Faith Formation
Our St. Anthony’s /St. Joseph’s/St. Ambrose Faith Formation offers classes for students Pre K-10th grade.
Classes start September of every year. Please plan to register at least a month in advance.
Grades Pre-K through Pre-Confirmation (8th grade) will have class at the St. Joseph’s school building Sunday mornings 9:45-10:45AM. Confirmation Classes will take place in the ministry/church building on Sunday afternoons and evenings. Schedule TBD each year.
Registration is closed for 2023 First Communion and Confirmation. Students are certainly welcome to join our Faith Formation Program any time of year, we will find a class level suitable for each student. Students preparing for sacraments are required to attend class regularly to be eligible.
First Penance & First Communion typically include children entering 2nd grade in the Fall.
Students entering 8th grade this Fall are required to enroll in our 2 year Confirmation Program in order to be candidates for Confirmation.
The 2023-2024 Faith Formation Year Registration and Schedule will be published in the coming months
Questions?
Director of Religious Education:
Sally Herceg | 607-744-0875
[email protected]
2023-2024 Faith Formation Schedule
Youth & Young Adult Ministry
The Churches and Communities of St. Anthony of Padua/St. Joseph provide engaging programs, activities, events, service projects, and trips to our youth that will help them to grow in their faith and empower them to live as disciples of Christ. Some upcoming FREE events/activities are:
- Teen Bible Study – Every Tuesday in St. Joseph’s Youth Room 7-8:30PM
- Young Adult Bible Study (18-39) – Every Wednesday in St. Joseph’s Youth Room 7-8:30PM
- Open Gym! – Basketball, dodgeball, spikeball, volleyball, pizza, and more! 6-7:15PM Elementary Age; 7:15-8:45PM Middle/High School Age. Next Dates: October 21, November 4, December 2.
- Family Halloween Party – October 29th 2023, 2-4PM. Haunted House, Games, Prizes, Food, Pumpkin Painting & more!!
- Middle School Turkey Bowling! – November 12, 1-3PM @ Ideal Lanes in Endicott!
- Diocesan Catholic Youth Conference – November 18th 2023, Sacred Heart Parish in Cicero NY. Youth Grades 7-12
Contact our Youth Ministers for more information on these and other youth events!
Contact Us!
Youth Ministry:
Beth DeAngelo | 607-427-1284
Mary Dimock | 607-761-4560
[email protected]
Young Adult Ministry:
Mary Dimock | 607-761-4560
[email protected]
Youth Ministry Events
Young Adult Events
“Dear Young People, let yourselves be taken over by the light of Christ, and spread that light wherever you are.”
St. John Paul II
Steubenville Summer Youth Conference
SAVE the DATE:
July 14-16, 2023
Franciscan University of Steubenville
Summer will be here before we know it! Students entering grades 9-12 in fall 2023, plus 2023 high school graduates, please consider joining the St. Joseph/St. Anthony/St. Ambrose teens as we travel with the Diocese of Syracuse to the Steubenville Main Campus in Ohio to join youth from around the country to encounter Christ through mass, praise and worship, inspirational speakers, adoration, and more! The weekend is packed with engaging sessions, concerts, prayer, and opportunities to encounter Christ!
Diocesan trip registration includes conference, transportation, lodging, most meals, and a t-shirt. For more information or to sign-up, please e-mail Beth DeAngelo, [email protected], or call or text 607-427-1284.
Children’s Liturgy of the Word (CLOW)
CLOW has resumed during Mass on most of the Sundays when there is Faith Formation class. This is for children 4-8 years old. During the Liturgy of the Word, Fr Ken will call up the children and excuse them for a lesson of their own (approx 20 mins.) The CLOW leaders will take the children to the Conference Room off the Sacristy. Children return during the envelope collection. Registration is not required but very helpful.
If interested and for registration, email Sally Herceg at [email protected].
Totus Tuus Summer Camp
Totus Tuus is a summer Catholic youth program dedicated to sharing the Gospel and promoting the Catholic faith through evangelization, discipleship, Christian witness, and Eucharistic worship. Started in 1988 by Father Bernard Gorges in Wichita, Kansas, our week-long Parish Mission Program assists parents and parishes to evangelize and disciple their youth by supplementing the work they are already doing. The methodology, structure, content, and enthusiasm of Totus Tuus is not only concerned with teaching the faith, but also igniting the hearts of the team members and young people. The result has been the formation of young adults who continue to dedicate themselves to the Church’s mission of evangelization.
To find out more or to register, please follow this link:
https://www.syracusediocese.org/offices/youth-and-young-adult-ministry/totus-tuus/
