It shall be the obligation of the parent to see that the non-public registration enrollment and staff report is completed in a proper manner and contains the appropriate information about the home-schooled child. It shall also be the obligation of the parent to arrange for all requisite testing of the child at that time when the child registers at the local public or Catholic school. Finally, it shall be the obligation of the parent to insure that the child receives an adequate education in the courses and branches of education taught to the children of corresponding age and grade in the public or Catholic School and to complete the Nonpublic Registration.
Enrollment and Staff Report The parish school will provide textbooks to the parents of the home schooled child on the same terms as it provides for the children in attendance at the parish school. The parish school will permit the home schooled child to attend some classes at the parish school, space permitting, at a tuition rate which is pro-rated against the total tuition of the school according to the classification of the parent and child.
The parish school will permit the home schooled child to participate in extra- and co-curricular activities as long as such participation does not contradict any applicable state law. Pastors will make reasonable attempts to identify parishioners who are engaged in home schooling. Finally, those home-school students who have interacted with their Pastors in sacramental preparation may receive the Sacraments with appropriate classes.
First Holy Communion, and Confirmation. A pastor or his delegate is to meet with the parents and the child at least twice during the period in which the child is preparing to receive these sacraments. At these meetings, the parents are to discuss with the pastor or his delegate the plan that is being used to prepare the child for the reception of the sacraments.
Parents are to review with the pastor or his delegate the instructional materials that are being used to prepare children for the reception of the sacraments.
The parish is to make available to the parents a copy of the "Archdiocesan Guidelines for the Reception of the Sacraments," as well as copies of textbooks and other resources that are used in the parish school or the parish religious education program. Parents may use these materials or any other suitable materials that are judged to be in conformity with the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Attendance at Parish Religious Education classes may not be made a condition for the reception of these sacraments.
Children being educated at home are to receive these sacraments at the same age as other children from the parish. Children being educated at home are to be invited and strongly encouraged to participate in all liturgies for those preparing for sacraments since the liturgy is the source and summit of Christian life and the privileged place of catechesis.
This invitation and encouragement should include other special events supporting sacramental preparation. Catechism of the Catholic Church , Parents of children being educated at home are to be notifed concerning special programs that the parish is sponsoring for parents of children preparing to receive these sacraments.
Parents should be encouraged to have their children participate in these programs; however, children may not be denied the reception of these sacraments because of the failure of parents to participate in these programs.
Cases of doubt should always be resolved in favor of the right of the child to receive the sacrament. Whether their children attend a parish religious education program, a Catholic school, or are instructed at home, parents are required to participate actively in preparing their children to receive the sacraments, especially Eucharist, Reconciliation and Confirmation.
This includes participation in the parish sacramental preparation programs and sacramental celebrations. In light of the entire process for catechesis to include the four components of knowledge, community, service and worship, home schooling alone cannot replace catechesis or sacramental preparation in the parish church. When parents decide to be responsible for the total religious education of their child ren , they will meet the following criteria:.
The preferred text will be the one used in the parish religious education program of the parish elementary school program. The pastor or parish life coordinator will approve the home program and text s. A clearly defined policy should be in place at each local Catholic school to govern the acceptance of home schooled children. A diploma from a school indicates regular attendance at that school and successful completion of the accepted curriculum of the school.
It is not properly issued to a home schooled student. Diocese of Pittsburgh, PA. Rights, Duties, and Responsibilities. Parents who wish to homeschool their children in religious education should schedule a meeting with a parish priest to discuss their plans for catechesis. Parishes for their part should make available to homeschooling parents any resources such as textbooks and support materials that the parish uses in religious education.
Homeschooling families can elect to use these materials or other suitable materials of their own choosing. Though homeschooled children are expected to meet the same standards as other students the published catechetical guidelines they are not required to attend CCD or other classes. When service projects or other works are required, the parents may be entrusted to oversee the work. In preparation for the sacraments, however, the children should attend rehearsals and their parents should attend appropriate meetings for adults.
All materials that parents choose for home catechesis should be sound in Catholic doctrine and in conformity with the published standards and teachings of the Church. Parents should review their educational materials with their pastor. It is the pastor whom the Church has called to work with parents to determine a child's readiness for reception of the sacraments.
Both pastor and parents should be acquainted with the diocesan catechetical guidelines and the "Instrument for Evaluation of Catechetical Textbooks and Materials 'promulgated to ensure texts' conformity with the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Call Thus, parents are to help their children develop a life of prayer, a knowledge and love of Jesus Christ and his teachings, and a practical relationship with the local Church. For children who are formally schooled at home as for any other child proximate preparation for the sacraments of penance and Eucharist begin to intensify when children approach the age of reason.
Parents who homeschool their children should make an initial contact with their pastor at this time if they have not already. Parishes must provide the parents with a set of expectations for their child at this time. Those expectations must include conformity to the Sacraments of Initiation Policies of the Diocese of Pittsburgh as well as all other catechetical policies established or promulgated by the Diocese of Pittsburgh.
As immediate preparation for the sacrament approaches pastor and parents need to discuss:. In accord with parish policy the child may receive each sacrament individually with the family or within a group.
