The Archdiocese of New Orleans requires every parish to provide safe environment education classes to all children who attend parish programs. The SMA Family Faith Formation program utilizes archdiocese approved age appropriate lessons. These will be provided during the first portion of the school year. If you give permission for your child to receive the lesson, you do not need to take any additional action. If, however, you DO NOT WISH for your child to receive the lesson, you will need to sign a refusal form and submit to our DRE by 11/01/2023. The refusal form can be obtained from the Director or printed from the archdiocese website under the safe environment link.