Family Ministries

Join us each week for a family worship service that includes interactive music, Scripture-reading, storytelling, and communion. This abbreviated service is suitable for everyone and will focus teaching on themes that connect our liturgical life to spiritual growth and social learning.

Fellowship in Faith is an intergenerational fellowship and enrichment opportunity for people of all ages. For families with children ages 2-12, Fellowship in Faith offers a rotation-based Sunday School curriculum that involves the exploration of children’s spiritual lives through art, storytelling, music and movement.

Parents are invited to join their children in the classroom for observation and participation, or they can enjoy a cup of coffee, catch up with friends, or attend one of the adult enrichment classes on offer. For more information about adult enrichment, click here

Cathedral Youth (CY) is a fellowship and formation program for young adults ages 12-16. CY gathers for First Sundays, a space for exploring Scripture and spiritual practices on Sunday mornings during Fellowship and Faith.

CY also gathers monthly for a variety of service and fellowship activities. Join us as we volunteer at a local CSA farm, go rock climbing, explore NYC, and engage our faith through service to our community.

Young adults ages 13, 14, 15, or 16 are invited to discern with their parents and clergy persons about their readiness to enter the Catechumenate, a traditional preparation program for Confirmation, Reception, or Baptism.

The Catechumenate at the Cathedral involves a three-part intergenerational class offered in Advent, Lent, and Eastertide. Study in the Catechumenate will lead to Confirmation at the Easter Vigil in the Cathedral on Saturday, April 20, 2019 at 7:30 PM.

The requirements for young adults to enter the Catechumenate are:

• A written letter from the aspiring catechumen addressed to Father Michael Delaney, Canon Pastor, declaring intent to make an adult profession of faith at Confirmation and to select a ministry within the church
• A formal meeting with a member of the Cathedral Clergy for both parents and the young person to discuss the process and discern readiness
• An identified adult sponsor who will attend Catechumenate classes and guide the discerning young person in exploring their spiritual life

The deadline for declaring your intention to enter the Catechumenate for the 2018-2019 is Sunday, October 28, 2018. All letters must be received and clergy meetings scheduled by this date to ensure a space at the Easter Vigil on April 20, 2019.

To begin the process of discerning for the Catechumenate, please contact Rev. Morgan Mercer Ladd at mladd@incarnationgc.org.