Our parish provides the sacrament of Baptism to infants and young children throughout the year. As any sacrament, Baptism also requires preparation. In the case of Baptism, it is the parents and god parents that required to attend pre-baptism classes. We are in need of facilitators to run these pre-baptism classes.

At Loretto, we use STARTING POINT by Dynamic Catholic for our pre-baptism classes. STARTING POINT: Helping Parents Raise Great Children is a Baptism preparation program and parenting resource with three main objectives: (1) inspire parents to start discovering the dreams they have for their child, their marriage, and their family; (2) invite parents to explore all the ways God and the Church can help them fulfill these dreams; and (3) encourage parents to understand and maximize their influence during the nine years in which they are the primary influencers of their child’s life and beliefs.

To best accomplish these objectives, STARTING POINT consists of two parts: the in-person parent session and the guided dream journal experience (A Parent’s Journal for Dreaming), which parents will do together at home on their own time.