable.”[6]
Yep, that's quite a bit of verbiage but essentially parents are the key to a young persons development. We've found that the less involved parents are in a child's faith formation the more likely they will not continue the faith in the present as well as later in life. And for that matter Jesus was very clear, the necessity for being a living member of the Church is essential not only for salvation but to be a beacon of light and hope for others (you can take our word for it or double check here if you like).
[1]Lumen Genitum(Rome: Holy See, 1964), 40.
[2]Matthew 5:48
[3]Lumen Gentium, 31.
[4]Ibid.
[5]Catechism of the Catholic Church (Washington DC: USCCB, 2001), 901.
[6]General Directory for Catechesis(Rome: Holy See, 1971), 226.
“All Christians in any state or walk of life are called to the fullness of Christian life and to the perfection of charity.”[1]“Be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”[2]We are all called to be holy. As part of the baptismal call, we all are called to sanctify ourselves and the world around us right where we are at in the world.
“[Lay Christians] live in the ordinary circumstances of family and social life, from which the very web of their existence is woven.”[3]
“By their very vocation, they seek the Kingdom of God by engaging in temporal affairs and by ordering them according to the plan of God. They live in the world, that is, in each and in all of the secular professions and occupations.”[4]
“Hence the laity, dedicated as they are to Christ and anointed by the Holy Spirit, are marvelously called and prepared, so that even richer fruits of the Spirit may be produced in them. For all their works, prayers, and apostolic undertakings, family and married life, daily work, relaxation of mind and body, if they are accomplished in the Spirit — indeed even the hardships of life, if patiently borne — all these become spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. In the celebration of the Eucharist these may most fittingly be offered to the Father along with the body of the Lord. And so, worshiping everywhere by their holy actions, the laity consecrate the world itself to God, everywhere offering worship by the holiness of their lives.”[5]
“The witness of Christian life given by parents in the family comes to children with tenderness and parental respect. Children thus perceive and joyously live the closeness of God and of Jesus made manifest by their parents in such a way that this first Christian experience frequently leaves decisive traces which last throughout life. This childhood religious awakening which takes place in the family is irreplaceable.”[6]
Yep, that's quite a bit of verbiage but essentially parents are the key to a young persons development. We've found that the less involved parents are in a child's faith formation the more likely they will not continue the faith in the present as well as later in life. And for that matter Jesus was very clear, the necessity for being a living member of the Church is essential not only for salvation but to be a beacon of light and hope for others (you can take our word for it or double check here if you like).
[1]Lumen Genitum(Rome: Holy See, 1964), 40.
[2]Matthew 5:48
[3]Lumen Gentium, 31.
[4]Ibid.
[5]Catechism of the Catholic Church (Washington DC: USCCB, 2001), 901.
[6]General Directory for Catechesis(Rome: Holy See, 1971), 226.