Yes, we try to maintain a wait list when a session fills up. Usually, families register for a first choice that has reached capacity at the time of your registration. Often, however, the reason there are no more student spaces is due to a lack of volunteers. Volunteers get priority registration, meaning you will get […]
Any of the BCRE Team would be happy to discuss your family’s individual situation and needs, because each person’s needs are unique. Parents are always welcome to attend religious education classes with their children, and they are uniquely able to best serve their special needs child. Most of our volunteers are not trained to work […]
Taking into consideration the Billerica Public School’s pandemic hybrid schedule, we wanted to give families the option to participate in the religious education classes online meetings on days of the week that were different from the days they would need to attend school online / remotely. We specifically avoided Wednesdays, since everyone will be doing […]
If you are unable to make your scheduled session, we invite you to make a one-time change to a different session during the same week. Please reach out to the appropriate grade-level coordinator in order to ensure there is space in the class session you into which you wish to make the one-time change. Religious […]
Given the pandemic and restrictions from the Archdiocese for the health and safety of all participants, we cannot hold religious education classes on site at this time. Therefore, there is no need to have any programs attached to Mass times. By not offering programs on Sunday mornings, or on Sundays attached to Mass times, we […]
Each year, we have made adjustments to the BCRE offerings based on registrations and volunteer commitments. For the past few years, we have had a very hard time getting volunteers to commit to the St. Mary Sunday morning sessions. Our registrations, particularly for Elementary grades, have been quite low as well. Also, with the exception […]
“Rotating Helper” is a parent, guardian, or other adult family member who assists the religious education program on a rotating basis. Beginning in 2020-2021, one adult from each family will be expected to assist with one program, either as a “Rotating Helper” (much like Pathfinders had helpers sign up in the 2019-2020 year) or as […]
Welcome to Religious Education! We are excited to partner with you, the family, to nurture the faith of each child and teen. If you are new to having a child participate in Religious Education, we have created this chart to answer the question “what program should they sign up for?” Additionally, this chart provides guidance […]
We are using a Google Sheet to inform you how many spaces we have available in each of our classes, and where we are in need of volunteers. Click here. Unfortunately, we are not able to connect this information directly into the online registration system. If that were available to us, we would be using […]
Yes, Billerica Catholic Religious Education offers a Home Study option. We believe that it is important to support parents to be the primary educators of their children in the way of the faith, in the manner they best see fit. Families who choose Home Study will receive materials that students complete at home with the […]