Home Teaching

Home Teaching

Teaching religious education at home is a wonderful option for many parents. Of course there are many parents who homeschool for every subject, but there are also parents who have their children in a public school and select to do just their religion classes at home. There are a wide variety of reasons to do this. There might be scheduling conflicts with the parish’s RE program or parents might simply think that teaching religion at home will not only help their children learn the faith better, but will strengthen their relationship with their child, who, if they go to a regular school, might not be at home all that often.

The Second Vatican Council put together a document on Christian education, Gravissimum Educationis, in which it was explained that parents, society, and the Church all have a duty regarding the education of children, but that the primary and principal duty belongs to parents.

Since parents have given children their life, they are bound by the most serious obligation to educate their offspring and therefore must be recognized as the primary and principal educators. This role in education is so important that only with difficulty can it be supplied where it is lacking. Parents are the ones who must create a family atmosphere animated by love and respect for God and man, in which the well-rounded personal and social education of children is fostered. Hence the family is the first school of the social virtues that every society needs. It is particularly in the Christian family, enriched by the grace and office of the sacrament of matrimony, that children should be taught from their early years to have a knowledge of God according to the faith received in Baptism, to worship Him, and to love their neighbor.

Ascension does offer a Home Teaching option for families who request it.

 For registration information please contact Kristi Gaston 937-253-5171 x107.