Director: Katie Sadakierski (sadakierski.olv@gmail.com)
Thank you for visiting Our Lady of the Valley’s religious education page. Welcome!
Included here are registration forms, monthly newsletters and activities, sacramental preparation program information, and Google Forms for uploading completed activities. For past newsletters and activities, please refer to our archives, also available below.
Refer to our table of contents with clickable links to navigate the distinct sections of our webpage.
Table of Contents
1. OLV Religious Education Program Mission Statement
2. OLV Religious Education Program: Our Patron Saints
3. OLV Religious Education Program Registration
4. OLV Religious Education Program Class & Event Upcoming Dates
5. OLV Religious Education Program Current Newsletters
6. OLV Religious Education Program Current Monthly Family Prayer Calendars
7. OLV Religious Education Program Prayer Collection
8. OLV Religious Education Program Catechist Corner: Volunteer Forms and Catechist Handbook
9. OLV Religious Education Program Instructional Support Information
10. OLV Religious Education Program Additional Resources: Respecting the Dignity of Life; Completing Safe Environment Training
11. OLV Religious Education Program Current Monthly Activity Packets
12. OLV Religious Education Program Current Monthly Activity Submission Upload Links (Google Forms)
13. OLV Religious Education Program Yearly Calendar
14. Sacrament Preparation Information Packets (First Confession/First Communion and Confirmation)
15. OLV Religious Education Program First Communion Corner: Flyers and Sacrament Program Form Upload Links (Google Forms)
16. OLV Religious Education Confirmation Corner: Flyers and Sacrament Program Form Upload Links (Google Forms)
17. OLV Religious Education Program Archived Materials: Past Monthly Activity Upload Links, Activity Packets, Prayer Calendars, and Newsletters
18. OLV Religious Education Class PowerPoints
19. OLV Adult Education Opportunities
Mission Statement
Guided by Our Lord Jesus Christ and Our Blessed Mother, we are committed to strengthening the faith of families, unifying our church community around the shared goal of growing in holiness. Through a God-honoring curriculum rooted in the rich traditions of the Catholic Church, we strive towards eternal goodness, truth, and beauty, aiming to ignite a deeper love for Our Lord as a family in Christ.
Our Patron Saints
Our Lady of Good Success (feast day: February 2)
Our Lady of Good Success, pray for us!
Our Lady, Queen of All Saints (feast day: November 1)
Our Lady, Queen of All Saints, pray for us!
Our Lady, Queen of the Angels (feast day: August 2)
Our Lady, Queen of the Angels, pray for us!
St. Robert Bellarmine: Patron saint of catechists (feast day: September 17)
St. Robert Bellarmine, pray for us!
St. Charles Borromeo: Patron saint of catechists (feast day: November 4)
St. Charles Borromeo, pray for us!
2025-26 Religious Education Year Registration Now Open!
For electronic 2025-26 OLV religious education PK-12 registration, please use our Google Form.
If you are an adult needing to make the sacraments of initiation (Holy Baptism, First Holy Communion, or Confirmation), please download and complete our adult religious education form, or submit our online form electronically here. We will contact you with more information about preparation for making the sacraments.
Please register for our OLV Holy Rosary Confraternity here! Spiritually unite with us in praying all fifteen decades of the Most Holy Rosary each week, as we offer our intentions for all of our Confraternity members, and more broadly, for unity in the Church, that we all may be one in Christ, through His love!
Adults registering to make the sacraments of initiation at OLV may also complete our Google Form online.
If you need to update your contact information for the program, please complete the Change in Contact Information form.
We have launched educational email newsletters that include prayers, profiles of the saints, enrichment activities for children, reflections on Church feast days, Scriptures, and more. This religious education initiative is parish-wide, open to adults and children. Sign up to receive these messages here: https://OurLadyoftheValley23.flocknote.com/Enrichment
Upcoming Dates
Our 2025-26 religious education yearly calendar is now available! We are looking forward to another year filled with many special opportunities to honor Jesus and Mother Mary!
Our next PK-12 religious education class will take place on Thursday, January 8, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. in the parish hall.
The snow date for our next PK-12 religious education class is Thursday, January 15, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. in the parish hall. In the event of inclement weather, we will confirm that our snow date is being used.
Current Newsletter
Monthly Family Prayer Calendars
Download and print the family prayer calendars for grades PK-6 and/or grades 7-9 below. These materials include dates of feast days/holy days and religious education or parish-wide special events, as well as spaces to write your prayer intentions, for each month.
Religious Education Prayer Collections
Download our collections of prayers to say as a family, rituals for blessings, guides and linked resources on prayer, and further information on liturgical devotions in the Church. Our first volume compiles prayers into categories according to prayer intentions and liturgical seasons (such as Advent and Lent). The second volume provides guides to praying devotional chaplets, blessing sacramentals, and using blessed sacramentals in prayer.
