Details, Dates, & Registration

We are excited to invite you and your children to join us for our 2025-2026 Religious Education Year. Our primary goal in our Family Faith Formation program is to provide parents with the support to raise your children in the Catholic Faith and enjoy a family life which is built upon and completely integrated with those beliefs.

It is an honor and a privilege to serve and support your family! 

(This program is for registered parishioners at Incarnation Catholic Church
with children in grades PreK-Confirmation.)
If you need to register as a parishioner, please click HERE.
Parents and children PreK-Confirmation
$75 – one child
$120 – 2 or more children
(All books and materials included in cost) 
Classes begin September 7th and meet the first Sunday of every month except for April (First Sunday is Easter) when we will meet on April 12 for our final session.

OVERVIEW OF OUR PROGRAMS (Below this you’ll find details on each class)
On the first Sunday of the month, after worshiping together at the 9AM Mass, we will all meet in the Finegan Center for Coffee Plus, have a brief family session, then parents and children, grades
Pre-K through Confirmation, will separate for their own sessions. Parents are required to attend the Faith Formation session for their own support and formation in the Finegan Center, while the kids will meet at various locations on our campus for their sessions ending at 12:10PM. 
First Sacraments (Confession & Communion) Children – Family Faith Formation sessions for parents and students are required. Students will meet for one additional Sunday a month from 10:30-11:30AM. This is for students only. See First Sacraments Calendar for special dates. 
Confirmation Students Year 1 and 2 – will NOT be meeting in the afternoon, but will now be part of the morning Family Faith Formation sessions. We know how busy everyone’s schedules are and so hope this will make things easier on our families. (Scroll down to see Confirmation Calendar for special additional dates.) Parents are encouraged to attend the Family Faith Formation sessions on First Sundays of the Month. 
A calendar will be sent out on a monthly basis for additional (optional) opportunities for faith formation and fellowship for your families. 
FAMILY FAITH FORMATION SUNDAY SESSIONS 
September 7 
October 5  
November 2
December 7
2026
January 4
February 1
March 1
April 12
 
First Sacraments Preparation Details
First Confession/First Holy Communion class includes:
First Sunday of the Month Family Faith Formation from 9AM-12:10PM, which includes Morning Mass, breakfast at Incarnation’s Coffee Plus, Family Faith Formation, and First Sacraments Class. Parents are required to remain for their own Faith Formation session in the Finegan Center while children are in class. This is how we support you in your role as the primary educators of your children and the ones responsible for passing on the Faith!
There will be an additional class for children preparing for Sacraments on one extra Sunday morning per month (not Family Faith Formation) from 10:30-11:30AM. We will meet at Incarnation School. 
*We will also be offering a class for children who are older and have not yet received their Sacraments. Please register your child for Family Faith Formation or Confirmation (depending on age) and our DRE Eva Gontis will be in touch with you regarding this special class schedule.  
 
 

2025/2026 Family Faith Formation Calendar – All Grades

  • September 7: Family Faith Formation: PreK-Confirmation:10AM-12:10PM Finegan Center, Church Hall, School, Religious Education Conference Room (RECR)
  • September 10: First Confession Parent Meeting: Finegan Center 6-7PM – Finegan Center
  • September 17: Confirmation Parent Meeting (Mandatory), 6-7PM – Finegan Center
  • September 21: First Sacraments Class: 10:30AM-11:30AM – School
       First Sacraments – non-traditional ages Class: 12PM-1PM – School
  • October 5: Family Faith Formation: PreK-Confirmation: 10AM-12:10PM – Finegan Center, Church Hall, School, RECR 
  • October 19: First Sacraments Class: 10:30AM-11:30AM – School
        First Sacraments – non-traditional ages Class: 12PM-1PM – School
  • November 2: Family Faith Formation: PreK-Confirmation: 10AM-12:10PM – Finegan Center, Church Hall, School, RECR 
  • November 15: Confirmation Students (and all high school aged students grades 9-12) Diocese of Venice High School Youth Rally, 12:30-8:30PM at the Charlotte Harbor Event & Conference Center, Punta Gorda
  • November 16: First Sacraments Class: 10:30AM-11:30AM – School 
        First Sacraments – non-traditional ages Class: 12PM-1PM – School
  • December 7: Family Faith Formation: PreK-Confirmation: 10AM-12:10PM- Finegan Center, Church Hall, School, RECR  
  • December 14: First Sacraments Class: 10:30AM-11:30AM – School
        First Sacraments – non-traditional ages Class: 12PM-1PM – School      
  • January 4: Family Faith Formation: PreK-Confirmation: 10AM-12:10PM – Finegan Center, Church Hall, School, RECR  
  • January 7: First Holy Communion Parent Meeting: 6-7pm, Finegan Center
  • January 11: First Sacraments Class: 10:30AM-11:30AM – School
         First Sacraments – non-traditional ages Class: 12PM-1PM – School
  • January 14: First Confession Practice/Holy Hour (Parent & child) 6PM-7PM, Chapel
  • January 17: First Confessions: 10AM until finished, Chapel
  • February 1: Family Faith Formation: PreK-Confirmation: 10AM-12:10PM – Finegan Center, Church Hall, School, RECR  
  • February 22: First Sacraments Class: 10:30AM-11:30AM – School. 
          First Sacraments – non-traditional ages Class: 12PM-1PM – School
  • March 1: Family Faith Formation: PreK-Confirmation: 10AM-12:10PM – Finegan Center, Church Hall, School, RECR  
  • March 8: First Sacraments Class: 10:30AM-11:30AM
          First Sacraments – non-traditional ages Class: 12PM-1PM – School
  • April 12: Family Faith Formation: PreK-Confirmation: 10AM-12:10PM – Finegan Center, Church Hall, School, RECR     
  • April 15:  First Holy Communion Evening of Prayer: 6-7PM, Chapel
  • April 19: First Sacraments Class: 10:30AM-11:30AM – School 
           First Sacraments – non-traditional ages Class: 12PM-1PM – School
  • April 29: First Holy Communion Practice/Parent Meeting: 6-7:30PM
  • May 3: First Holy Communion, 9AM and 11AM Masses
  • TBD: Confirmation: Winter 2026 Confirmation Retreat
  • TBD: Confirmation Practice (March or April in the Chapel)
  • TBD: Confirmation Mass (March or April in the Chapel)
Confirmation
  • 2-year program for high school aged students (9th grade and older)
  • Same time as our Family Faith Formation (FFF) this year, so meets on the first Sunday of every month beginning September 7th. See FFF dates above.
  • Time: Begins with 9AM Mass and concludes at 12:10PM
             Time includes Sunday morning Mass, breakfast at Coffee Plus, Family Faith Formation, and Confirmation Class. Parents are encouraged to remain for the Faith Formation and Fellowship for parents, which will be held in the Finegan Center while children are in class. 
REGISTER

Registration is open! 

Grades PreK-8 and Sacramental Prep Classes 
(1st Confession, 1st Communion, Confirmation)
all available on same form. 

“And these words which I command you this day shall be upon your heart; and you shall teach them diligently to your children and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down and when you rise.” ~ Deuteronomy 6:6-9

Questions? Click here to email our DRE Eva Gontis:
or call her at 941-924-9566
 

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