Contact information for the Faith Formation Office:
Director of Religious Education – Joan Lynn 

Phone: (508) 824-9021; Email: religioused@stannsraynham.org
A contact form is at the bottom of the page.

Faith Formation 2024 - 2025

The 2024-2025 Faith Formation Calendar is available for downloading. Click Here.



Just a couple of reminders – First Communion and Confirmation are two-year programs. Children must be parishioners and their families need to be registered at St Ann’s. If you are not yet registered, please call the Parish Office (508) 823-9833.  Children are required to attend BOTH years to receive the sacrament in the spring of year 2.

If your child attends Catholic Schools:

Children attending parochial schools in grades 1-7 and plan to receive First Communion at St Ann’s are only required to attend the second year of Faith Formation classes (grade 2). We would encourage them to attend Grade 1 but as they participate in daily religion classes at their parochial school, the first year of faith formation is not mandatory.  Students preparing for Confirmation at St. Ann’s and attending parochial schools ARE required by Diocesan statutes to attend both years of the Faith Formation Confirmation program in their home parishes to be eligible to receive the sacrament in the spring of the second year.

If your child is new to the St Ann’s program and you need to register, please reach out to the office at religioused@stannsraynham.org

Grades 1-7   Students will attend either classes on Sunday mornings (9:15-10:45) or Monday nights (5:15 -6:45) for the entire year.  Your selection of the day will be made on the registration form. Placement into specific class options for grades 1-7 will be on a first come first served basis.

Homeschool classes will continue to be an option for families of students in grades 3-7 only. It is not available for sacramental programs.

Grades 8 and 9: Our Confirmation program is a two-year program.  Please note that students in our Confirmation Program are only allowed one missed class per year. Any additional missed classes may result in postponing their Confirmation to the following year. 

• Classes for Grade 8 (Confirmation 1) students are on Monday evenings from 5:30pm to 7:pm pm.
• Classes for Grade 9 (Confirmation 2) students will be on Sunday mornings – 9:30am in the church basement, followed by Mass at 10:00am. Students will walk to the parish center after Mass and complete their class. Dismissal will be at 12:15pm.

As you know, the catechists and substitute catechists who teach in our Faith Formation program are volunteers. Due to the large number of students in our program, we make every effort to keep our classes at a low student/teacher ratio. We ask you to consider assisting us as a catechist or office assistant (during class hours). Tuition is waived for the children of catechists and office assistants.  Please email me at religioused@stannsraynham.org if you are interested in helping.

Faith Formation Telephone: 508-824-9021

Safe Environment Training

All parish volunteers need to complete a yearly CORI form. Please bring a valid license with you so that a copy can be included in your CORI packet. The Diocese of Fall River requires all new volunteers (over the age of 16) to complete the Safe Environments Training. This training can be done online. Once completed, please print a copy of your training certificate to be sent with your packet.  Click here for the Safe Environment Training.