FOR CHILDREN IN GRADES 1 TO 8
ATTENDING PUBLIC SCHOOL IN 2020-2021
All Catholic children attending Public School MUST be registered and attend Religious Education classes offered by the parish EACH YEAR. Before receiving the sacraments of Holy Communion or Confirmation, they MUST be enrolled and faithfully attend classes for TWO CONSECUTIVE years. Registration (for new students) and re-registration (for returning students) in our Religious Education Program for the 2020-2021 school year is under way. Registration forms are available in the back of the church, at the rectory or by clicking on the link below.
RE-REGISTRATIONS: If your child will be returning to the program next year, you are able to make payment of the registration fee(s) online, by visiting our online payment site (click here). We will e-mail to you the information we have from past years. Please check if anything has changed and make the correction, then return the updated form to us either by e-mail or after printing it. Note the registration fee indicated below.
NEW REGISTRATIONS: If you wish to add another child, or your child is new to the program for 2020-2021, please complete both sides of the registration form, return the form to us either by e-mail or after printing it, then be sure to make the payment online. Note the registration fee indicated below.
In addition, for new registrations only, please provide the following when registering:
ALL REGISTRATIONS:
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If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Juan Perez at 718-497-0590. Or e-mail him directly at [email protected].
Protecting Our Youth
Letter from Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio:
In 2002, the Catholic Bishops of the United States met in Dallas, and approved the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People and pledged to address the issue of sexual abuse by clergy, lay employees and volunteers in the Catholic Church. The Charter includes guidelines for reconciliation, healing, accountability, and prevention of future acts of abuse. Since 2002, the Bishops have revised the Charter twice and will continue to make changes as necessary.
In order to implement the goals expressed in the Charter, the Safe Environment Program was opened in 2004. This program includes training to assist priests, deacons, pastoral ministers, employees and volunteers to be aware of any signs of sexual abuse with the children with whom they might come into contact, conducting background searches to reveal any past criminal activity that might endanger children entrusted to our care, and administering codes of pastoral conduct which serve as guidelines for pastoral activity. Protecting God’s Children is a tremendous responsibility that the Church has and must fulfill.
Of equal importance was the need to reach out to victims and their families who have been impacted by sexual abuse by clergy. For many years, the Diocese of Brooklyn has been offering assistance to those who have presented themselves to the Diocese as victims of sexual abuse by clergy through the Office of Victim Assistance. We are committed to helping anyone who was hurt as a minor by sexual abuse to seek help and to begin the healing process. Healing is a journey which can be taken in different steps. Circumstances for each victim are varied, but the commonality is that there is a need to feel that someone understands their pain, acknowledges the wrongdoing and offers an apology in the name of the Church.
We hope that through the links on this page, you will find valuable and useful information on the resources provided within the Diocese in Brooklyn and Queens to address the issue of sexual abuse by clergy, lay employees, and volunteers in the Catholic Church.
As Bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn, my prayers continue for all the victims of sexual abuse by clergy or other Church personnel within our Diocese and throughout the Church and all those affected by its occurrence. May the Lord bring healing and peace.
Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Ph.D., D.D.
Bishop of Brooklyn
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