In it's 2025 inaugural year, the Pope St. John XXIII Family-Based Catechetical Program is an endeavor to teach the entire family their faith together. Parents/guardians/children meet two Sundays a month for roughly an hour in the rectory with Father Christopher Feist (Parochial Vicar) and Bill Wannall (Pastoral Associate) while their children are split up into age-appropriate groups (K-2, 3-5, 6-8) led by Sister Servants of the Lord and the Virgin Matará and volunteer catechists. We meet twice a month on Sundays between the 9am and 12pm Masses (10:30-11:30am) recognizing the importance of Mass attendance for both the parents and children in their faith formation. The subject matter each Sunday is the same across all groups; tailored to each age-appropriate group.

On-site child care will be available by experienced and ADW-cleared parishioners for infants and toddlers.

Class dates are as follows:

September 14 and 28, 2025
October 12 and 26, 2025
November 16 and 23, 2025
December 14 and 21, 2025
January 11 and 25, 2026
February 8 and 22, 2026
March 8 and 22, 2026
April 12 and 26, 2026
May 17 and 31, 2026

​Affiliate parishes include Sacred Heart (La Plata), St. Catherine of Alexandria (McConchie), and St. Ignatius Loyola (Hilltop) but all are welcome!

Registration is now open and program begins September 14, 2025

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Leadership

Rev. Christopher Feist 
​Office: 301-934-2261
Mr. William Wannall
​Office: 240-901-2252

Where & When

Classes are held two Sundays a month from 10:30-11:30am at the Rectory, Friendship Room and Parish Office Building

Curriculum Used

We use a wide variety of age- appropriate curricula including the CCC, the Baltimore Catechism and other catechetical sources

Tuition

​There is no cost associated with this new program!