"It's important that my classes be interesting for the students, but I have to remind myself that I will connnect with some of them but not others. I'm not the only teacher they will ever have; this is not the only religious course they will have. The Spirit will breathe where it will. We are not totally in charge or totally responsible. With religion classes, we are dealing with a whole faith dimension that we do not control. We need to realize that." -- Margaret Holcombe

Education in the faith by the parents should begin in the child's earliest years. This already happens when family members help one another to grow in faith by the witness of a Christian life in keeping with the Gospel. Family catechesis precedes, accompanies, and enriches other forms of instruction in the faith. Parents have the mission of teaching their children to pray and to discover their vocation as children of God. The parish is the Eucharistic community and the heart of the liturgical life of Christian families; it is a privileged place for the catechesis of children and parents. Catechism of the Catholic church #2226