To teach the Syro Malabar Catholic faith in partnership with parents, the primary educators of their children. The journey of faith begins at Baptism and calls for children to actively participate with their parents in the full life of our Catholic Church. In order for this journey to enrich the lives of everyone involved, each catechist, parent and student must understand and embrace his/her role.
St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Chicago: Echo Catechetical Directory
FF Email Contact: FaithFormationAdmin@StThomasSyroNJ.org
Health/Safety Contact: ff-health-support@StThomasSyroNJ.org
Tech Support : tech-support@StThomasSyroNJ.org
Health/Safety team: ff-health-support@stthomassyronj.org
The Faith Formation Academic year (2025-26) classes will be starting tomorrow Sunday, September 7th, 2025 with the 9:30 am Holy Qurbana. Only new students to the program will need to register. Returning/current students do not need to register.
Parents of new students please use this link to register:
https://www.cognitoforms.com/CCD11/_202526FaithFormationNewStudentRegistrationForm
Registration Fees: The CCD annual registration fee is $125 per family payable by end of September by check or electronically through the below link:
https://stsmcc.breezechms.com/give/online
Please also note, the google classrooms for students & class parent whatsapp groups have been updated. If you would like to be added to the whatsapp group, please contact teachers/admin team. Please have your child bring the CCD bag and Handbook from last year. They will be provided with new textbooks tomorrow.
The first meeting of parents is planned on Sunday September 21st at 1pm. Please note this Back To School session is mandatory for all parents where you will meet the teachers and guidelines & expectations will be communicated.
Attached is the current draft of the Academic calendar. We expect to finalize the CML calendar & Youth calendar shortly.
Our teachers & volunteers look forward to welcoming your child for another fun filled year of learning ! As always we count on your support to make it a successful year.
If you have any questions, please reach out to us at faithformationadmin@stthomassyronj.org
Thank you
Should I make registration for each student?
Yes. Registration should be made for each student (both new and returning students)
How about CCD/Faith Formation Registration Fees
For 2025-26 CCD/Faith Formation academic year registration fees is $125/Family.
Can I use my personal email address to access Google classroom?
Each student need to use their church email address (@stthomassyronj.org) to access google classroom.
All the students will have access to the church email account to use for google classroom. If any of the student do not have access, please contact your student's class teachers.
Visit https://classroom.google.com to access your classroom. Click here for help with Google Classroom
Instructions to login to the google classroom available click here