Subject to change. Monthly calendar will reflect most current information.
Don BoscoReligious Education Calendar 2016-17
Mon: 5:30-6:45pm Grades 1-57-8:30pm1st Yr Confirmation
Tues: 5:30-6:45pm Grades 1-5 & 7-8:30pm Level 6
Thurs: 3:30-5 pm Grades 1-5; 5:30-6:45pm Grades 1-5 & 7-8:30pm 2nd Yr Confirmation
Sat: 9:30-11:00am Grades2-6, 1ST2ndYr Confirmation
Not more than 4 absences (914) 937-6301
August 2016
Wed31 First Communion Meeting- All October FC Parents, 7 PM (Church)
September 2016
Wed7Catechist Retreat 7-9PM Corpus Christi Church
Thurs/8 Back to Class Meeting: All Parents of Children Gr 1-6, 7 PM (Cafeteria)
M/T/Th/Sat12/13/15/17 FIRST WEEK OF CLASS: Monday,Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday Regular Class
Sun18 Catechetical Sunday: 11AM (English) & 12:30PM(Spanish) Masses
M/T/Th/Sat 19/20/22/24 Regular Class
Thurs/22 2nd Yr Confirmation Meeting: Parents and Students Mandatory, 7PM (Cafeteria)
M/T/Th 26/27/29 Regular Class
Mon/26 1st Yr Confirmation Meeting: Parents and Students Mandatory, 7PM (Cafeteria)
October 2016
Saturday11st Communion Retreat (9-11am Cafeteria)
Saturday1 Regular Class
M/T/Th/Sat3/4/6/8 Regular Class
Mon/3 Extra Communion Class for 9:30am First Holy Communion (3:30-5pm) Gym
Tues/4 Extra Communion Class for Noon First Holy Communion (3:30-5pm) Gym
Saturday81st Communion Retreat (9-11am Cafeteria)
Mon/10 NO CLASS, COLUMBUS DAY
T/Th/Sat11/12/15 Regular Class
Tues/11 Extra Communion Class for Noon First Holy Communion (3:30-5pm) Gym
Wed/12 Extra Communion Class for 9:30amFirst Holy Communion (3:30-5pm) Gym
M/T/Th17/18/20 Regular Class
Sat/22 NO CLASS: FIRST COMMUNION
Sun23Sunday Mass with First Communion Candidates – 11AM (ENG) & 12:30 PM (SPANISH)
M/T/Th/Sat24/25/27/29 Regular Class
Sat29NO CLASS: Catechist Forum – Day of Enrichment and Development
Mon31NO CLASS: Halloween
November 2016
T/Th/Sat1/3/5Regular Class
M/T/Th/Sat7/8/10/12 Regular Class
M/T/Th/Sat14/15/17/19Regular Class
Sunday20 Faithful Service to Others: 1PM Conf. Students Pack Thanksgiving Baskets (Teen Ctr)
Sunday 20CHRIST THE KING
M/T21/22 Regular Class
Thurs/Sat24/26NO CLASSES: HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Fri25Faithful Service to Others:1PM Conf. Change of Missals (CC, HR Churches)
Sunday27FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
M/T28/29 Regular Class
December 2016
Thurs/Sat1/3 Regular Class(Confirmation letters to the Pastor due & sponsor certificate)
M/T/Th/Sat5/6/8/10Regular Class
M/T/Th/Sat12/13/15/17 Regular Class
Sat17 Family Gathering -Las Pastorelas (Pastoral Dramas of the Nativity) - 7PM Don Bosco CtrM/T/Th 19/20/22 Regular Class
Saturday24 Christmas Vigil Mass –Pageant- 4 PM Mass
M/T/Th/Sat26/27/29/31 NOCLASS:CHRISTMAS RECESS – HAPPY NEW YEAR!
January 2017
M/T/Th/Sat2/3/5/7 Regular Class
M/T/Th/Sat9/10/12/14 Regular Class
Wednesday111stPenance Parent Meeting - 7PM (Church)
Monday16NO CLASS: MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY
T/Th/Sat17/19/21Regular Class
Thursday19 HOLD: ChastityTalk- Generation Life –All Confirmation students 7PM (Caf & Teen Center)
Thursday19Confirmation Mass Cards Due
M/T/Th/Sat23/24/26/28 Regular Class
Friday27 HOLD: Don Bosco Fun Night, 7-9 PM, gym, all invited
Monday30 Regular Class
Tuesday31 Special Class,Feast of St. John Bosco
February 2017
Thurs2Regular Class
M/T/Th/Sat 6/7/9/11 Regular Class
M/T/Th/Sat 13/14/16/18 Regular Class
Thursday16 HOLD: Pro Life Talk- Generation Life –All Confirmation students 7PM (Cafeteria)
M/T/Th/Sat 20/21/23/25 NO CLASS: WINTER BREAK
M/T27/28 Regular Class
March 2017
Wednesday1ASH WEDNESDAY LENT BEGINS
Sat4HOLD: First Penance Retreat, 2nd yr. Comm. Children in CC Cafeteria 9-1pm
Sat4Regular Class
M/T/Th/Sat6/7/9/11 Regular Class
Sat11HOLD: First Penance Retreat, 2nd yr. Comm. Children in CC Cafeteria 9-1pm
M/T/Th/Sat 13/14/16/18 Regular Class
M/W 13/151st Penance in CC Church, 7 PM, all 2nd yr. Comm. children
M/T/Th/Sat20/21/23/25Regular Class
M/T/Th27/28/30Regular Class
April 2017
Saturday1 Regular Class
Sunday2Confirmation Enrollment Mass, 10:15am, Don Bosco Community Center
M/T/Th/Sat3/4/6/8 Regular Class
Sunday9Palm Sunday: Children’s Procession
M/T/Th/Sat10/11/13/15NO CLASS: SPRING RECESS
Sunday16HAPPY EASTER!
M/T/Th/Sat17/18/20/22 Regular Class
M/T/Sat24/25/29 Regular Class
Saturday29FIRST HOLY COMMUNIONOur Lady of Mercy Sacred Heart of Jesus Church
9:30amand12:00pm Masses
Thursday27NOCLASS: CONFIRMATION RETREAT
Thursday27Confirmation Retreat, 6:30pm to 9:30pm, Corpus Christi Gym, Cafeteria and Church
May 2017
M/T/Th1/2/4Regular Class (Saturday no Class)
M/T1/2Confirmation Rehearsal (Candidates and Sponsors Mandatory)
Saturday 6 Confirmation 4 & 7 PM Gym
Saturday 6 NO CLASS
M/T/Th/SAT8/9/11/13Regular Class
Sun14 Happy Mother’s Day
Wednesday24 Feast of Mary Help of Christians Crowning and Mass
Thursday25 Ascension Thursday Mass