Mission: Through God’s grace, we aim to guide our parish youth and families into deeper relationship with Jesus Christ through faithful teachings of the Catholic Church, sacramental life, prayer, and discipleship. We want our youth to know, love, and serve God!

Religious education classes for Pre-K to 9th grade are available to the children of registered parishioners of Our Lady of Hope Parish.

Please contact the Parish Office if you have children/teens who still need Baptism, First Communion, and/or Confirmation and are older than the age group of the Sacrament class.

To learn more about the religious education programs for each grade level grouping, please click the appropriate button(s) below:

Grades Pre-K to 5

Grades 6-8 EDGE

Grades 8-9 Confirmation Prep

Times/places of class sessions (subject to change):

Lower Grades (1-5): Ann Antolini School, New Hartford, Mondays 6:15 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.
Caterpillars (Pre-K and K): Ann Antolini School, Mondays 6:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Middle School/Edge (grades 6-7): Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHOM) Social Center, Harwinton, Sunday evenings.
Confirmation Prep (grades 8-9): IHOM Social Center, Sunday evenings.

All parents of registered students must sign up for Flocknote to stay in communication with Parish. All updates, schedule changes, and reminders will be communicated through this platform. **After signing up using the directions below, please be sure to add yourself to the Religious Education group.

Register for Religious Education

Religious Education Calendar 2026-’27

Calendar

Virtus

To ensure a safe environment for the children in our program, Virtus Training and background checks are required by the Archdiocese of Hartford for volunteers who are 18 years of age and older.