Welcome to Religious Education!
Rev. Daniel Spychala, D.R.E.
Connie Gilligan, Secretary & Christine Young, Registrar
The Religious Education office is located at 21370 St. Theresa Lane, Ashburn, Virginia. Hours are Monday thru Friday from 9:00am - 4:00pm. Their email address is REoffice@sttheresa-ashburn.com.
HOW TO ENROLL:
Open Family Enrollment for the 2009-2010 Religious Education program will begin on May 1, 2009. All forms will be available for download on May 1st. Please complete and return all forms with the appropriate fees by August 1, 2009. Registrations received after August 1, 2009, carries a $30 late fee.
Please read all instructions carefully. Each enrolling child must have a separate scheduling fomr with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices. Carpoolers must return their applications in the same envelope to optimize scheduling needs. Please use the correct Grade RE Student Schedueling Form for students in enrolling in Grades 1, 2, 7, 8 LIFE TEEN and the New High School Religion CLass. All forms can be downloaded from below.
Registration materials must include payment of check (payable to "St. Theresa RE") or cash (no credit cards) and can be brought or mailed to: Religious Education Office, 21370 St. Theresa Lane, Ashburn, VA 20147. Registrations received after August 1, 2009, will be assessed a late fee of $30.00 (exemption: parishioners new to the area registering with the Parish).
All students must have a Baptismal Certificate on file in the Office of Religion Education. Class scheduing will be delayed until this requirement is met.
Students who will be receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation in the fall of 2009 will need to register for LIFE TEEN. Registration information and forms can be found under 'Youth Ministry'.
RE Home-Schooling requires an interview with the Director of Religious Education and a signed contract. Oral and written testing is requried for Formation Grade year-end-credit. Home-schooling Contracts will not be accepted after October 1, 2009.
To enroll in Religious Education, download and complete the following forms:
Grades Pre 4, K, and 3-6:
1. RE Regsitration Instructions
2. RE Family Registration Form
3. Student Registration Form
4. RE Volunteer Form
Grades 1 and 2:
1. RE Registration Instructions
2. RE Family Registration Form
3. Grades 1 and 2 Student Registration Form
4. RE Volunteer Form
Grades 7 and 8:
1. RE Registration Instructions
2. RE Family Registration Form
3. Grades 7 and 8 Student Registration Form
4. RE Volunteer Form
RE PUBLICATIONS:
The 2009-10 Religious Education Handbook is now available and can be downloaded from below.
RE NEWS:
Please see the Weekly Bulletin for all current activities.
In the event of inclement weather, we follow the Loudoun County Schools. If Loudoun classes are cancelled, dismissed early, or after-school activities for the entire county are cancelled, RE classes are cancelled for that day. For further clarification, the RE Office recorded greeting at 703-729-3714 will be updated with the current information.
All volunteers must attend a VIRTUS seminar on child protection. This is a Diocese of Arlington requirement. If you are volunteering to teach, aide, or assist regularly in the RE Program, you must attend this program (even if you attended the old-styled sexual abuse seminar in the past!). You must register online advance. For more information, visit www.virtus.org/virtus/, or contact our Child Safety Parish Coordinator Connie Gilligan at 703-729-3714.
All persons working for the parish or volunteering with children in the parish (RE, sports, school, Youth Ministry, scouting, etc.) need to fill out the background check paperwork. For more information contact Connie Gilligan at 703-729-3714.
All paperwork can be downloaded from the Catholic Diocese of Arlington's website: Diocesan Policies and ProceduresVolunteers need to download and read the Code of Conduct. Then print it out, sign and turn in the last page to the RE Office.