Children & Families

Sacred Heart offers catechesis for children from Preschool (ages 3-5) through 8th grade.  Our catechists and students share and grow in faith as they journey together.  Our primary text for grades 1-5 is Discover, from St. Mary's Press.  The highlight of this material is that the textbook used is the Catholic Children's Bible.  So each lesson is based on Scripture with our Catholic tradition incorporated.
 

The Religious Education Offices are located in the Michigan Building.  For more information on any program please call: (313) 565-1020.

 

Teaching Staff

We have a dedicated teaching staff at Sacred Heart School and volunteer Catechists for our evening & weekend programs who are trained to help lead our children in learning and experiencing the Catholic faith.  Their involvement and commitment to Religious Education is truly an inspiration. We welcome the involvement of parents in all of our programs.

 

Sunday Preschool

In the Sunday Preschool Program, designed for children ages the basic concepts of our relationships with God and the world are explored.  Through Scripture, stories, videos, songs, and crafts, catechists introduce our youngest Catholics to an experience of their faith.  

These sessions are held weekly on Sunday mornings during the 9:30 AM Mass.

 

Elementary School

Beginning with Grade 1 through 5th grade, the children experience God on a deeper level.  We use texts that approach religious education from a spiraling format.  At each grade level, children will engage in lessons relating to the four pillars of the Catechism of the Catholic Church-Creed, Sacraments, Morality, and Prayer-thereby allowing them to build on their beliefs from year to year.   

These sessions are held weekly on Wednesday evenings from 6:15-7:30 p.m.

 

Summer Religious Education Program

We recognize that schedule issues sometimes make participation in our weekly Religious Education Programs difficult.  For those who prefer, we offer a daytime summer religious education program.  Classes are held from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday through Friday during the third week of June.  Families participating in this program also make a commitment to five out of eight ongoing faith formation activities, such as our Generations of Faith sessions and other specific family events during the school year.  Contact the Religious Education Office for information on this program. 

 

Middle School Students

Our Middle School Program (grades 6-8) allows students to experience and engage in their faith outside of school through a Youth Ministry-based model including group learning and sharing, various prayer experiences, annual CYO W.I.N.D Youth Conference, discipleship and service opportunities, social justice experiences, retreats, and hands-on creative projects all connecting to key topics of interest to middle school youth and connecting also to their Catholic faith. We also offer additional activities for this age group through a Youth Ministry based program called J.A.M.S. (Jesus and Middle School Students).

 
Middle School Faith Formation sessions are held on Wednesday evenings from 6:15-7:30 p.m.  The texts used are Pflaum Gospel Weeklies, The Catholic Youth Prayer Book by St. Mary's Press, Altaration by Ascension Press, Live It by St. Mary's Press and Encounter Middle School Bible Study by Ascension Press (all over a three-year cycle)