Dear Parent,

Welcome to the new online portal for registering your child to the Catechism Programme (2020-2021) of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Dubai.

The steps to follow are
1) Go to https://catechism.saintmarysdubai.org/
2) Click on Join Catechism
3) Read the instructions and click on Proceed (at the bottom of the page)

Please use the information of the Baptism Certificate of your child to fill in the details. Thereafter, kindly email the Baptism Certificate of your child to catholic@eim.ae. Please ensure you have entered the exact details as given in the Baptism certificate. If your child has received any or both of the Sacraments of First Holy Communion and / or Confirmation and you have different certificates for these, you are kindly requested to email these as well. 

Sometimes in certain rites and depending on the Church, the Sacrament of First Holy Communion (Eucharist) and / or the Sacrament of Confirmation (Chrismation) are given at Baptism. This needs to be ascertained. If the Baptism Certificate is in a language other than English, you are kindly requested to provide the exact translation of the certificate.

We will be commencing online Catechism on Friday, 18th September 2020 and Saturday, 19th September 2020.
The session timings are as follows:
Friday morning          
From 9:30am to 10:30am
Friday afternoon        
From 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Saturday                     
From 10:00am to 11:00am

A guideline of the Grade that your child could be admitted to is given below.  This is only for your information as the assignment of the grade and section will be done by the Catechism Office. In the event your child has had catechism in another Parish, you are kindly requested to send the letter from that Parish stating the level of formation received, so we could accordingly assign the next grade according to our Curriculum.
 

You will receive a message from the Catechism Office accepting your registration and assigning a Student ID, Grade and Section to your child. On receipt of this message please inscribe on an envelope, the name of your child, the student ID, the grade and section assigned, the amount enclosed in the envelope, your name and contact number and go to Gate 2 of the Church with a cash payment depending on the Grade of admission.** Please tender exact change to avoid delays.

Books will be distributed on all days except Tuesdays from 8:30am to 12:30pm and from 4:00pm to 7:00pm.  On Sunday the 30^th August there will be no distribution of books.

** Cash Payment of AED70/- if your child is in Grade 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 or AED 110/- if your child is in Grade 3, 4, SPE1 or SPE3.

Kindly follow the social distancing rules. Wear your mask and gloves and bring the envelope with you. As the Church is still under lockdown, you are kindly requested to hand the envelope over to the volunteer at the gate and wait to receive the books. While waiting please stay calm and serene as the police are on patrol. Please check that the token number written on the inside of the bag is the same as the one you have with you.

We greatly appreciate the interest you have shown to pursue your child’s faith journey.

God’s blessings always

FR. LENNIE J.A. CONNULY, OFM Cap.
Parish Priest
St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Dubai

Dear Parents,
 
We are happy to announce that the link for the renewal of catechism for the next Catechetical year 2020-2021 for your child is now open. Registrations can be done online using the link below.
 
https://catechism.saintmarysdubai.org/student

Your child’s user name and password will be the same as the Catechism ID.
 
After login you will be prompted to renew your child’s registration to the Catechetical Year 2020-2021. Please state the session you wish to register for.
 
We will be commencing online Catechism on Friday, 18th September 2020 and Saturday, 19th September 2020.
 
The session timings are as follows:
Friday morning          
From 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM
Friday afternoon      
From 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Saturday                      
From 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
 
We greatly appreciate the interest you have shown to accompany your child in his / her faith journey.
 
God’s blessings always!
Fr. Lennie J.A. Connully, OFM Cap.
Parish Priest

CHILDREN'S CATECHISM IN ENGLISH

CATECHETICAL PLAN:
 
Grades 1-4 (Age group 6-10)     
- Preparation to receive the Sacraments of First Confession and Eucharist (First Holy Communion)

Grades 5-8 (Age group 11-14)
- Preparation to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation.

Grades 9 -12 (Age group 15 -17) Youth Program
- Preparation to meet the challenges of life
 
Catechetical Year
Classes held every FRIDAY morning and afternoon and SATURDAY mid-day from SEPTEMBER to MAY.

NB: Children attending St. Mary's Catholic High School are exempted from attending the Friday Catechism, as they are taught catechism in the school.

Catechism Office Timing

Saturday to Thursday: 7.15 am to 2:15 pm
Friday: 8 am to 7:00 pm
Tuesday: CCD Office is closed

 
ARABIC CATHOLIC COMMUNITY

Classes conducted on Thursday evenings from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm.

Details may be obtained from office of the Arabic Community
Phone No: 04-3376113