Elementary School

Sessions offered Sundays, 9:30 AM and 11 AM • September - May
Session for Children with Special Needs: 11:00 AM

Parents must re-register their child(ren) each year.

Those entering 7th and 8th grade move on to the ACTIVATE!/DIVE program.

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*Please note that OLMC School does not offer preschool 

The following classes are closed:
9:30 a.m. 3-4 yr old class - there is not a class at the 11 a.m. session
11 a.m. 3-4 yr old class - catechist needed for a class at this time
11 a.m. 4-5 yr old class - please select the 9:30 a.m. session
9:30 a.m. Kindergarten - please select the 11 a.m. session
9:30 a.m. 1st-grade - please select the 11 a.m. session
9:30 a.m, 2nd-grade - please select the 11 a.m. session
11 a.m. 4th-grade - please select the 9:30 a.m. session

If you can help by volunteering as a catechist for one of these classes, 
please contact Leighton Drake at 317-846-3878.

If you do not have a computer to fill out the registration form, please call to set up an appointment in the Faith Formation Office to complete it: (317) 846-3878.

CFF Sessions start on the Sunday after Labor Day, September 7, 2025. We generally follow the Carmel Clay School holiday schedule.

The supply fee for the program is $80 per child, with a maximum of $180 per family.

There is an additional $40 sacrament preparation supply fee for First Communicants. 

Financial aid is available if needed. Click on the link below for the application form. Please mail or bring your payment to the Faith Formation Office trailer.

If you have questions, please contact us in the Faith Formation Office at (317) 846-3878 or email [email protected].

Dear parents and guardians, 

A religious sister and former high school principal for many decades told a gathering of Church formation leaders that the task of the catechist is "to provide opportunities for children to encounter the living Lord Jesus Christ" and develop a relationship with Him and His Church. 

OLMC CFF is about so much more than educating children in the Catholic faith, as if faith is just another subject they must learn alongside math, social studies, and English. OLMC CFF is about the mission of making young disciples by helping your children discover the truth, goodness, and beauty of God, and by supporting you in your sacred calling to form your children as followers of Christ.

OLMC CFF uses excellent, Church-approved catechetical resources, but what's more essential is our team of dedicated and devoted catechists committed to offering opportunities for your children to 1) encounter the Lord Jesus Christ, 2) grow in their understanding of His love for them, and 3) be equipped and inspired to follow Him as active members of His Church.

We recognize that the Holy Spirit is the true Teacher, and we are privileged to serve Him and support your families on their journey of Christian discipleship.

CFF uses Loyola Press' Christ Our Life as our primary catechetical text. The content for each grade builds on the previous year’s focus and the four pillars found in the Catechism. Each grade focuses on these topics:

CFF Sacrament Preparation
 
“The sacraments are efficacious signs of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us. The visible rites by which the sacraments are celebrated signify and make present the graces proper to each sacrament. They bear fruit in those who receive them with the required dispositions.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1131)
 
Children prepare for the sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist beginning in first grade CFF. They celebrate the sacraments in the latter part of second grade CFF.
 
In addition to weekly Sunday CFF sessions, sacrament preparation includes two evening Parent Sessions and two Parent & Child Sacrament Retreats during the child's second-grade year.