Enrollment for Religious Education: 2025-2026
Dear Parents:
Welcome to Saint Luke Religious Education! Thank you for working with us as we rolled out Family Faith Formation during this prior school year. After a year of learning in this style, we will continue the same format for this current school year (2025-2026), with a few tweaks based on your feedback. Family Faith Formation is designed to support you, the parents in your God-given role as the primary educator of your child(ren). This is your right and privilege. On your child’s baptism day, you promised to raise your child up in the Faith. As a parent, you have the most impact on your child(ren)’s upbringing in the Faith. As your parish, we are called to assist you on that sacred endeavor and to empower you to fulfill this holy privilege and responsibility. We are thrilled to partner with you in this particular way this year. Our hope is that throughout this year, you will see that we are working not to create more obligations, but instead to create more opportunities to teach and talk with your child(ren) about the Faith.
Continuing this year, children will learn about the Catholic Faith primarily from you, the parents. Grades 1-8 will use the online formation “My Catholic Faith Delivered”, featuring the “Faith and Life” series by Ignatius Press. Children in Kindergarten will use a textbook targeted for that age level. Parents may instruct all their children together or separately. You may choose to educate your child at home or to come to campus with your child for weekly sessions (formerly called classes).
On-Campus Learning Sessions:
On campus learners will work at home to complete lessons in My Catholic Faith Delivered and then Every Sunday morning or Monday evening, your children and you, their parent, will participate in sessions with a catechetical facilitator who reviews the week's lesson and guides a discussion. Parents with more than one child may attend the session for any of their children and may choose to attend with a different child each week if desired. If you have a child in second or eighth grade, you must attend the session for that child.
The on-campus session times allow you to attend Mass at any of the times Mass is offered at St. Luke (Sessions are held on Sundays from 10:10-10:55 AM). The reason that we are having these sessions is because many parents say that they are not comfortable teaching the Faith–these are meant to be an aid to them. Approximately once a quarter, parents will meet together during class time instead of learning alongside their child. These parent sessions will allow for parents to discuss different topics and grow in community with one another. At Home Learning parents may attend these parent sessions if they would like.
Sessions will begin on Sunday, September 14 and Monday, September 15 and will run through May 3 and May 4, 2026. Session times will be on Sunday Mornings from 10:10-10:55 AM or Monday evenings from 4:45-5:30 PM. The list of session dates will be distributed at the first session.
At Home Learning:
If you are comfortable teaching the Faith on your own, we have an option for you to educate your child at home without coming to campus for weekly sessions. With this method, you will work with your child over the span of 6-8 weeks at time throughout the year to complete all lessons, take the lesson assessment and will report back answers from a family guide to the Religious Education Office.
Additionally, you and your child will be required to come to 4 On-Campus Meetings throughout the year:
September 21, 2025, 12:15-1:30 PM in the school gym
November 9, 2025, 10:10-11:30 AM in the school gym
February 8, 2026 12:15-1:30 PM in the school gym
April 19, 2026 12:15-1:30 PM in the school gym
The main feedback that we heard from this year's survey was that those who were learning at home missed being in community and these meetings allow for building community and getting feedback while you're learning from home. It also helps us to see how your child is learning and how we can assist if needed. Students in Sacramental Prep years (2nd and 8th grade) are able to learn from home, but are required to attend the on campus events associated with their sacrament (retreats, small group sessions for Confirmation, rehearsal etc).
If your child is in need of Baptism and/or First Communion and is in third grade or higher, they will need to enroll into our OCIC/Sacramental Prep Classes on Mondays from 4:45-5:45 PM. A parent is required to attend with their child. This class does not use the My Catholic Faith Delivered platform for learning. These classes are only available via on campus learning.
If your child is a high school student and needs Confirmation, please enroll them into our High School Confirmation Prep Class (dates of meetings are still to be determined). These classes are only available through on campus learning.
Thank you again for joining us this year. We’re looking forward to sharing with you and your family as we work to raise Saints for the future. We still need Catechetical facilitators to lead our sessions. If you’re interested, please contact our office. Questions can be directed towards Emily Teter at [email protected].
Enrollment can be found here: www.saintlukemclean.org/re-enroll.html
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Sessions begin on September 14 (Sunday Sessions) and September 15 (Monday Sessions)
Enrollment is open to all children of registered, active parish members.
A copy of each child's Birth Certificate and Baptism Certificate must accompany your enrollment form or be on file.
All new families must mail , e-mail or add to their enrollment form, a copy of their child(ren)'s birth certificate and baptismal certificate before enrollment is complete.
Each family is asked to volunteer to assist with Religious Education throughout the year. Please check the ways you are willing to assist on your Enrollment form. If you are volunteering to work with children (catechetical facilitators, assistant facilitators, substitute catechists and hall monitors), you will need to comply with the Diocesan Policy for Volunteers, read and sign a Code of Conduct, and attend the Safe Environment Program: VIRTUS training session. Please contact Page Slusser or Emily Teter to get volunteer. Volunteer hours will correspond with your child's participation in the program as much as possible (e.g. you will teach during the session time your child is in class).
Diocese of Arlington Religious Education Standards for Learning:
Elementary Religious Education Standards of Learning PK - 8
Your child will be placed in a session when we receive a completed enrollment form, copy of your child(ren)'s Baptism Certificate and payment. Completed enrollments are processed on a first received basis.
Please contact the office Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. The office phone number is 703-356-8419 or [email protected].
Remember that while Religious Education may help in building a child’s Faith foundation, the best way to teach your child(ren) about our Faith and establish their lifelong love of God is by bringing them with you to Mass.
Daily Masses: Monday - Friday 6:45 am, 9:00 am. Saturday: 9:00 am, Vigil Mass 5:30 pm.
Sunday: 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 11:00 am.
Confessions: Saturday 4:00 - 5:00 pm and Fridays from 9:30-10 am.
If you have already enrolled and would like to pay online you can make a one-time payment in Parish Soft by clicking the button below and enter the amount you want to pay then click on "one time gift". In the box underneath, press down on the arrow, then scroll down to "Religious Education Class Fees". In the "note" field, indicate the name of your child(ren) and this payment is for their tuition, then complete the remaining information with your checking account, card number or google pay account.
Enrollment Fees:
K-8th Grade:
One Child: $100
Two Children: $175
Three Children: $250
Four or more children: $50 for each additional child.
Sacrament Administrative Fee:
First Communion: $50
Confirmation: $100
High School Sacramental Prep: $50
Enrollment is not considered complete until payment is received. Please contact the Religious Education Office if a scholarship is needed.