Your child should know the following prayers per their grade level; we do introduce them in our classes. They should be reinforced at home.

First Grade – Glory Be, Sign of the Cross, Our Father, Hail Mary, Morning and Evening Prayers

Second Grade – Glory Be, Sign of the Cross, Our Father, Hail Mary, Act of Contrition, Grace before meals and after meals, Morning and Evening Prayers.

Third Grade – Glory Be, Sign of the Cross, Our Father, Hail Mary, Act of Contrition, Grace before meals and after meals, Morning and Evening Prayers, Simple Responses at Mass. Fourth Grade – Glory Be, Sign of the Cross, Our Father, Hail Mary, Act of Contrition, Grace before meals and after meals, Morning and Evening Prayers, Simple Responses at Mass, Stations of the Cross. Fifth Grade – Glory Be, Sign of the Cross, Our Father, Hail Mary, Act of Contrition, Grace before meals and after meals, Morning and Evening Prayers, Simple Responses at Mass, Stations of the Cross, Nicene Creed. Sixth Grade – Glory Be, Sign of the Cross, Our Father, Hail Mary, Act of Contrition, Grace before meals and after meals, Morning and Evening Prayers, Simple Responses at Mass, Stations of the Cross, Nicene Creed. Seventh Grade – Glory Be, Sign of the Cross, Our Father, Hail Mary, Act of Contrition, Grace before meals and after meals, Morning and Evening Prayers, Simple Responses at Mass, Stations of the Cross, Nicene Creed. Eighth Grade –

Glory Be, Sign of the Cross, Our Father, Hail Mary, Act of Contrition, Grace before meals and after meals, Morning and Evening Prayers, Simple Responses at Mass, Stations of the Cross, Nicene Creed, Mysteries of the Rosary: Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious and Luminous.

The Sign of the Cross Nicene Creed In the name of the Father, and of the Son, I believe in one God, and of the Holy Spirit. the Father almighty, Amen. maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. The Lord’s Prayer I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, Our Father, who art I heaven, the Only Begotten Son of God, hallowed be thy name; born of the Father before all ages. thy kingdom come, God from God, Light from Light, thy will be done true God from true God, on earth as it is in heaven. begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; Give us this day our daily through him all things were made. bread For us men and for our salvation and forgive us our trespasses he came down from heaven, as we forgive those who and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the trespass Virgin Mary, against us; and became man. and lead us not into For our sake he was crucified under temptation, Pontius Pilate, but deliver us from evil. he suffered death and was buried, Amen. and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. Hail Mary He ascended into heaven Hail Mary, full of grace, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. the Lord is with thee! He will come again in glory Blessed art thou among women, to judge the living and the dead and blessed the fruit of and his kingdom will have no end. thy womb, Jesus. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Holy Mary, giver of life, Mother of God, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, pray for us sinners, who with the Father and the Son is adored now and at the hour of our death. and glorified, Amen who has spoken through the prophets.

I believe in one, holy, catholic and Glory Be to the Father Glory be to the Father, apostolic Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness and to the Son, of sins and to the Holy Spirit. and I look forward to the resurrection of As it was in the beginning, the dead is now, and ever shall be, and the life of the world to come. Amen. world without end. Amen

Morning Prayer –

Dear God, we thank you for this day. We thank you for our families and friends. We thank you for our classmates. Be with us as we world and play today. Help us always to be kind to each other. We pray in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Evening Prayer –

I hear no voice, I feel no touch, I see no glory bright; but yet I know that God is near, in darkness as in light. He watches ever by my side, and hears my whispered prayer: the Father for his little child both night and does care.

Grace before meals –

Bless us, O Lord, and these your gifts which we are about to receive from your bounty. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Grace after meals –

We give you thanks, Almighty God, for these and all the benefits we receive from your bounty. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Apostles’ Creed

I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, His on Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell; the third day He arose from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.

Mysteries of the Rosary;

Joyful Mysteries Luminous Mysteries 1st – Baptism of Jesus 1st – The Annunciation 2nd -- Wedding at Cana 2nd – The Visitation 3rd – Proclaiming the Kingdom 3rd – The Birth of Jesus 4th – Transfiguration 4th – The Presentation 5th – Institution of the Eucharist 5th – Finding the Child Jesus in the

Temple

Sorrowful Mysteries Glorious Mysteries 1st – The Agony in the Garden 1st – The Resurrection 2nd – The Scourging at the Pillar 2nd – The Ascension 3rd – Crowning with Thorns 3rd – Descent of the Holy Spirit 4th – Carrying the Cross 4th – The Assumption 5th – The Crucifixion 5th The Coronation