Summer Intensive Religious Education Academy
Each summer session lasts 5 consecutive days. Children attend from 8:30am-3:00pm: CALENDAR
Summer Program 2026 Dates
(All Session days are Monday - Friday, 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM)
June 29 - July 3, 2026 (NEW DATES)
July 20 - 24, 2026
August 17 - 21, 2026
Registration opens in late January!
Program Requirements
Our summer intensive Religious Education Academy provides children the opportunity to complete the Religious Education instructional portion of their formation for the year in a five full-day (8:30am-3:00pm) program. We offer sessions in June, July, and August.
Each day begins with Mass and includes religious instruction, creative activities, and recreation. Children will experience liturgy, traditional Catholic devotions and practices, sacred music, arts and crafts, fellowship with other children, and so much more. Families should provide lunch for their children each day.
A full time nurse is on duty throughout the program.
For information on preparing your child for the sacraments, click here.
Daily Mass & Class Attendance
(everyday for 5 consecutive days)
Children will attend Mass each morning as a class and then spend the rest of the day learning and doing activities that will teach them about the Catholic faith.
Growing with God
(yearly)
Completion of this a 5-page (double-sided) worksheet packet is required of all children in grades 1-6 by the Diocese of Trenton as part of the Parish Safe Environment Program. To access and print this handout, click here.
We have produced a series of videos that will help your children to do these lessons. They can be found here.
Passport Book
(only 5 stamps are required for the whole year)
Being Catholic means far more than participating at Mass and in Religious Education classes. It is a lifestyle choice that involves the whole person. Our Passport program offers the opportunities to experience what it means to live our Catholic identity. To learn more about the Passport book.
Click here for printable replacement passport book
Mass Reflection Sheet
(monthly)
Weekly participation at Holy Mass is expected of all our Religious Education families. Mass Reflections provide the children with the opportunity to think about and express their experience at least once each month. To print two copies of this document, click here .
Domestic Church Project
(monthly)
Catholic families have always been thought of as "the church of the home" when they live and grow in their Catholic faith together. These simple projects help families express at home what it means to be a Domestic Church.
Each month a new project will be listed on the calendar. You can print it from there and then do it together as a family.
