Welcome to a new year with the St. Anthony Religious Education Program. I want to first thank you all for making your children’s faith formation important. When parents let children know the importance of God in their own lives, children can understand that they, too, can have a relationship with God. By demonstrating their reliance on God, modeling a prayer life that the children can belong to, parents plant the seeds that will grow as their children develop.  

Parents can foster a faith life in their child by praying with them at Mass; talking to them about their own faith in God; and having them attend religion classes. Our children learn by watching us. If we say something is important but do not show it, they know. They learn by “what we say and do.” I believe “faith in Jesus Christ” is the greatest gift in my life! This faith helps me walk through this life with all its challenges, joys and struggles knowing that I am loved by God in this life and the next as a beloved child of God. The goal of St. Anthony REP is to assist families in this important role. We ask God’s blessings on all our families and all our devoted volunteers as we begin another year of faith. 

Deacon Tony  Schlott