Students need to complete all classes and attend the parish retreat day in order to be eligible to make their Confirmation.  If an in-person class is missed, the hours will need to be made up.  Mr. Doug Rademacher will email students assignments for any class of his that is missed.  Ms. Christine Reilly will email make up assignments for any class date that Deacon Brian has done.  Please review the policy page below for what is expected of all Confirmation students.

If your child was baptized at another church, we will need a copy faxed to St. Rose and Clement in order to process registration. It can be faxed to the attention of Christine Reilly at 401-732-4144 or emailed to [email protected]

Dear Parents,
When your child was baptized you promised to raise him or her as a Catholic.  Perhaps some of you believe that bringing your child to religious education classes fulfills this obligation. In part, it does.  The real center of our faith, however, is the Eucharist.  Simply making sure that your child attends Faith Formation class each week does not fulfill the promise you made when he or she was baptized.  Please understand that religious education is only the introduction to a relationship with God, and attending Mass on weekends and holy days is most important.  We all have our priorities.  Children should be offered every opportunity to learn about our Catholic faith when they are growing up.  The religious formation of children is the most valuable gift they can receive and that means celebrating the Eucharist together as a parish as well as ensuring their participation in religious education classes.  Connection to God through parish worship offers support and hope.  It will make a difference in the kind of person a child becomes.  Yes, we want our children to be successful.  More than that, we want them to be happy, loving, and surrounded by good people who support them.  We want them to rely on God when times get tough, as times do for all of us.  In about 20 hours a year, religious education classes cannot provide your children with a relationship with God.  Only religious education and practice at home, family prayer and devotions, weekly attendance at Mass, and involvement in the life and ministries of the parish can truly help deepen that relationship.  The SS. Rose and Clement Education program serves students in grades 1 through 10.  Both First Reconciliation and First Communion are made in Grade 2.  Children are required to attend Religious Education every year from grades 1 through 10, unless they are enrolled in a Catholic school.   Students enrolled in Catholic schools ONLY attend religious education classes in grade 9 & 10 to prepare for the Sacrament of Confirmation.
Sincerely,

Christine Reilly
Director of Faith Formation