Our FIRE Program (Families in Relgious Encounter) include families with children that are typically third grade through sixth grade.  The FIRE Program is the only program offered for these grades.  FIRE strives to provide families the opportunity to share their faith together rather than follow a school model where children are dropped off in classrooms.  The families meet once or twice a month on designated Sundays from 9:30 AM to 10:50 AM.

Weekend masses at St. Mary’s are held on Saturdays at 5:00 pm, Sundays at 8:30 and 11:00 am and all families are encouraged to attend.  The Catechism of the Catholic Church (1997) lists five precepts as the very least a Catholic can do to practice their faith: to attend Mass on Sundays and Feasts of Obligation; to go to confession at least once a year; to receive Communion during the Easter season; to keep holy the Feasts of Obligation; and to observe the days of fasting and abstinence.
If you are interested in our program, please click on the following link to print out the Registration Form.
Parishioner and Faith Formation Registration Form Link:  CLICK HERE
Payment may be sent in the form of a cash, a check to Church of Saint Mary, 20 Legion Place, Closter, NJ  07624 or by credit card by registering online through parishgiving.org.
Please feel free to email me, Maria Matos, at [email protected] with any questions or concerns.  You may also reach me via phone at 201-767-8247.  My office hours are Monday through Thursday from 9 – 12.  I will respond to any messages left during my off-hours on my next business day.
Prayers and smiles!