Catechist Corner
Sign up to volunteer as a catechist/volunteer in our religious education program for the 2025-26 religious education year by printing, scanning, and emailing the form below, or by completing our digital form through Google Forms.
Volunteers may also sign up to assist with our religious education program by electronically submitting our Google Form (linked below):
OLV 2025-26 Rel. Ed. Program Catechist Volunteer Google Form
Access our catechist handbook below for a guide to volunteering in our religious education program.
Religious Education Program Support
Contact sadakierski.olv@gmail.com to arrange for learning accommodations, including additional instructional support from our catechists
Additional Resources
Educational resources on respecting human dignity and honoring God
Religious Education Monthly Activity Packets
Current Google Forms for Activity Uploads
December 2025: Grades 7-9
December 2025: Grades 3-6
December 2025: Grades PK-2
Religious Education Year Calendar
Sacrament Preparation Information Packets
First Communion Flyers and Google Forms
2025 First Holy Communion Mass Video Commemorative Copy Order Google Form
2025 First Communion Class: Baptismal Records Form
Confirmation Flyers, Google Forms, and Google Classroom
2025 Confirmation Mass Video Commemorative Copy Order Google Form
2025-2026 Confirmation Service Log and Reflection Upload Form
2025-2026 Confirmation Sponsor Selection Form
2025-2026 Confirmation Saint Name Selection Form
Archived Materials
Google Forms for Uploading Previous Months’ Activities
November 2025: Grades 7-9
November 2025: Grades 3-6
November 2025: Grades PK-2
October 2025: Grades 7-9
October 2025: Grades 3-6
October 2025: Grades PK-2
September 2025: Grades 7-9
September 2025: Grades 3-6
September 2025: Grades PK-2
May 2025: Grades 7-9
May 2025: Grades 3-6
May 2025: Grades PK-2
April 2025: Grades 7-9
April 2025: Grades 3-6
April 2025: Grades PK-2
March 2025: Grades 7-9
March 2025: Grades 3-6
March 2025: Grades PK-2
February 2025: Grades 7-9
February 2025: Grades 3-6
February 2025: Grades PK-2
January 2025: Grades 7-9
January 2025: Grades 3-6
January 2025: Grades PK-2
December 2024: Grades 7-9
December 2024: Grades 3-6
December 2024: Grades PK-2
November 2024: Grades 7-9
November 2024: Grades 3-6
November 2024: Grades PK-2
October 2024: Grades 7-9
October 2024: Grades 3-6
October 2024: Grades PK-2
September 2024: Grades 7-9
September 2024: Grades 3-6
September 2024: Grades PK-2
Summer 2024 Learning: All Grades
May 2024: Grades 7-9
May 2024: Grades 3-6
May 2024: Grades PK-2
April 2024: Grades 7-9
April 2024: Grades 3-6
April 2024: Grades PK-2
March 2024: Grades 7-9
March 2024: Grades 3-6
March 2024: Grades PK-2
February 2024: Grades 7-9
February 2024: Grades 3-6
February 2024: Grades PK-2
January 2024: Grades 7-9
January 2024: Grades 3-6
January 2024: Grades PK-2
December 2023: Grades 7-9
December 2023: Grades 3-6
December 2023: Grades PK-2
November 2023: Grades 7-9
November 2023: Grades 3-6
November 2023: Grades PK-2
October 2023: Grades 7-9
October 2023: Grades 3-6
October 2023: Grades PK-2
September 2023: Grades 7-9
September 2023: Grades 3-6
September 2023: Grades PK-2
May 2023: Grades 7-12
May 2023: Grades 3-6
May 2023: Grades Pre-K-2
April 2023: Grades 7-12
April 2023: Grades 3-6
April 2023: Grades Pre-K-2
March 2023: Grades 7-9/10-12
March 2023: Grades 3-6
March 2023: Grades Pre-K-2
February 2023: Grades 7-9/10-12
February 2023: Grades 3-6
February 2023: Grades Pre-K-2
January 2023: Grades 7-9/10-12
January 2023: Grades 3-6
January 2023: Grades Pre-K-2
December 2022: Grades 7-9/10-12
December 2022: Grades 3-6
December 2022: Grades Pre-K-2
November 2022: Grades 7-9/10-12
November 2022: Grades 3-6
November 2022: Grades Pre-K-2
Religious Education Monthly Activity Packet Archive
Religious Education Monthly Prayer Calendar Archive
Religious Education Newsletter Archive
OLV Religious Education Class and Event PowerPoints
Adult Education and Catechist Formation PowerPoint Presentation Slides
PK-12/Family Religious Education PowerPoint Presentation Slides
OLV Adult Education Opportunities and Print Resources
OLV Summer 2025 Holy Mass Learning Series Track 2 Registration Google Form
OLV Summer 2025 Holy Mass Learning Series Track 1 Registration Google Form
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