The Catholic Villages of Arlington offer faith formation for families with children from toddlers to grade 12 who attend our local public, private, or Catholic schools, or are home-schooled.
The Villages are a way of being church to each other, not just on Sunday, but every day. This is not a new concept - Early Christians met in small groups to share their faith and break bread. "Where two or three come together in my name, I am there with them." Matthew 18:20
We offer gatherings, resources, and faith formation programs throughout the entire year designed to include parent participation to help strengthen the faith life of the whole family. Through our faith formation process, we hope that families/households will come to a fuller and richer experience of the presence of God in their lives and grow in their mission of being Christ's disciples in our world.
Every family is unique, as is their faith journey. Our hope is to help guide and support families along their pathway. We will be using many resources from Faith and Family Life Catholic Ministries - Pathways.
"Pathways is an integrated and family centered formation suite designed to facilitate a personal encounter with the Trinity and sustain a lifelong development of faith within the family. We are all at different points on the journey and a one size faith formation program does not fit all. This is a shift to a greater focus on parents as the primary educators of the faith. Create a path forward that is best for your families with resources which include home and church experiences."
Pathways resources encourage at-church community even if the majority of the catechesis is happening in the home. Community is essential in the life of the Church and we desire for families to gather often to support one another. The premier weekly gathering is Sunday Mass. It is our prayer that as families fall in love with Jesus and their community, that they would hunger to live in a weekly communion available to them at the Mass!
All CPARL families will typically begin their Faith Formation process using two resources from Pathways - Seek followed by Root.
Seek