Tri-Parish Religious Education Program

    I am pleased that you are visiting our website.  Our program proudly serves the Iowa City parishes of St. Mary's, St. Patrick's, and St. Wenceslaus.  Our other city parish, St. Thomas More, operates it's own religious education program.  Students from any Iowa City parish or surrounding areas are invited and welcome to attend our program.

    Our religious education program serves students kindergarten through grade nine.  Since we serve three parishes, our classes are held at Regina inter- Parish Catholic Education Center to accommodate all students.  The Religious Education office is located on the second floor of the elementary building.  We invite you to come see our office and the materials we use with students.  Our office hours are 8:00 - 4:00, Monday through Friday.

    For the 2011-2012 school year, we will be holding classes on Wednesday evenings.  Classes are held from September to May each year from 6:30 - 7:45pm.  Classes are held to smaller numbers for student interaction and each class has a catechist teacher and an associate.  We utilize a structured curriculum for all grades.  Catechists are provided detailed lesson plans for meaningful, interactive classes.  We are very thankful for all of our dedicated catechists and helpers that it takes to run a program.

    We ask that parents join us on the journey of religious education.  You are the first providers of faith to your children.  Our goal is to provide students a faith filled experience that celebrates Catholic doctrine, as well as, an individual faith experience for each child.

    Thank you for visiting our website and please contact me with any questions you have about our wonderful program.  I have enjoyed being the religious education director for 17 years and I feel that our program has much to offer all of our families in faith development.

Sister Mary Frances, RE Director
Notre Dame Sister