Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church

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    • About Us
    • Catholic Faith Formation
      • Sacraments
      • Catholic Faith Formation
      • Christian Initiation
      • Children's Ministry & VBS
      • Youth Ministry & Retreats
      • Quinceañeras
    • Ministries
      • Altar Society
      • Apostolado de la Cruz
      • Apostalado Eucaristico
      • CDA
      • Familias Misioneras
      • Franciscan Secular Order
      • Knights of Columbus
      • Liturgical Ministries
      • Ladies Club
      • Matachines
      • Movimiento Cursillo
    • Parish Life
      • Bulletin
      • Resourcces
    • Worship
      • Mass Intentions
      • Prayers & Devotions
    • 2024 Kermes

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic ChurchOur Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic ChurchOur Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church

(956) 682-4238

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Catholic Faith Formation
    • Sacraments
    • Catholic Faith Formation
    • Christian Initiation
    • Children's Ministry & VBS
    • Youth Ministry & Retreats
    • Quinceañeras
  • Ministries
    • Altar Society
    • Apostolado de la Cruz
    • Apostalado Eucaristico
    • CDA
    • Familias Misioneras
    • Franciscan Secular Order
    • Knights of Columbus
    • Liturgical Ministries
    • Ladies Club
    • Matachines
    • Movimiento Cursillo
  • Parish Life
    • Bulletin
    • Resourcces
  • Worship
    • Mass Intentions
    • Prayers & Devotions
  • 2024 Kermes

Your Child's Faith Formation

 Produced by Catechist Magazine (2009), this video was created to help parents realize the importance of life long faith formation and education.  The video focuses on the importance of faith formation and the ways in which parish religious education programs enrich individuals, families, and parishes. 

Catholic Faith Formation & Sacrament Preparation

Our Mission

The Catholic Faith Formation program at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish will provide adults, youth and children knowledge of our catholic teachings to help grow and form disciples of Jesus. We will encourage to live in communion and participate as active members of our church until thy kingdom come. 

2025-2026 Classes

Pre-K 3 & 4 and Kinder  - Tuesdays 6:00-7:30 PM 

1st - 6th - Tuesdays 6:00-7:30 PM 

6th - 8th -  Wednesdays 7:00 - 8:30 PM 

High School - Wednesdays 7:00-8:30 PM

Sacrament Prep - 1st Sunday of the Month 8:30 - 11:00 AM

2025-2026 Registration

Returning Learners & Adults - Online Registration: May 19 - June 27, 2025 (View links below) / Fee $25 (Paid in person)
In-Person Registration (For All): July 21 - August 27, 2025 / Fee $35 

Late In-Person Registration: September 29 - October 8, 2025 / Fee $45

Monday - Wednesday between 1:00 - 6:00 PM

ORIENTATION & MEET THE CATECHIST - Sept. 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM in the PARISH HALL

Classes begin Sept. 16th & 17th

2025-2026 Registration Payment Choices

Office: You may stop by the Catholic Faith Formation Office Monday - Wednesday from 1:00 P.M. to 5:30 P.M. to pay in person. 


By Mail:  Please list the names of all children and adults registered and their grades on a separate piece of paper. Make Check payable to Our Lady of Perpetual Help on the memo write CFF Registration and  Address the envelope to

                               Our Lady of Perpetual Help

                               Catholic Faith Formation

                               2209 Kendlewood Ave.

                               McAllen, TX 78501

REgistration Forms

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Registration Returning Learner Registro para Alumno de RegresoRegistration for Returning Catechumenate (Christian Initiation - Minor)Inscripción para el Catecumenado de Regreso (Iniciación Cristiana - Menor)Registration for Adult Sacraments - New LearnerRegistration for Adult Sacraments - Returning

2025-2026 Calendars

Download Your Copy Today!

Catholic Faith Formation & Sacrament Prep Calendar (Page 1)  Christian Initiation and Sacrament Prep for Adults (Page 2)

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Retreats within our Faith Formation & Youth Ministry

Christian Community - Life Formation 1 Fall Retreat

Best! Gift! Ever! - A Family Retreat to Prepare for Holy Communion

Christian Community - Life Formation 1 Fall Retreat

This mini retreat is one of two retreats our young disciples who are in their first year of Confirmation Prep have to complete. The fall mini focuses on the importance of having a Christian community.

Date: Nov. 8, 2025

Time: 1:00 - 6:00 PM

Location: OLPH Parish Hall

Cost: $20.00

Confirmation Weekend Retreat

Best! Gift! Ever! - A Family Retreat to Prepare for Holy Communion

Christian Community - Life Formation 1 Fall Retreat

Our Confirmation Weekend Retreat 

Date: Jan. 23-25, 2026

Location: Rio Grande Benedictine Monastery

Cost: $125

Deadline to Register: Dec. 31, 2025

Best! Gift! Ever! - A Family Retreat to Prepare for Holy Communion

Best! Gift! Ever! - A Family Retreat to Prepare for Holy Communion

Best! Gift! Ever! - A Family Retreat to Prepare for Holy Communion

This retreat is for children and teens in immediate preparation for their First Holy Communion and their parents. 

