Faith Formation at Mary Our Queen

Grades PreK4 to 5: Our Elementary Faith Formation program is named for the City of David where Christ entered into the world in the city of His ancestors. Bethlehem is where Mary first held her Son and the Light of the World radiated from a star above leading the three kings to be the first to come to worship. It is our hope that the children of MOQ will be introduced to the Light of Christ through our Bethlehem program We hope they will share in the encounter of the three kings who first worshiped and responded to the Lord with gifts, great joy, and found peace in His presence. They will move from Bethlehem, a place of joy and peace, to Antioch where they will discover and learn more about the fundamentals of Christian life.
Grades 6-8: Our middle school program, ANTIOCH, takes its title from the city where, as tradition holds, the first Gentile church was founded and the followers of Christ were for the first time called “Christians”. We hope that by their participation in our program our youth will come to a deeper discovery of their identity as Catholic Christians and accept their missionary call to discipleship. By developing their faith during these formative years, they will be better prepared to move on from this Christian community and serve the world in charity and truth.
Grades 9 – 12: Our High School program, ZION, takes it’s title from Mount Zion, known for many magnificent and powerful events in ancient Christianity. It is a place of encounter with God, representing both the historical Jerusalem as well as the prophetic New Jerusalem to come – our heavenly homeland. We are called to “mount the heights of Zion” in praise to the Lord, bringing Him our highest worship and offering ourselves back to Him. Our high school program, ZION, is designed to lead our youth from Antioch, where they are formed in faith, on “to the heights” of holiness. The teens move from studying Catholicism and learning who Christ is to truly encounter the Triune God and going forward to proclaim the good news of the Gospel.