Nurturing your Child’s Faith
To awaken or initiate a child into the faith is to accompany them in their discovery of God. It is to help them to become aware of the treasure of love that God has placed in their heart, inviting them to meet Him and to live with that love which fills the heart. To awaken a child to faith is to initiate them into Christian life through prayer, participation in rites and sacraments, and the celebration of Christian liturgical feasts.
What makes our catechism program unique?
Missione Maria Ausiliatrice’s Faith and Family Team wishes to partner with your family in raising Faith filled children. Our program ensures to support parents in developing the faith-life of their children, presenting clear concepts of the Catholic faith, celebrating our faith through pastoral activities, sharing an understanding of the Sacred Scripture, nurturing Christian values, and preparing children for celebrations of the Sacraments.
How long will Catechism last?
Our program is 20 weeks and has 1 lesson per week.
What is the pricing for registration?
For online registrations, there will be a non-refundable registration fee of 125.00$ for the first child & 100.00$ for each sibling, payable by Visa or MasterCard. For in-person registrations, there will be a non-refundable registration fee of 125.00$ for the first child & 100.00$ for each sibling, payable by cash only.
Do we need to bring any documents at registration?
For returning student(s) registering in-person, your registration form will be already file out, ready for verification by you.
For new student(s) registering in-person, you must bring a photocopy of the Baptism certificate received from the Church where your child was baptized. Do not bring the blue Québec birth certificate. For new student(s) registering online, you will notice an ‘upload’ button on the forms where you may attach a copy of the Baptism certificate.
How does attending Mass work?
Children, accompanied by their parents, must attend Mass. You may attend English Masses on
Saturdays at 5:00 p.m. and/or Sundays at 11:00 p.m.
Whether your child(ren) is participating in-person or home-based, collecting 20 Mass stamps is obligatory. Someone will be available to stamp your child(ren)’s card at the end of the Mass.
Sacrament of First Communion
The Eucharist is the remembrance (made real) of the Last Supper of Jesus with his Apostles, which took place on the Thursday evening prior to his arrest and death on the cross on Good Friday. It was at this last supper that Jesus revealed in a most extraordinary way, how his
presence and the gift of his life, would remain eternally with his followers: through the breaking of the bread (the sharing of His body) and the sharing of the cup of wine (the sharing of his blood). As He did this, Jesus addressed his friends, inviting them to “Do this in memory of me.”
Since then, the breaking of bread and the blessing of wine have been enacted by the Apostles and the Catholic Church every single day. During Mass, it is through the words spoken by the priest that Jesus and his divinity become present in the bread and the wine. The Eucharist, therefore, is a meal of mysterious love between Jesus, who is God, and his disciples. It is an incredible miracle that He alone could perform, a miracle of love to which we are drawn in faith and adoration.
Ever since this first meal, the Eucharist has literally brought life to the Church and to the baptized. It is the Eucharist that enables them to love as Jesus loved and to bring about God’s Kingdom here on earth, through his light, his peace and his joy. The Eucharist is the God of Love who gives of Himself so that the world may have abundant life – abundant because it is rooted in the very life of God.
If your child were to make his/her First Communion, this sacrament of the Catholic Church would enable him/her to experience a most profound relationship with Jesus.
What is the sacrament of First Communion?
Sacrament of Confirmation
The Eucharist is the remembrance (made real) of the Last Supper of Jesus with his Apostles, which took place on the Thursday evening prior to his arrest and death on the cross on Good Friday. It was at this last supper that Jesus revealed in a most extraordinary way, how his
presence and the gift of his life, would remain eternally with his followers: through the breaking of the bread (the sharing of His body) and the sharing of the cup of wine (the sharing of his blood). As He did this, Jesus addressed his friends, inviting them to “Do this in memory of me.”
Since then, the breaking of bread and the blessing of wine have been enacted by the Apostles and the Catholic Church every single day. During Mass, it is through the words spoken by the priest that Jesus and his divinity become present in the bread and the wine. The Eucharist, therefore, is a meal of mysterious love between Jesus, who is God, and his disciples. It is an incredible miracle that He alone could perform, a miracle of love to which we are drawn in faith and adoration.
Ever since this first meal, the Eucharist has literally brought life to the Church and to the baptized. It is the Eucharist that enables them to love as Jesus loved and to bring about God’s Kingdom here on earth, through his light, his peace and his joy. The Eucharist is the God of Love who gives of Himself so that the world may have abundant life – abundant because it is rooted in the very life of God.
If your child were to make his/her First Communion, this sacrament of the Catholic Church would enable him/her to experience a most profound relationship with Jesus.
What is Confirmation?
- You will grow in your own faith, learn the teachings of the Church, and deepen your relationship with Jesus.
- Your Baptism calls you to share in Jesus’ ministry.
- Children, teens, and adults in today’s world, more than ever, need to hear the Good News of Jesus.
- Children, teens, and adults in today’s world, more than ever, need to encounter good role models of faith.
- You have much to share with those you’ll teach, and you’ll have opportunities to share faith with other catechists.