Date: Feb. 28, 2026

Time: 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM

Location: OLPH Parish Hall

Cost: $40.00

Deadline to Register: Feb. 10, 2026

Face the Challenge: Catholic Boot Camp

Mercy & Grace - A Family Retreat to Prepare for Reconciliation

Best! Gift! Ever! - A Family Retreat to Prepare for Holy Communion

This retreat is more of a boot camp. Open to Middle and High School young disciples. 

* We were created out of love to love. 

* Our choices affect those around us.

* Learn how to put on the armor of God to face your everyday challenges. 

Date: March 19-22, 2026

Location: OLPH Parish Grounds

Cost: $75.00

Deadline to Register: March 1, 2026

Mandatory Parent & Participant Meeting: 

March 8, 2026

Faces & Masks - Life Formation 1 Spring Retreat

Mercy & Grace - A Family Retreat to Prepare for Reconciliation

Mercy & Grace - A Family Retreat to Prepare for Reconciliation

This mini retreat is the second retreat our young disciples, who are in their first year of Confirmation Prep, have to complete. The Spring mini retreat focuses on the different Faces and Masks we wear and how Jesus sees through them.

Date: April 18, 2026

Time: 1:00 - 6:00 PM

Location: OLPH Parish Hall

Cost: $20.00

Mercy & Grace - A Family Retreat to Prepare for Reconciliation

Mercy & Grace - A Family Retreat to Prepare for Reconciliation

Mercy & Grace - A Family Retreat to Prepare for Reconciliation

This retreat is for children and teens in immediate preparation for their First Reconciliation and their parents. 

Date: May 2, 2026

Time: 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM

Location: OLPH Parish Hall

Cost: $40.00

Deadline to Register: April 14, 2026


Remind App is a must

To participate, simply text the number 81010 with the message ________ (child's class code). Find your child's class code below:


Faith Formation Learners
Tuesday CFF - @tcffolph

Wednesday CFF - @wcffolph

Learners in their second year in faith formation classes in immediate preparation for the sacrament of Reconciliation/1st Confession.

Reconciliation - @reconolph

Learners in their third year of fait





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Para participar, simplemente envíe un mensaje de texto al número 81010 con el mensaje ________ (código de clase del niño). Encuentre el código de la clase de su hijo a continuación:


Estudiantes de formación en la fe

Martes CFF - @tcffolph

Miércoles CFF - @wcffolph


Alumnos en su segundo año en clases de formación en la fe en preparación inmediata para el sacramento de la Reconciliación / Primera Confes








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COVENANT COMMITMENT FORM

As a Catholic worshipping community of faith here at Saint Joseph Church, the celebration of the Holy Eucharist on a weekly (not weakly) basis is the "source and summit" of our faith (Lumen Gentium 36). Because of this truth, participation in the holy Mass is the central requirement of being part of our Faith Formation Program (this includes the parents and children as a family).

If the essence of our Catholic Faith is found in the Eucharist, it then makes logical sense that being a regular and weekly part of this celebration is a requirement not only to being part of our Faith Formation Program, but in being a faithful and "practicing" Catholic.  While we understand that people work many different hours and even for some, more than one job, that is why we offer a range of difference Mass times from evening Masses on Saturday to morning and afternoon Masses on Sunday to accommodate your varied schedules. 

As parents/guardians, you have been entrusted with the first obligation (which you made at the baptism of your child/ren) of assuring your child is "raised in a catholic home and according to the catholic faith."  The basic kernal of this "catholic" faith means coming to church! 

The obligation of attending Mass (or keeping holy the Sabbath), comes to us from God the Father on Mount Sinai in the Fourth Commandment given to Moses:
"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore, the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy" (Exodus 20:8-11).

Therefore, the requirement of coming to Mass or "keeping holy the Sabbath" is part of God's  Divine Law, NOT that of a particular church or even a particular priest. 

We welcome each and every family to the "Table of the Lord" where "All Are Welcome" and encourage you to make this an important part of your weekly schedule.  We are firm believers in the old cliche that "The family which prays together, stays together." Come join our family of faith as we celebrate the Lord's love for us in the Eucharist, where we are fed by the Lord Himself, build up each other in our faith and nourish the hungry hearts of our children for the love of God in their lives.

Jesus told us that "Unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood, you do not have life within you" (John 6:53) and many found this to be a "hard saying" (John 6:60) and "walked with Him no longer" (John 6:66) [interesting number do you not think?] And so  it is with our Faith Formation Program here at Saint Joseph Church.  If you choose this requirement of coming to Mass on a weekly basis to be a "hard saying" then in love, we will have to allow you to "walk with (us) no longer." 

We pray that you embrace your faith, you take on the challenge and you accept and agree to this "Covenant Commitment" with the Lord, with your local church here in Newton and most importantly, with your child/ren. 

First Confession (Reconciliation) Facts

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Reconciliation Covenant Commitment Form

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First Holy Communion Facts

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First Holy Communion Covenant Commitment Form

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Confirmation History & Facts

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Confirmation Covenant Commitment Form

To Sign Click Here

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Faith Formation & Youth Minsitry Office

2209 Kendlewood, McAllen, TX 78501, US

(956) 627-1168 / (956) 627-1125

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01:00 pm – 06:00 pm

Tue

01:00 pm – 06:00 pm

Wed

01:00 pm – 06:00 pm

Thu

By Appointment

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Sat

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Sun

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