In the Fall of 2008, St. Peter’s Faith Formation Program launched its brand new addition to our Faith Formation offerings: Autism & the Sacraments.
This new approach to faith formation is peaceful, welcoming & innovative – adapting to each child’s individual learning style – in a compassionate, loving & inclusive environment. The program is tailored to children on the autism spectrum, those with developmental delay(s) and children who are non-verbal.
The response to this one-of-a-kind program in the Diocese of Providence has been wonderful – families from every corner of RI & beyond have enrolled!
Each Year we celebrate a number of beautiful Masses with our Autism & the Sacraments families; an opening Mass in the Fall, a Mass of Peace in the winter, and a closing Mass each Spring.
For more information, just call Margaret Andreozzi, elementary faith formation coordinator, 401/461-5691
Our Autism Faith Formation Program has gone national!
Our program received national recognition on Feb. 25, 2009, when Associated Press reporter Ray Henry published his wonderful article, “Autistic Offered Religious Education” following his visit with our class! Complete with photos and interviews with the class, the article has been shared all over the United States (even in Hawaii!). Read the article!
Did you hear it? If you listened to Sirus Radio’s Catholic Station on Mon., March 9th at 6:40am, you heard our own Margaret Andreozzi, elementary ed faith formation coordinator, share all the good news about our Autism & the Sacraments program – this station has 18.7 million subscribed listeners! St. Peter’s special program has hit the national airwaves!’
Christmas Mass 2009
