Our Lady of the Presentation Catholic Church

REGISTRATION FOR OUR PARISH 2022-2023 SCHOOL OF RELIGION YEAR is NOW CLOSED.  Did you miss the opportunity to register your children for our School of Religion?  Please contact Angie at: olpdsor@olpresentationmd.org

You may also be interested in our Parent Handbook which has the school year calendar w/ important dates like sacramental lectures, 8th grade retreat, school-wide Confession and in-session days.

SCHOOL-YEAR RESOURCES:

OLP Catholic Books' Award Book List

Loyola Press Sunday Connection

Catholic Icing

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Welcome to our parish Religious Formation page.  Our Lady of the Presentation offers two main ways for parish families to receive faith instruction for their children.  Parents can choose to send their children to our parish School of Religion (SOR) or to our regional Catholic elementary school, Mary of Nazareth.  Both offer programs for children in grades Kindergarten through 8th grade.

SCHOOL OF RELIGION: Our Lady of the Presentation parish offers a K-8 School of Religion program which focuses on bringing students into an encounter with Christ through education and application in the classroom.  This ministry prepares children for receiving the Sacraments of First Reconciliation, Holy Communion and Confirmation as part of a two year  program  (Please see the sacramental headings above for more info on this two year program requirement.).  We are blessed with over 70 children enrolled in our program every year. 

VOLUNTEERING: Please consider joining our dedicated volunteer catechists and their assistants by sharing your time and your faith joyfully. If you have a Montessori background and are interested in volunteering as a teacher or assistant in our CGS Montessori classroom environment, please contact the director at: olpdsor@olpresentationmd.org.  You can also submit your contact info on the main page of our parish website by scrolling to the bottom right-hand side. Thank you!

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CURRICULA: Over the past few years, our Parish has sought to develop a teaching environment in the rectory called an Atrium which is suitable for Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (CGS) courses.  For our School of Religion (SOR), we now offer a hybrid of 'traditional' Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD) classes in elementary school classrooms and CGS classes in the new atrium.  The classes are split depending on grade.  Grades K-2 are CGS classes, and the other classes are traditional CCD classes.  See more information about our programs below.

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• LOYOLA PRESS is our main curriculum for our 3rd -8th grade programs.  For information, go to Christ Our Life to be taken directly to the Parent/Student section. There is an abundance of information, so please give yourself 20-30 minutes to become familiar with what is available.

• THE CATECHESIS OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD method came about through the work of two Roman Catholic laywomen in Rome: Sofia Cavalletti and Gianna Gobbi. They were inspired by the educational principles of Maria Montessori, also a Catholic.  The program is specifically designed for children to experience and learn the life of Christ in the Church through Sacred Scripture, Prayer and Liturgy in a unique space called the Atrium.  Children will work with three dimensional objects crafted to highlight parables, Christ's life, the Land of Israel, liturgical objects and more. Catechists certified in the program spend 90 hours on each level before reaching certification.  You can learn more about CGS at: http://www.cgsusa.org.  Click here to read what the National CGS recommends for atrium at home

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