For more information, please contact the Faith and Family Office
Faith and Family Program Overview
Nurturing your Child’s Faith
To awaken or initiate a child into the faith is to accompany them in their discovery of God. It is to help them to become aware of the treasure of love that God has placed in their heart, inviting them to meet Him and to live with that love which fills the heart. To awaken a child to faith is to initiate them into Christian life through prayer, participation in rites and sacraments, and the celebration of Christian liturgical feasts.
What makes our catechism program unique?
Missione Maria Ausiliatrice’s Faith and Family Team wishes to partner with your family in raising Faith filled children. Our program ensures to support parents in developing the faith-life of their children, presenting clear concepts of the Catholic faith, celebrating our faith through pastoral activities, sharing an understanding of the Sacred Scripture, nurturing Christian values, and preparing children for celebrations of the Sacraments.
How long will Catechism last?
Our program is 20 weeks and has 1 lesson per week.
What is the pricing for registration?
For online registrations, there will be a non-refundable registration fee of 125.00$ for the first child & 100.00$ for each sibling, payable by Visa or MasterCard. For in-person registrations, there will be a non-refundable registration fee of 125.00$ for the first child & 100.00$ for each sibling, payable by cash only.
Do we need to bring any documents at registration?
For returning student(s) registering in-person, your registration form will be already file out, ready for verification by you.
For new student(s) registering in-person, you must bring a photocopy of the Baptism certificate received from the Church where your child was baptized. Do not bring the blue Québec birth certificate. For new student(s) registering online, you will notice an ‘upload’ button on the forms where you may attach a copy of the Baptism certificate.
How does attending Mass work?
Children, accompanied by their parents, must attend Mass. You may attend English Masses on
Saturdays at 5:00 p.m. and/or Sundays at 11:00 p.m.
How will “Mass Stamps” work?
Whether your child(ren) is participating in-person or home-based, collecting 20 Mass stamps is obligatory. Someone will be available to stamp your child(ren)’s card at the end of the Mass.
Sacrament of Reconciliation
What is confession?
Sacrament of First Communion
The Eucharist is the remembrance (made real) of the Last Supper of Jesus with his Apostles, which took place on the Thursday evening prior to his arrest and death on the cross on Good Friday. It was at this last supper that Jesus revealed in a most extraordinary way, how his
presence and the gift of his life, would remain eternally with his followers: through the breaking of the bread (the sharing of His body) and the sharing of the cup of wine (the sharing of his blood). As He did this, Jesus addressed his friends, inviting them to “Do this in memory of me.”
Since then, the breaking of bread and the blessing of wine have been enacted by the Apostles and the Catholic Church every single day. During Mass, it is through the words spoken by the priest that Jesus and his divinity become present in the bread and the wine. The Eucharist, therefore, is a meal of mysterious love between Jesus, who is God, and his disciples. It is an incredible miracle that He alone could perform, a miracle of love to which we are drawn in faith and adoration.
Ever since this first meal, the Eucharist has literally brought life to the Church and to the baptized. It is the Eucharist that enables them to love as Jesus loved and to bring about God’s Kingdom here on earth, through his light, his peace and his joy. The Eucharist is the God of Love who gives of Himself so that the world may have abundant life – abundant because it is rooted in the very life of God.
If your child were to make his/her First Communion, this sacrament of the Catholic Church would enable him/her to experience a most profound relationship with Jesus.
What is the sacrament of First Communion?
Sacrament of Confirmation
The Eucharist is the remembrance (made real) of the Last Supper of Jesus with his Apostles, which took place on the Thursday evening prior to his arrest and death on the cross on Good Friday. It was at this last supper that Jesus revealed in a most extraordinary way, how his
presence and the gift of his life, would remain eternally with his followers: through the breaking of the bread (the sharing of His body) and the sharing of the cup of wine (the sharing of his blood). As He did this, Jesus addressed his friends, inviting them to “Do this in memory of me.”
Since then, the breaking of bread and the blessing of wine have been enacted by the Apostles and the Catholic Church every single day. During Mass, it is through the words spoken by the priest that Jesus and his divinity become present in the bread and the wine. The Eucharist, therefore, is a meal of mysterious love between Jesus, who is God, and his disciples. It is an incredible miracle that He alone could perform, a miracle of love to which we are drawn in faith and adoration.
Ever since this first meal, the Eucharist has literally brought life to the Church and to the baptized. It is the Eucharist that enables them to love as Jesus loved and to bring about God’s Kingdom here on earth, through his light, his peace and his joy. The Eucharist is the God of Love who gives of Himself so that the world may have abundant life – abundant because it is rooted in the very life of God.
If your child were to make his/her First Communion, this sacrament of the Catholic Church would enable him/her to experience a most profound relationship with Jesus.
What is Confirmation?
Become a Catechist!
- You will grow in your own faith, learn the teachings of the Church, and deepen your relationship with Jesus.
- Your Baptism calls you to share in Jesus’ ministry.
- Children, teens, and adults in today’s world, more than ever, need to hear the Good News of Jesus.
- Children, teens, and adults in today’s world, more than ever, need to encounter good role models of faith.
- You have much to share with those you’ll teach, and you’ll have opportunities to share faith with other catechists.
For more information, please contact the Faith and Family Office