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Marcy
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Those of you who attend Mass in the Extraordinary Form, do your children go to a parish religious education program to prepare for the sacraments or is religious home education sufficient for your priest and bishop?
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Our parish does not have a CCD program. There simply aren't enough children who are members, and those who are (most attend the EF but some attend the other masses) tend to be homeschooled. Our priest meets with the children a few times before their FHC, usually done individually at a regular mass or occasionally 2-3 at a time, and again before confirmation, though, there isn't confirmation in the parish every year, so the age varies. Our priest wants to know what we are using for instruction and he makes sure the child understands the sacrament to his satisfaction.
Our pastor appreciates that our children are receiving religious education at home as they would if they attended a Catholic school. I think, too, that the nature of the old city parish means that most of those attending are driving some distance, so in addition to there not being many young people, it would be inconvenient for families to have to make that trip regularly outside of mass. The relatively low number of children means, too, that it is manageable for the priest to meet with individual families and has a relationship with the children attending to know them even outside those meetings.
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Marcy,
We attend Mass in the Extraordinary Form. We prepare both ways: through our parish and at home.
We are one of the very first diocesan parishes in the country exclusively offering the Mass in the EF. (So, not a Fraternity parish) Our bishop is very supportive and has been so from the beginning so we have his blessing and our priest is a diocesan priest (who also maintains another Novus Ordo parish along with ours).
Our priest maintains close contact with the families seeking sacraments during the year and the families do everything they can to help him stay coordinated - taking notes, keeping a calendar, coordinating with whomever needs to be coordinated with, emailing the other families with updates, etc.. When we first formed as a Latin Mass "community" with the Bishop's blessing and direction, we made use of an existing parish's facilities. We were only able to use the church for Mass, so we didn't have a place to meet for classes so our priest would give us his requirements (ensure that the children know "x" chapter from the Baltimore Catechism, or the Gifts of the Holy Spirit) to know by a specific date. Sometimes he'd just give them a brief quiz on the church steps, or for older kids he often asked for essays. He made sure the kids had the basics is what I guess I'm trying to say. Now that we have our own church, we can meet regularly for classes with Father! Deo Gratias!
I guess that was a really long answer to your question, so the short answer is:
The Bishop delegates sacramental preparation and how the children are prepared to our priest.
Our priest ensures that families know the basic requirements for receiving a particular sacrament. (Usually via the Baltimore Catechism)
The families are all individually very fastidious about faith formation at home, and all families add to "the basics" with age/sacrament appropriate material.
Not sure if that's what you were asking ???
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At our parish it varies from priest to priest. They are usually willing to let us prepare the child at home, with either one meeting to "test" the child before reception, or in the case of dd's recent Confirmation, Father asked that we come for a couple of classes and the practice of course, before the Confirmation, but still allowed us to prepare her at home.
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We go to an FSSP parish. We prepare our children at home, but they are also required to participate in the parish program. I actually like the program and I find that being involved in religious education classes (First Holy Communion and Confirmation) through our parish is beneficial to our children in more ways than one. The children have what they are learning at home reinforced, and they see that other children learn about the Faith too. The classes also provide them with an opportunity to learn from someone else. Our pastor is present at the beginning of each First Holy Communion class. He teaches the Confirmation class and my older children have thoroughly enjoyed it. All three of them have actually been disappointed when the Confirmation class ends.
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We go to a small EF parish, and sacramental prep depends on the number of children receiving that year. At certain times, they have just had the children prepare at home and then meet with Father when they are ready to receive. My two oldest received FHC this spring, and in that case, there were a dozen children preparing, so he did a monthly meeting for the few months leading up to FHC. Obviously, this was only five or so meetings total, so the assumption was that almost all of the preparation was happening at home and Father's meetings with the children were just cementing that preparation and ensuring that all important topics were covered. In our case, the bishop is not involved--he has allowed each pastor/parish to make their own requirements for sacramental preparation.
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