ECF Registration for 2026-2027 School Year
Registration is now open for the ECF 2026-2027 school year! The link to enroll your child(ren) is below. We kindly ask that you submit your response by Monday, August 31st. We are looking forward to a fun & faith filled ECF year! Registration Link.
Eastern Christian Formation 2026 – 2027
The Eastern Christian Formation program (ECF) for our children starts TUESDAY, September 22nd. Classes are held every Tuesday from 6:00 p.m.-7:15 p.m. at our St. Michael Hall. The theme this Catechetical year is “The Spirit of the Lord Is Upon Me: A Year of Favor, Healing, and Mission.” What does the word “catechetical” mean? The root word “catechesis” is from a Greek word meaning “to echo or resound.” The role of every baptized person is to share and become witnesses of their faith. We thank, honor and bless all those who have responded to God’s call to grow in a deeper understanding of their commitment to the Lord Jesus. May God grant them many happy and blessed years.
2026 – 2027 Catechists
| ECF Coordinator: | Keri Vokish |
| Pre-school/kindergarten/1st grade: | Emily Vasilchek |
| 3rd – 7th grades | Sarah Circelli |
| 3rd & 4th grades (second half) | Geri Santana |
| ByzanTEENS: | Still in need of a catechist |
Memories of 2025 – 2026
The final Eastern Christian Formation class for this year was held on Tuesday, April 21. Special thanks to all catechists and students for a terrific year. The new ECF year will begin in September. All students (pre-shool through high school) in our parish should be part of our ECF program. Religious education is vital to a child’s spiritual development and growth. ECF does not end after making one’s First Confession and Solemn Communion.
The students celebrated the successful year with games and ended the evening with Chick-fil-A and ice cream sundaes!
Take the opportunity to scroll through a gallery of pictures from the final session!
Students Prepare for Easter
At our last ECF class until after Easter, our youngest students learned about the events of Holy Week and ended the night with a fun Easter egg hunt, prizes, and the jellybean prayer to celebrate the Joyful Resurrection.
All students come together at the end of each class to sing a beautiful version of Our Father led by Celeste Strohmeyer.
ECF Prepares for Palm Sunday
Our youngest ECF students made images of pussywillows and palms and then worked together to act out the events of Palm Sunday. Our 3rd and 4th grade ECF students learned about St. John Climacus and how growing closer to God is like climbing a ladder. They created ladders and wrote six ways they can grow closer to God during the Great Fast. We also read the parable of the Prodigal Son and talked about asking God for forgiveness and how the Mystery of Repentance helps us return to God’s love.
Exploring the Fall of Creation
The 5th-7th graders completed their unit review about the Fall of Creation with a trivia game and snack prizes. The students are learning that though evil in the world does exist, we can choose to stay close to God by praying and choosing to do right when we are tempted.
“Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it” (Proverbs 22:6).
