CATECHISM
The Catechism Programme for children aged 5 and upwards runs from September to June each year, with a total of 16 classes. Classes for all age groups are from 9.30am to 10.20am. The fee is CHF100 per child or CHF250 for 3+ children in the programme. (See QR code below for TWINT payment)
Registrations for 2026-27 are now open.
If you'd like to register your child please complete and return the form (in the Catechism section, top right of home page) asap as the forms are the basis for our planning, purchase of books, use of classroom space, etc.
One registration form per family is required.
Please see below for the dates of 2026-2027
2026-27 Class Schedule
September 13 and 27
October 4
November 1, 15 and 29
December 13
January 17 and 31
February 28
March 7 and 21
April 18
May 2 and 23
Jun 6
Dates to Note
15 Nov 26: Commencement Ceremony, introducing 2027 FHC candidates
30 May 27: First Confessions
12June 27: FHC Mass rehearsal
13 June 27: FHC Mass
Other Dates
29 Nov 26: First Sunday of Advent
10 Feb 27: Ash Wednesday
21 Mar 27: Palm Sunday
28 Mar 27: Easter Sunday
9 May 27: Ascension Sunday
16 May 27: Pentecost Sunday
Our Religious Education programme has been developed to cater for the needs of our community members whose children attend schools where religious education is not offered as a subject. Please also read this information letter for an understanding of our expectations of you, the parents, when enrolling your child in catechism. We hope that what we offer will provide an opportunity for your child’s faith to be grown in an English-speaking environment.
Parental Responsibility
The Church teaches us that ‘the parents are the first teachers in the faith’ and that ‘responsibility for educating your child in the faith lies with you’. What we offer is a structure that we hope will support you doing that within your family.
We appreciate that living in an environment where Catholic schooling in English is not easily available can make living the faith more of a challenge. At Our Lady of Faith we are constrained by having to work within school terms and, combined with other holiday factors, this means that we have only 16 Sundays in a school year in which to teach a complete course. Therefore, if your child is to benefit from what is offered we ask you to make a conscious effort to bring them to class (on time) and to reinforce the teaching at home, making sure your child does any homework (or reviewing the lesson with them afterwards) and makes up for any missed lessons. Our volunteer teachers and assistants can only deliver the course successfully with parental help and support.
Classes
We are pleased to offer 9 different Catechism classes, 4 of which prepare children for the sacraments of Confession, First Holy Communion and Confirmation. When we have sufficient volunteer teachers we add extra sacrament preparation classes, dividing the children into age-appropriate groups. Otherwise we are only able to offer one group per year, regardless of the age-range of the children. Teaching a wide-ranging age group is far from ideal so we always welcome volunteer teachers.
Infants - ages 5-6
Pre-First Holy Communion - ages 6-7+ - Year 1 of preparation for First Holy Communion & Confession
First Holy Communion - ages 7-8+ - Year 2 of preparation for First Holy Communion & Confession
Post FHC 1 - ages 8-9
Post FHC 2 - ages 9-10
Post FHC 3 - ages 10-11
Post FHC 4 - ages 11-12
Pre-Confirmation - ages 12-13+ - Year 1 of preparation for Confirmation
Confirmation - ages 13-14* - Year 2 of preparation for Confirmation
For Catechism Fees : CHF100 per child; CHF250 for 3+ children
