St. Brendan the Navigator Parish is now accepting registration for Faith Formation classes for 2022-2023! Click below for the Registration form and 2022-2023 Faith Formation Calendar in Pdf format:
Faith Formation Registration Form - Pdf

What is Faith Formation and Who Is It For?

Faith formation is for all of us! It's lifelong. And we offer faith formation from pre-kindergarten through adulthood!

So here's a question, how would things be in your family if no one spoke to or interacted with each other?

Not terribly good you say?

The same is true with our relationship with God. He loves us and longs for relationship with us. But we have to speak and interact with Him. If we are going to have a relationship with God, we must learn how.

Some of us may not have had any faith growing up or have stopped growing in our faith.  And now we are trying to navigate the world, and teach our children to navigate the world, but may not have the spiritual armor to do so.  

The good news is no matter how long we've been away from Him, His love in unconditional (Luke 15:11-31).  God is someONE not someTHING. He's our Father and wants to embrace us. Faith formation opens the door to our relationship with our Father.

 Remember Jesus said "I am the way and the truth and the life." John 14:6

We believe parents, working with our Lord, are the way, the truth and the life to nuturing faith in their families. We believe they are the first and primary teachers of the faith, and that faith is then nourished in a community of believers.

We want to help equip parents with Christ and his teachings in mission to be the faith teachers for their children. And if you're feeling unsure, just remember Mary and Joseph did not have a degree in theolgy yet God trusted them with his only son -- you got this!

No matter what age you are now, the church continues to provide opportunities for faith formation through providing talks from authors and theologians; through wonderful Lenten and Advent opportunities; through FORMED, a Catholic website with offers movies, books, formation programs and talks which the parish pays for, through materials provided by Lighthouse talks / Media CDs, through Bible study groups and of course through the homilies at Mass.

If you would like more information, email Christine Fee at Christine.fee@portlanddiocese.org or call the office at 236-4785.