Registration for Religious Education 2024-2025 is now full and closed. Please email Nicole to discuss your options. n.stephan@bscs-denver.net.

At Blessed Sacrament we offer instruction for children from Kindergarten - 6th grade using the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd method.  CGS is a Montessori based instruction where the children learn at their own pace in a specially prepared environment we call the Atrium. 
  
Blessed Sacrament Parish Religious Education (RE) program also prepares the children for the sacraments of Reconciliation, Confirmation, and First Communion. Parents must be registered members of Blessed Sacrament Parish and have submitted all necessary paperwork required by the Office of Catechesis.

No matter if the child is preparing for or has received Sacraments, we encourage all children to attend religious education every year from 5 years throughout adulthood.  

In the Archdiocese of Denver the Bishop has restored the order of the Sacraments Link to Information about restoring the Order of the Sacraments of Initiation 
   
Children will prepare for and receive their First Reconciliation in 2^nd grade.  Then they will prepare for and receive Confirmation and First Communion at the same mass during their 3^rd grade year. 
  
At Blessed Sacrament we require that all children participate in religious education for a minimum of 1 year prior to preparing for any sacraments.  This is to ensure proper time for growth in the relationship with our Lord and have appropriate time for discernment of the Sacraments.  If for some reason the child has had no instruction to date they will be delayed.  For instance, if you have a child in 3^rd grade that has never had any religious education; they would participate in regular instruction this year, then reconciliation in 4^th grade and Confirmation and First Communion in 5^th grade.  Our multi-aged class design allows us to offer this unique opportunity for the children to go at their own pace.
  
Registration opens each year on the 4th Friday of August.  Please see the schedule for the mandatory parent orientation and class calendar.  The Sacrament of Reconciliation is celebrated on the first Saturday of March and the Sacraments of First Communion and Confirmation are celebrated in May on a date and time scheduled by the Bishop's office. 

Our Current Session Schedule is the following: 

These days and times are subject to change from year to year.  

Questions? email Nicole Stephan at N.Stephan@bscs-denver.net or call the parish office at 303-355-7361.

May God bless you and your children!