Religious Education Registration
Registration materials for the 2008 CRE year have been mailed to every currently enrolled family. To register your child for CRE classes, please review the information and mail the registration form with payment to Sister Marie LaBollita, S.C., DRE, at St. Julia Parish, 374 Boston Post Road, Weston, MA 02493. Forms can also be downloaded here. Forms for new students should be accompanied by a Baptism Certificate.
Registration begins each May for the following academic year. Early registration is advised as classes fill up quickly. Even if you are unsure of your child's schedule for the year, please send in the registration form with a question mark next to the class day/time chosen. Class days and times offered are listed on the left of this page.
The Religious Education Calendar will be mailed in September.
The annual fee is $150 per child, with a maximum of $350 per family. Please send your payment by check, made out to St. Julia Parish, along with the registration form. If you need assistance with tuition, please contact Father Evans or Sister Marie and we will be able to help.
We ask that a copy of each student's Baptismal certificate be kept in the office because the Archdiocese of Boston requires certification of Baptism before receiving the other sacraments. Please contact the parish where your child was baptized to obtain a copy for us, or to have a copy faxed to us (781-899-8046).
If your child attends the Weston Public Schools and is registered for the Monday or Tuesday classes, the school bus will drop off your child at the parish center. Please remember to send in a note, or a St. Julia Bus Permission slip with your child each time he or she is to attend CRE classes giving permission to the bus driver to drop off your child at St. Julia. You do not have to indicate the bus number - the bus office coordinates which buses go to the church for the Monday and Tuesday classes.
Confirmation Program
Students in High School will enter a Confirmation program that will often take two years but can be completed in less or more time. The levels of the program are
not by grade, and will be called First and Second Year Confirmation. In the Fall a meeting will be held for parents
and students for those entering the Confirmation Program.
The overnight Confirmation retreat, for all 10th grade students, calls for a separate registration and an additional fee of approximately $150 to cover the cost of transportation and accommodations. This registration will be processed for those students shortly before the retreat. If these fees represent a financial hardship, please contact the office.
A Note on Attendance
Because we hope that signing up your child for religious education is a priority in your family, attendance at all the classes as listed on the calendar is expected of all our Religious Education students.
If your child will be absent from class, we request that you please call the Religious Education office to let us know. This request is particularly important for the Monday and Tuesday class students as we wish to assure the safe arrival of every student. For the Monday classes in Lincoln, and for the Sunday classes, we ask that you call the individual catechists to let them know of your child's absence. If you cannot reach the catechist, please call the Religious Education office to leave a message.
Cancellations Due to the Weather
The Religious Education Office follows the snow cancellation policy of the Weston Public Schools and the Lincoln Public Schools for the Monday and Tuesday classes. If Weston and Lincoln Public Schools cancel after school activities, Religious Education classes wil be cancelled also. Cancellation notice of the Sunday classes will be made on the following:
- The St. Julia website: www.stjulia.org,
- The voice mail message on the Religious Education telephone answering service at 781-899-4734 or 781-899-8434,
- Cancellation listings on News 4 New England television,
- WBZ News Radio 1030 (AM),
- If they can do so in time, the Sunday catechists may also call you at home to let you know of class cancellations.
