Each grade has their own catechists and classroom where they work through a curriculum appropriate to their grade level. Each student is supplied a workbook.
High School
Registration for high school youth ministry can be found here.
High school youth ministry meets on:
Sundays after the 5pm Mass (6:15-8:15pm)
To learn more about our high school program, click here.
Confirmation
To be eligible for our youth confirmation program, a candidate must be currently enrolled and participating in high school youth ministry or a homeschool faith formation curriculum. Registration for high school youth ministry can be found here.
To learn more about our Confirmation program, click here.
St. Martin de Porres can verify your home-based program if you do year-round home school faith formation with your child(ren).
For the list of approved texts for catechetical instruction for the Diocese please click here.
For the Diocese of Austin Policy on Home Schooling please click here.
Here are the requirements for homeschooling of the sacramental classes (students preparing for First Communion or Confirmation). For homeschooling of other grades, only step 1 is necessary.
1) Still register for Faith Formation and click homeschool/Catholic school under "class". You will not have to pay or fill out the policy form.
2) Attend the parents meeting at the beginning of classes. Please see the Faith Formation Calendar for this date and other important dates.
3) Have your child attend and pass the corresponding Sacrament Assessment.
The Sacrament Assessment is a series of questions and answers for your student to learn in order to receive the sacrament. The assessment will be administered sometime in February or March. If the students fail the test, they will have the opportunity to retake it again until they pass before the date they receive the Sacrament.
When a child is baptized, the parents commit to raising him or her in the practice of the faith, and to keep God's commandments as Christ taught us, by loving God and our neighbor. As your child's first catechist, some ways you can begin to share your faith with them include:
The first bullet point on the list deserves special attention: attend Mass as a family.
Catholics have a duty to participate at Mass on Sundays. The most important thing you can do to encourage and bolster the faith of your family is attending Mass weekly. Join us at Mass on Sundays or Saturday evenings to celebrate the Lord’s Day as a community and receive the Sacrament of the Eucharist.
“The Sunday celebration of the Eucharist is at the heart of the Church’s life. We Christians go to Sunday Mass to encounter the Risen Lord, or better still to allow ourselves to be encountered by him, to hear his Word, to nourish ourselves at his table, and thus to become the Church, that is, his mystical living Body in the world.... Without Christ we are condemned to be dominated by everyday weariness, with its worries, and by fear of the future. The Sunday encounter with the Lord gives us the strength to experience the present with confidence and courage, and to go forth with hope. For this reason we Christians go to encounter the Lord on Sunday, in the Eucharistic celebration.”
- Pope Francis, Wednesday Audience of December 13, 2017
Weekend Masses are held in the St. Dymphna Center.
Saturday 5:00pm
Sunday 8:00am
10:00am
12:00pm (Spanish)
5:00pm
Latin Mass in the church
Sunday 2:00pm Oct 3, 10, 17; other Sundays 10:00am