{"id":6617,"date":"2023-08-24T12:15:55","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T16:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/?page_id=6617"},"modified":"2026-01-26T12:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:07:14","slug":"faith-formation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/faith-formation\/","title":{"rendered":"Faith Formation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"gmbc1e6fd\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m2 section-gmbc1e6fd gutentor-module gutentor-dynamic-columns\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-row\">\n<div id=\"col-gm4ba9a3\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m2-col col-gm4ba9a3 gutentor-module gutentor-dynamic-single-column grid-lg-4 grid-md-4 grid-12\"><div id=\"section-gm4ba9a3\" class=\"section-gm4ba9a3 gutentor-single-col has-color-bg has-custom-bg\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Adult Faith Formation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"section-gdc73f4\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e1 section-gdc73f4 gutentor-element gutentor-element-advanced-text text-align-center-desktop\"><div class=\"gutentor-text-wrap\"><p class=\"gutentor-text\">A wide variety of faith formation programs and opportunities for all adults.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Bible-Study.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Bible-Study.png 940w, https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Bible-Study-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Bible-Study-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"section-gce99ea\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e1 section-gce99ea gutentor-element gutentor-element-advanced-text\"><div class=\"gutentor-text-wrap\"><p class=\"gutentor-text\">Adult Faith Formation (<strong>AFF<\/strong>) is the lifelong process of finding and falling in love with God in the midst of our human lives. Every Catholic, by virtue of our Baptism, is on a life-long journey of faith. Consequently, Adult Faith Formation has as its purpose to support, nourish, and challenge adults as they explore their faith, experience its power, and grow in relationship with God. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-tertiary-background-color has-background has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/adult-faith-formation-aff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"col-gma61bcd\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m2-col col-gma61bcd gutentor-module gutentor-dynamic-single-column grid-lg-4 grid-md-4 grid-12\"><div id=\"section-gma61bcd\" class=\"section-gma61bcd gutentor-single-col has-color-bg has-custom-bg\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Parish School of Religion <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"section-gb78abb\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e1 section-gb78abb gutentor-element gutentor-element-advanced-text text-align-center-desktop\"><div class=\"gutentor-text-wrap\"><p class=\"gutentor-text\">Faith formation and Sacramental preparation for children not enrolled <br>in a Catholic school.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Religion-Class.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Religion-Class.png 940w, https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Religion-Class-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Religion-Class-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"section-g8c8e57\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e1 section-g8c8e57 gutentor-element gutentor-element-advanced-text\"><div class=\"gutentor-text-wrap\"><p class=\"gutentor-text\">The Saint Joseph Parish School of Religion (<strong>PSR<\/strong>) is a program designed for the children of our parish who attend schools without formal religious catholic education as part of their curriculum. PSR aims to educate and form these students in our faith including preparing them for the reception of sacraments as well as deepening and reinforcing knowledge of their religion and values for living.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-tertiary-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/parish-school-of-religion-psr\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"col-gmc178f5\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m2-col col-gmc178f5 gutentor-module gutentor-dynamic-single-column grid-lg-4 grid-md-4 grid-12\"><div id=\"section-gmc178f5\" class=\"section-gmc178f5 gutentor-single-col has-color-bg has-custom-bg\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Becoming Catholic<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"section-g9b70e8\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e1 section-g9b70e8 gutentor-element gutentor-element-advanced-text text-align-center-desktop\"><div class=\"gutentor-text-wrap\"><p class=\"gutentor-text\">For those who have questions about the Catholic faith or have considered joining <br>the Catholic Church<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Bible-Study-no-faces.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Bible-Study-no-faces.png 940w, https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Bible-Study-no-faces-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Bible-Study-no-faces-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"section-g595a43\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e1 section-g595a43 gutentor-element gutentor-element-advanced-text\"><div class=\"gutentor-text-wrap\"><p class=\"gutentor-text\">The <strong>OCIA<\/strong> (Order of Christian Initiation of Adults) is a journey of faith for any person who is not baptized to prepare for initiation into the Church through baptism. Those who are already one with us through their baptism in another Christian tradition may also enter the RCIA process to prepare to be received into full communion with the Catholic Church.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-tertiary-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/ministries\/rcia-rcic\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":6788,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6617","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6617"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13310,"href":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6617\/revisions\/13310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}