Family Catechesis Online Learning

Family Catechesis (Fam Cat) online learning is designed for families who are unable to attend in-person sessions on Sunday mornings.  Below you will find the format and schedule for online learning for the 2026-2027 catechetical year. 

• Watch the monthly online video(s), which will be sent via email on the 1st of each month.
• Complete the "Growing Up Catholic: Faith Stories" handouts with their child(ren) and then submit the completion dates online.
• Engage in a monthly conversation with their Formation Companion.  A Formation Companion is someone each parent chooses to accompany them on this journey through Family Catechesis, a friend who can be a sounding board.  A Formation Companion should be someone who is available and supportive and with whom the parent can share their thoughts candidly.  This could be a spouse, neighbor, co-worker, fellow parishioner, prayer partner, and so on. 

• For families who choose online learning, a minimum of one parent/guardian is required to participate. Depending on your family situation, one or both parents may want to participate.  Both parents are certainly welcome and encouraged to do so!
• Families may not switch back and forth from in-person Family Catechesis to online Family Catechesis.
• Fam Cat online learning is asynchronous. There are no virtual group gatherings such as Zoom meetings.
• Online learning families submit a monthly activities completion form.  The link to the online form is included in the video email sent at the beginning of each month.
• There are no textbooks this year.  All handouts will be sent electronically as pdf documents for parents to print.

• OCTOBER 2026: Watch the video(s), complete Faith Stories session 1 and session 2, and submit completion dates.   
• NOVEMBER 2026: Watch the video(s), complete Faith Stories session 3, session 4, & session 5, and submit completion dates.   
• DECEMBER 2026: Watch the video(s), complete Advent activities, and submit completion dates.
• JANUARY 2027: Watch the video(s), complete Faith Stories session 6, session 7, & session 8, and submit completion dates.   
• FEBRUARY 2027: Watch the video(s), complete Faith Stories session 9, session 10, & session 11, and submit completion dates.   
• MARCH 2027: Watch the video(s), complete Faith Stories session 12, session 13, & session 14, and submit completion dates.   
• APRIL 2027: Watch the video(s), complete Faith Stories session 15, and submit completion date.
  
  For assistance, please reach out to Steven Swank at [email protected]