Ps and Qs of Living as a Catholic in St. Alphonsus Parish

St. Alphonsus is part of the larger Catholic Church, and the ways of Catholics are reasonably similar wherever you go. This handbook is not an exhaustive document; we give extra space to subjects that come up most often.

Introduction

1. Register in your Parish
2. There's More . . .
3. Mass Daily
4. Our Chapel
5. Sacrificial Giving
6. Volunteering and Joining
Organizations and Activities
7. Read the Parish Bulletin

8. Mass and Holy Communion
9. Young Children at Mass
10. At Mass
11. Divorce and the Sacraments
12. The Sacrament of Reconciliation,
the Rite of Penance, Confession
13. Funerals

14. Mass Cards
15. Copy of Baptismal Certificate
16. Stipends, Stole Fees
17. Photography in Church

18. RCIA—Inquiry
19. Do you want your Child Baptized?
20. Confirmation
21. First Reconciliation and First Eucharist
22. Are There Sick Among You?
23. Weddings
24. Marriage Preparation
25. The Blessing of a Marriage not made in the Church
26. Annulments
27. Laborers to the Harvest: Holy Orders and the Vowed Religious Life

Religion Classes and Enrichment

28. Adults and Teens
29. Children
    §1. St. Alphonsus School
    §2. Religious Education Program
    §3. Learning in the Family