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EDUCATION MINISTRIES

Education is a lifetime process  by which we are guided and molded into the becoming the person God wants us to be.  Education begins at birth and ends with death.  It is far more than “book learning” or intellectual growth.  True education encompasses the whole person.  It is ongoing spiritual, cultural, moral, physical and emotional development throughout life.  The important outcome of education is not how much we know, but rather what kind of character we develop and what kind of person we become in God’s eyes.  

When a child is born, it becomes a “citizen” of  three families – the family of its parents, the family of its society and God’s family, the Church.  These three  family groups must participate in educating each person, recognizing that parents are the primary teachers of the child.   

Our parish’s educational ministries assist  parents, children, and adults in the process of their ongoing education.   The principal educational ministries at Our Lady of Refuge are:

Parish School

Our Lady of Refuge School and its staff works with parents to educate children from Kindergarten through the Eighth Grade.   The school focuses on education that is multi-faceted – intellectual, moral, spiritual, physical and emotional.  For more information about the school, click on the link above, or go directly to the parish school site – Our Lady of Refuge School

Faith Formation Ministries

Faith formation ministries look at the multi-faceted needs of people in the parish, but focus principally on their spiritual development.  The Faith Formation ministries include the School of Religious Education, the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) and the Children’s Baptismal process.  To learn more about our parish’s faith formation ministries, click on the link  - Faith Formation Ministries.

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