In fidelity to our Parish Mission Statement, the Parish Religious Education Program (PREP) strives to provide and atmosphere where children and youth can experience God's love through a growing knowledge of Jesus and the Gospel message, can experience community through worship and prayer and can gradually commit themselves, according to their age and ability, to living out Christian values in their everyday life.

Parish Religious Education Program (PREP) and the parish community look to the family, the "domestic church", as the most important Christian influence since it is in the home that a child learns that faith.  Religious formation classes reinforce the traditions of that faith and each child's Roman Catholic identity while the parish supports the child in learning to celebrate that faith in community.  Religious Education Program commits itself to close collaboration with the family and the parish community to fulfill its purpose.

The Divine Mercy Parish Religious Education Program (PREP) has two main courses:

1. Catechism for Children - commonly called CCD (Confraternity of Christian Doctrine), an association established for the purpose of giving religious instructions.
2. Catehicsm for Adults - commonly called RCIA (Rites of Christian Initiation for Adults), which prepares adults in receiving the sacraments