For each believer, growing in the faith is the challenge of a lifetime, from cradle to grave. The life of the parish reflects this. There are programs, activities, challenges and opportunities for people in every stage of life, from preparation for infant baptism to preparation for a holy death. In practice, the programs fall into the categories of children's catechesis, high school youth ministry, young adult and university ministry, adult faith formation, and programs for new Catholics and returning Catholics.
"Faith formation proclaims and reaffirms God’s saving love in Jesus Christ. It makes the initial conversion ripen and helps Christians give a more complete meaning to their existence. Faith formation develops in them a mentality of faith in keeping with the Gospel, to the point of gradually coming to feel, think and act like Christ.”
Directory for Catechesis par. 77