Registration is now open for the 2025-26 Religious Education Year, Grades K-12.

Registration for 2025-26 Religious Education Year will end on July 31, 2025. Classes will begin in late August. Students will attend classes on Tuesdays or Wednesdays from 6:00-7:15pm.

 

All students must re-register each year, including those who have completed the first year of sacramental preparation classes. We offer catechetical instruction and sacramental preparation for all students from kindergarten through high school.

 

Special note for Fall 2025 Confirmation students: Students who are on track for Fall 2025 Confirmation MUST register and pay tuition for the 2025-26 school year-- your tuition fee pays for the classroom materials for the classes until Confirmation, the retreat fee, and the Confirmation Robe. Fall 2025 Confirmation is Saturday, October 25, 2025.

 

Why should we register if it's not a sacramental year?  Receiving the sacraments is a very important part of your child's religious journey, but the years in between First Communion and Confirmation are just as important. Just as children would struggle with math if they completed second-grade math and did not take another math class until sixth grade, the middle years of religious education give the children a stronger knowledge of the practices and reasons for the faith. Help them strengthen their faith throughout childhood by registering them every year!

 

*Special class placements:

• Family Faith Formation: Students in grades K-5 may choose the Family Faith Formation Option with one class monthly with a catechist and three home lessons per month led by the parent.
• SPRED: Students with special learning needs that cannot be met in a typical religious education classroom may choose the Special Religious Development (SPRED) Option, which meets two Saturday mornings a month.
• If interested in these programs, please click on the options above to get to the link.

 

Saint Bernadette Religious Education Program Registration 2025-26 (English) 

 

Matrícula de Educación Religiosa 2025-2026 (español)

 

Tuition Payment

 

There will be a mandatory parent information meeting in the gym on the first day of classes in August covering communications, disciplinary rules, and attendance expectations. Parents must attend this first-day meeting!
WHY? All parents must be engaged and aware of the procedures and expectations of our program.

 

 

 

For more information or questions, the RE Team can be contacted at 703-451-8576. Or through email, Lynn Jones, Director of Religious Education at ljones@stbernpar.org or Arlyn Agasen, Coordinator of Religious Education at aagasen@stbernpar.org. For help in Spanish, call Victor Mendez, RE Admin Assistant, 703-451-8576 or email vmendez@stbernpar.org.