Parishes encourage homeschooling parents and children to participate in parent meetings retreat service social activities and practices connected with the sacraments. Parish staff should include homeschooling families in any informational mailings from the parish dealing with the sacraments and surrounding events as well as pertinent information about gathering the child's baptismal certificate when necessary. Six months prior to the scheduled sacraments, parents will need to arrange an interview between the pastor or his delegate and their child to determine the child's readiness and to allow time to make adjustments in any further preparation, if necessary.
Interviews are to be based upon the requirements noted in the Sacrament Policies and information stated in the Catechetical Curriculum Guidelines, Diocese of Pittsburgh. The parents of all candidates should be reminded of their unique and God-given role in the Christian formation of their children. They should be given an opportunity to receive practical information concerning preparations for the first eucharistic Communion of their children, and for the celebration of the sacrament of penance during the time of formation.
In addition, they should have the opportunity for personal spiritual preparation for these celebrations. Parents who for the first time are leading a child to Eucharistic Communion are to be provided with catechesis to deepen their understanding , and appreciation of the Eucharist in the life of the Church and in their own lives. They should also be helped to appreciate the relationship between such Communion and the call and dignity of baptism.
Within this context, they are to be offered catechesis concerning the Church's ministry of reconciliation, celebrated in the sacrament of penance and fulfilled at the table of the Lord. Parents who have previously participated in such programs are to be welcomed to take part again. Parents and families with special needs e. In the Diocese of Pittsburgh, the latter occurs in the 8th- or 9th-grade year, depending upon the parish.
The homeschooling parents and student should make initial contact with the pastor in the beginning of the 7th-grade year, or the time of proximate preparation. Including the student in this initial interview will give the pastor a basic sense of the depth of the child's religious formation to this point. Parishes are to provide the parents with a set of expectations for their child.
Those expectations include conformity to the above named Sacrament Policies , as well as information from the Catechetical Curriculum Guidelines, Diocese of Pittsburgh.
Parishes encourage homeschooling parents and children to participate in parent meetings, retreat, service, social activities, and other practices connected with the sacrament of confirmation. Parish staff should include homeschooling families in any informational mailings from the parish dealing with the sacraments and surrounding events, as well as pertinent information about gathering the child's baptismal certificate and sponsor certificates, when necessary.
Six months following the initial meeting with the pastor, parents should arrange an additional interview between the pastor and their child to determine the child's readiness and to allow time to make adjustments in further preparation, if necessary. The parents of all candidates are to be reminded of their unique and God-given role in the Christian formation of their children. They should be given an opportunity to receive practical information concerning preparations for confirmation.
In addition, they should have the opportunity for personal spiritual preparation for the sacramental preparation. Parents who for the first time are leading a child to confirmation are to receive catechesis about the sacrament in order to deepen their understanding and appreciation of confirmation in the life of the Church and in their own lives.
Parents who have previously participated in such programs should be welcomed to take part again. Homeschooling parents who wish to read the Diocese of Pittsburgh's guidelines for catechesis or for sacramental preparation, or the instrument for evaluation of catechetical materials, may find copies at the Learning Media Center at St. Paul Seminary. Parents who wish to buy copies of these documents may do so by contacting the Secretariat for Education at Catholic home-based religious education is the way some parents are responding to a particular charge from the Church.
Throughout the 20th centruy, the Church has called parents to be the "primary educators" of their children. In his "Letter to Families," Pope John Paul II wrote: "Parents are the first and most important educators of thier own children, and they also possess a fundamental competence in this area; they are educators because they are parents.
The Second Vatican Council in its "Declaration on Christian Education" 5 also affirmed the "primary and inalienable right and duty" of parents to educate their children. In the "Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World" the council fathers go on to say: "By their very nature the institution of matrimony itself and conjugal love are ordained for the procreation and education of children Graced with the dignity and office of fatherhood and motherhood, parents will energetically acquit themselves of a duty which devolves primarily on them; namely, education and especially religious education.
We would do the same thing for First Holy Communion. It has also become a popular catchphrase in the secular sphere, where it has been used by the likes of the United Nations and the former President of France. But what does this oft-repeated slogan actually mean? The catechism includes this statement in its section on marriage and conjugal love CCC It notes that husband and wife should be open to children, who are the supreme gift of marriage. Parents are to pass on their gift of faith to the children entrusted to them.
As we have seen so many times before with other topics, canon law on this subject is in complete accord with Catholic theology. The code echoes the catechism in its assertion that parents have the primary responsibility to ensure the Christian education of their children in accordance with the teaching of the Church c.
The second is found in the section on the sacrament of marriage, in which are found the duties and rights that result from the marriage bond. In other words, this phrase is intended to be an exhortation to parents not to evade their duty as parents. Keep in mind that saying that parents are the primary educators implies indirectly that they are not the only educators!
He has a concomitant duty to see to it that the children of his parish are properly prepared for reception of the sacraments. Canon notes particularly that by virtue of his office, the pastor is bound to ensure the proper catechetical formation of children in his parish. This would include preparation for their first confession and Holy Communion. Please follow instructions on the linked PDFs. The zip code for St Andrew is CCD Catechism Class at Home. Mandatory Program.
Now in its second year here in the Archdiocese of Boston, families bring their children to two days of classroom instruction and activities, then homeschool their children the other three days.
RCA is hosted at St. Mary of the Annunciation Parish, Dedham. Families can learn more by going to their website. Here are a few additional resources to find out more about the various programs and what you should consider when trying to make the decision that is right for your family and their Catholic education.
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